The Birth Guy's Go-To Guide for New Dads

The Birth Guy's Go-To Guide for New Dads
Author: Brian W. Salmon
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2019-02-02
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1684031613

A must-have baby shower gift for expectant dads! In this one-of-a-kind guide, dad, doula, and certified lactation counselor Brian Salmon and perinatal mental health and relationship expert Kirsten Brunner offer practical, modern-day survival tips for expectant dads and birth partners. Gone are the days when fathers would nervously pace the waiting room while their partners gave birth. Dads are participating in childbirth now more than ever before. However, if you’re like many men, you may feel unprepared, uncomfortable, or even unwelcome in the birth room. For you, this book offers battle-tested tips to help you get in the game and prepare for one of the most incredible adventures of your life. Based on the author’s Rocking Dadschildbirth course, this book will teach you everything you need to know about supporting your partner through birth, breastfeeding, and beyond. In this guide, you’ll discover pointers and advice you won’t find in any other childbirth or breastfeeding guide, including: A list of items to pack for the hospital that will help mom’s labor go more smoothly Stealth communication skills that you can utilize during early labor to support mom and keep her in a positive state of mind How to write a birth plan that the labor and delivery nurses will actually pay attention to What to say and do—and what not to say and do—when mom is in active labor and feeling all the feelings A detailed account of what to expect in the delivery room as a birth partner, and how to navigate the unknown terrains when things don’t go as planned How to help mom achieve proper nipple latch when she attempts breastfeeding for the first time Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you’ll find tips for maintaining a strong relationship with your partner before, during, and after the birth so that you feel closer than ever when you launch into the wild yet wonderful world of parenthood.

Be Fearless

Be Fearless
Author: Jean Case
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-01-21
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1501196359

Be Fearless is researched-based call to action for those seeking to live extraordinary lives and bring about transformational change. LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER Weaving together storytelling, practical tips and inspiration, the book will teach you how to put the five fearless principles to work so that you too can spark the sorts of remarkable breakthroughs that can impact the world. Philanthropist, investor, and technology pioneer Jean Case brings to life the five Be Fearless principles common to the people and organizations that bring about transformational change. When National Geographic Chairman Jean Case set out to investigate the core qualities of great change makers, past and present, from inventors to revolutionaries, she found five surprising traits they all had in common. These weren’t wealth, privilege, or even genius. What all of these exceptional men and women shared was that they had chosen to make a “big bet,” take bold risks, learn from their failures, reach beyond their bubbles, and let urgency conquer fear. Throughout Be Fearless, Jean vividly illustrates these principles through storytelling—from her own transformational life experiences, to Jane Goodall’s remarkable breakthroughs in understanding and protecting chimpanzees, to celebrity chef José Andrés’ decision to be a “first responder” and take his kitchen to the sites of devastating hurricanes to feed the hungry, to Madame C.J. Walker’s vision to build a hair care empire that would employ thousands across the country, and more. She shares new insights to stories you might think you know—like Airbnb’s tale of starting from scratch to transform the hospitality industry, to John F. Kennedy’s history-making moonshot—and gems from changemakers you’ve never heard of. Be Fearless features a compelling foreword from Jane Goodall saying “there is no time in history when it has been more important to Be Fearless” and a new afterword with stories of people inspired to take action after reading the book.

Labor Like a Goddess

Labor Like a Goddess
Author: Alexandria Moran
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2019-10-14
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 198223587X

Written by two birth doulas and intuitive healers, this book tells the metaphorical story of a fictional goddess who must walk through 7 Gates of Transformation in order to become a Mother. At the final gate, she must surrender to the ultimate sacrifice—spiritual death—so she can be reborn into motherhood. Each gate perfectly illustrates the 7 emotional, psychological, and often subconscious sacrifices that every laboring woman experiences, whether willingly or not. This book is a guide to help pregnant women understand birth as a divine journey and master how to walk through each gate with empowered sacrifice, purpose, and zeal through tools, rituals, and integrative practices.

Fearless Birthing

Fearless Birthing
Author: Alexia Leachman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-12-12
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781999891510

Fearless Birthing is your essential road map to confront and conquer the fears that stand between you and motherhood. Through Leachman's unique fear-clearance method, you'll learn how to mentally and emotionally prepare for the birth of your bundle of joy. By ridding your fears, you'll turn potential trauma into an empowering experience.

Fearless

Fearless
Author: Joe Glickman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2012-01-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0762783060

Like the instant classic The Last American Man, Fearless is the story of a remarkable individual who accepts no personal limits—including fear. Freya Hoffmeister, a forty-six-year-old former sky diver, gymnast, marksman, and Miss Germany contestant, left her twelve-year-old son behind to paddle alone and unsupported around Australia—a year-long adventure that virtually every expert guaranteed would get her killed. She planned not only to survive the 9,420-mile trip through huge, shark-infested seas, but to do it faster than the only other paddler who did it. As journalist and expert kayaker Joe Glickman details the voyage of this Teutonic force of nature, he captures interminable days on the water and nights camped out on deserted islands; hair-raising encounters with crocs and great white sharks; and the daring 300-mile open-ocean crossing that shaved three weeks off her trip. For 332 days Glickman followed Freya’s journey on her blog—along with a far-flung audience of awestruck, even lovesick, groupies—as she took on one terrifying ordeal after the next. In the end, he says, “her vanity and pigheadedness paled next to her nearly superhuman ability to master fear and persevere.”

Beyond Birds and Bees

Beyond Birds and Bees
Author: Bonnie J. Rough
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2018-08-21
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1580057403

A provocative inquiry into how we teach our children about bodies, sex, relationships and equality -- with revelatory, practical takeaways from the author's research and eye-opening observations from the world-famous Dutch approach Award-winning author Bonnie J. Rough never expected to write a book about sex, but life handed her a revelation too vital to ignore. As an American parent grappling with concerns about raising children in a society steeped in stereotypes and sexual shame, she couldn't quite picture how to teach the facts of life with a fearless, easygoing, positive attitude. Then a job change relocated her family to Amsterdam, where she soon witnessed the relaxed and egalitarian sexual attitudes of the Dutch. There, she discovered, children learn from babyhood that bodies are normal, the world's best sex ed begins in kindergarten, cooties are a foreign concept, puberty is no big surprise, and questions about sex are welcome at the dinner table. In Beyond Birds and Bees, Rough reveals how although normalizing human sexuality may sound risky, doing so actually prevents unintended consequences, leads to better health and success for our children, and lays the foundation for a future of gender equality. Exploring how the Dutch example translates to American life, Rough highlights a growing wave of ambitious American parents, educators, and influencers poised to transform sex ed -- and our society -- for the better, and shows how families everywhere can give a modern lift to the birds and bees. Down to earth and up to the minute with our profound new cultural conversations about gender, sex, power, autonomy, diversity, and consent, Rough's careful research and engaging storytelling illuminate a forward path for a groundbreaking generation of Americans who want clear examples and actionable steps for how to support children's sexual development -- and overall wellbeing -- from birth onward at home, in schools, and across our evolving culture.

I Am

I Am
Author: Harpreet K Kang
Publisher: Europa Edizioni
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2020-12-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Either you will remain possessed by your mind or you will learn to govern it. This book helps you with the wisdom of sages from thousands of years. It empowers you to alter your mind, so the rest of your life begins to make sense. Desires and sufferings have lead many of us to spaces we regret. ‘I Am’ is a powerful turn around in simple interactive dialogue, with incredible examples that help readers transcend their sufferings. The approach to the subject is upfront, with little ambiguity, which leaves the reader stronger and gratified. Harpreet K Kang reveals the simple truths of life that often seem to be hiding in plain sight for most of us. The book supports readers to see things distinctly and empowers them to live with freedom and act through mindfulness. Harpreet K Kang is a journalist, academician, entrepreneur, traveller, and now an author. She is at heart a mentor and a keen observer of life. She is equally comfortable observing life at both the macro and micro levels. She follows geopolitics, and has studied International Business at Harvard University. Her penchant for travelling and trying new things has taken her to over 40 countries, allowed her to gain her pilot’s license and dive headfirst into anything she decides to do. She is a slave to the truth and has spent the last decade searching for it through the continuous practice of spirituality and an insatiable appetite for ancient scriptures. Some of her favourite texts of recent include the Upanishads, Buddhism, Kabbalist learnings, Guru Granth Sahib, Rumi, Yunus Emre. In this book she seeks to undo the curtains and reveal the mirror laying behind it.

My Pregnancy

My Pregnancy
Author: Virginia Beckett
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1405363770

Your pregnancy guide with the personal touch From pre-conception through to the first six weeks after your baby's birth, My Pregnancy is packed with practical how-to and real-life experience. Written by six experts who are also mums themselves it's like having your own personal team of experts on-hand whenever you need them. They will help reassure you and answer all your questions advising you on antenatal care, nutrition, childbirth, fitness, baby care and emotional well being. Tips, ideas and words of encouragement from each of the experts appear throughout as well as "It happened to me" sections where they share their own personal stories and pearls of wisdom about pregnancy, birth and new motherhood. Feel informed without being overwhelmed with My Pregnancy, the perfect pregnancy guide and a beautiful gift for all mothers-to-be.

A Fearless Heart

A Fearless Heart
Author: Thupten Jinpa
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 069818646X

The Buddhist practice of mindfulness caught on in the west when we began to understand the everyday, personal benefits it brought us. Now, in this extraordinary book, the highly acclaimed thought leader and longtime English translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us that compassion can bring us even more. Based on the landmark course in compassion training Jinpa helped create at Stanford Medical School, A Fearless Heart shows us that we actually fear compassion. We worry that if we are too compassionate with others we will be taken advantage of, and if we are too compassionate with ourselves we will turn into slackers. Using science, insights from both classical Buddhist and western psychology, and stories both from others and from his own extraordinary life, Jinpa shows us how to train our compassion muscle to relieve stress, fight depression, improve our health, achieve our goals, and change our world. Practical, spiritual, and immediately relevant, A Fearless Heart will speak to readers of The Art of Happiness and Wherever You Go, There You Are.

Bonding Before Birth

Bonding Before Birth
Author: Miriam Stoppard
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2008-04-21
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0756643295

Bonding Before Birth combines up-to-the-minute research with enlightened and compassionate wisdom. This book explores what science knows about babies in the womb and explains why mother-baby bonding is so vital for the future well-being of mother, father, and baby. Dr. Miriam Stoppard writes about the feelings that expectant parents experience during the first, second and third trimesters and promotes the significance of rites of passage through pregnancy, from adjusting to the changes that parenthood brings to celebrating your future as a family. The emotional and psychological elements of pregnancy are often overlooked in favor of hard facts and scientific evidence. This book redresses the balance and turns its attention to the conflicting feelings of exhilaration and anxiety, dreams and fears that so often characterize the nine months of pregnancy and gives parents-to-be inspiring guidance through these uncharted waters.