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Becoming a Calm Mom
- Author
- Deborah Roth Ledley, PhD
- Narrator
- Lisa Larsen
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 25 July 2023
- Run Time
- 9 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
These kinds of thoughts can lead even the most confident women to feel stressed out and anxious.
Author Deborah Roth Ledley is a mother of two and a clinical psychologist who specializes in anxiety disorders and works with new mothers. In this book she introduces six simple strategies to handle the inevitable stress we all experience during the first year of motherhood.
The Calm Mom Toolbox includes strategies for healthy thinking, behavior, communication, and decision-making, as well as relaxation skills and approaches to nurturing existing and new relationships. Rather than simply giving advice, Becoming a Calm Mom teaches skills to help new moms function better, and gain more enjoyment from this exciting stage of life.
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Details
- Author
- Deborah Roth Ledley, PhD
- Narrator
- Lisa Larsen
- Duration
- 9 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 July 2023
- ISBN
- 9781684571116
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Relationships and families: advice and issues, Parenting: advice and issues, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Coping with stress
Synopsis
Having a new baby is a life-changing event that brings both delight and doubt in its wake. All new moms have thoughts such as Why can't I soothe my baby? Are other new moms handling motherhood better than I am? Is it selfish to want time for myself now that I have a baby who needs me? Will my partner and I ever stop squabbling now that baby makes three?These kinds of thoughts can lead even the most confident women to feel stressed out and anxious.Author Deborah Roth Ledley is a mother of two and a clinical psychologist who specializes in anxiety disorders and works with new mothers. In this book she introduces six simple strategies to handle the inevitable stress we all experience during the first year of motherhood.The Calm Mom Toolbox includes strategies for healthy thinking, behavior, communication, and decision-making, as well as relaxation skills and approaches to nurturing existing and new relationships. Rather than simply giving advice, Becoming a Calm Mom teaches skills to help new moms function better, and gain more enjoyment from this exciting stage of life.
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