Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting

by Myla Kabat-Zinn

Overview

The bestselling author of Wherever You Go, There You Are (more than 1,000,000 total copies in print) and Full Catastrophe Living joins forces with his wife, Myla, in this groundbreaking revised edition of the classic book about mindfulness in parenting children of all ages.

Updated with new material--including an all new introduction and expanded practices in the epilogue--Everyday Blessings remains one of the few books on parenting that embraces the emotional, intuitive, and deeply personal experience of being a parent, applying the groundbreaking "mind/body connection" expertise from global thought-leader, Jon Kabat-Zinn and his wife, Myla Kabat-Zinn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401394646
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	07/01/2009
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D, is the Executive Director of the center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dr. Kabat-Zinn's work has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions in our society such as medicine and psychology, health care and hospitals, schools, corporations, prisons and professional sports. He leads workshops on stress reduction and mindfulness across the country and worldwide. He was featured in the PBS series Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers, and on Oprah. In 2007, he received a Pioneer in Integrative Medicine Award from the Bravewell Philanthropic Collaborative for Integrative Medicine.

Myla Kabat-Zinn, B.S.N., R.N., has worked as a childbirth educator, birthing assistant and environmental advocate.

The authors live in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

At last an emotionally intelligent guide for parents. -- Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman

"Everyday Blessings" shows a way for parents to recognize who their children really are and, in doing so, nourish their children's lives and their own. -- Benjamin Spock

Benjamin Spock

Their practial, wise, and compassionate words...can help us turn all the relationships in our lives into everyday blessings. -- Rachel Naomi Remen

Rachel Naomi Remen