Family Stress

Dr. Whitney Casares shares the step-by-step plan she developed as a modern working mom to help her stop over-functioning at work and home, stop blaming herself for everything that went wrong, and start living a balanced and intentional life. Today’s working moms are burned-out, overwhelmed, and just plain stuck. Caught amid the endless, conflicting demands of motherhood, work, household management, and a million-and-one everyday tasks, chores, and responsibilities, they truly are doing it all—but getting nowhere. They think they're out of options—but they're wrong.

This powerful book, based on cutting-edge research and cognitive behavioral strategies, will help you develop the know-how to effectively manage teen anxiety. You'll learn the best ways to support your teen in overcoming problematic thinking and fears, discover what behaviors and coping strategies unwittingly make anxiety worse, and understand how anxiety is best defeated with surprisingly counterintuitive methods.

The techniques of mindful awareness have helped millions of adults reduce stress in their lives. Now, children - who are under more pressure than ever before - can learn to protect themselves with these well-established methods adapted for their ages. Based on a program affiliated with UCLA, The Mindful Child is a groundbreaking book, the first to show parents how to teach these transformative practices to their children.

Take the leap from terrified newbie to confident dad in your first year of fatherhood – even if diapers seem unsolvable and swaddles make you sweat! You're not alone. Fatherhood is like assembling an Ikea cupboard with no instructions – simple in theory, confusing in practice. You don’t need to be an expert to conquer fatherhood. All you need are the right tools and a touch of humor. What if there was a guide just for you – a first-time dad – with practical advice, ingenious baby hacks, and entertaining anecdotes? Well, that guide exists!

Even if you seem to get into daily screaming matches, even if you have NO idea on how to control your anger right now & even if you always feel too exhausted to be a conscious parent, inside you’ll discover EVERYTHING you need to be the parent you know you NEED to be.

The percentage of adolescents who suffer from significant anxiety is currently close to one-third, and this number has been steadily rising over the past few years. The experience of living with anxiety can make a teen feel cut off from others and frightened.

This dynamic program, founded on cutting-edge psychological research, enables you to deconstruct and deal with stress head-on. Stress: The Psychology of Managing Pressure helps you identify external and internal sources of stress in your life and reframe unhelpful patterns of thought into powerful psychological solutions that you can apply every day. Underpinned by psychological theory, with relevant findings from psychologists, doctors, and teachers, this audiobook will help you smash the shadow of stress in any area of your life.

This book describes solutions for more effective parenting by using the three proven practices of positivity, choice, and reflection along with the Raise Responsibility System (used in homes around the world) to prompt young people to WANT to behave responsibly without any external or manipulative approaches of rewards, bribes, threats, or punishments. In the process, stress is reduced, relationships are improved, and young people become more responsible.

Middle childhood, the period for those aged 8–12 years old, is often the most overlooked phase of a child’s development, but it’s the age where play continues to serve an important role in their emotional growth. It’s also an age where we are most likely to stop playing with our children. With over 20 years of clinical expertise and neuroscientific research, psychotherapist and parenting expert Joanna Fortune shares her proven techniques that will enable you to better understand your relationship with your children as they grow.

The Possibility Mom helps moms be less stressed, feel less guilt, and get more done while chasing their dreams. Balancing the demands of modern motherhood is a tough job. Between kids, work obligations, social commitments, and household duties, trying to fit in a little me time (let alone a date night), balance can seem practically impossible. When moms do well at work, they feel like they’re failing at home, and when they focus on their family, they feel like they’re falling behind at work.

Less than three months after retiring from a 30-year law enforcement career, Kim Colegrove's husband chose suicide. Since that day, Colegrove has been helping first responders across the country practice techniques to cope with the stress and trauma that their work brings. And this book continues that mission by offering first responders and their families hope by introducing meditation and mindfulness as viable and practical tools to help reduce stress, regulate emotion, and improve overall health and well-being.

In the audiobook, mediation guide, popular YouTuber, and yoga instructor Rebekah "Bex" Borucki features her favorite healing and stress-reducing modalities, including her signature four-minute meditations. Deeply personal, heartfelt stories of her struggles and tender moments raising five children will be highlighted throughout the audiobook. As a birth doula and meditation and yoga guide, Bex offers a wealth of personal and professional experience in managing the demands of motherhood and the need for self-care and stress management.

If your emotional pain feels physical and your physical pain feels emotional, your marriage may be making you sick - literally. Join Dr. David Hawkins and his sons, an internist and a surgeon, as they explore the effects relational stress and trauma can have on our bodies.

Cribsheet meets The S--t No One Tells You in this no-holds-barred, judgment-free parenting guide that sets the record straight on every hot-button parenting topic by longtime journalist and founder of the viral #NoShameParenting movement.

Parenting is a wonderfully fulfilling journey that comes with its own set of challenges. For one, have you ever reached that point when you felt like you’re already at the end of your rope? If so, then you should know that you aren’t alone. This is a common situation stressed parents experience when they are faced with difficult situations. Much as we want to avoid stress altogether, this isn’t possible because stress is a part of all our lives.

Are you struggling to keep up with the demands of parenting? Do you feel like you've lost the joy of parenthood and are just going through the motions? If so, this book is your ultimate guide to overcoming parental burnout.

Every parent knows that potty training can be a challenging task. But what if we told you that it doesn't have to be? This comprehensive guide is tailored to meet the unique needs of parents with little boys, providing a proven, stress-free method to help your son become a potty pro in just three days.

Ever feel overwhelmed by the stress and perfectionism of our overparenting culture - and at the same time, still look for solutions to ease the struggles of everyday family life? Parenting coach and Washington Post columnist Meghan Leahy feels your pain. Like her clients and readers, she grew weary of the endless "shoulds" of modern parenting - along with the simplistic rules and advice that often hurt more than help.

Sierra Nice, a dedicated authority in parenting, presents a vital guide to conquering the challenges of effective anger management and building a harmonious family environment. Inside this transformative guide, Sierra explores the power of emotional intelligence, principles of gentle parenting, and strategies for managing stress and fostering resilience. Unlock the secrets to positive reinforcement, work-family balance, and deepening your connection with your child.

Packed with tips, hints and reminders, case studies, at-a-glance charts and a daily journal to help you keep track of your baby's progress, The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan is a step-by-step, must-have manual to ensure sleep for you and your baby.