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This holistic guide offers practical advice to support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels - and provides women with a roadmap to this very important transition that can last from a few months to a few years. Kimberly Ann Johnson draws from her vast professional experience as a doula, postpartum consultant, yoga teacher, body worker, and women's health care advocate, and from the healing traditions of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and herbalism - as well as her own personal experience - to cover everything you need to know....

The definitive guide to childbirth from the home of hypnobirthing. More than 100,000 copies sold worldwide, helping countless babies into the world. Fifteen unique relaxation scripts to help prepare you for a calm and confident birth. KGH is the home of hypnobirthing, KGH is taught in hospitals, antenatal classes, and by midwives and birthing professionals all around the world. The KGH Teacher training course is accredited by the Royal College of Midwives and is the source material for many other hypnobirthing books and courses.

Over decades of research and work with thousands of families, Russell A. Barkley has become a leading authority on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in kids and teens. He has learned what a huge difference parents can make in supporting their children's success - as well as how overwhelming it can be. This concise guide presents 12 key parenting principles for dealing with common behavioral, emotional, and school challenges.

Practical conversations to help parents, caregivers, and ministry leaders nurture faith in the next generation. Hosted by Pastor Angie Larson, each episode features real stories, expert insights, and everyday strategies to make faith a natural, lasting part of family life. Whether you're navigating toddler tantrums or teenage transitions, this podcast will encourage, equip, and connect you on the journey of raising kids with a resilient faith.

Parenting Aaj Kal is a Hindi chat show by Much Much Media, hosted by India’s top developmental pediatrician Dr Vibha Krishnamurthy. Real parents, people with lived experience & experts unpack mental health, disability, gender, and more — in language that feels real. Rooted in lived experience and science, it’s a safe space for Hindi-speaking families to feel seen. Produced by the team behind Much Much Spectrum, known for bold, inclusive, youth-led storytelling.

Welcome to The Moms' Table – A Motherhood Podcast, where every mama has a seat. This is your space to exhale, feel seen, and be encouraged in the messy and beautiful early years of motherhood. Whether you're up at 2 a.m. with a newborn or just trying to find yourself again, you're not alone. Each episode brings real conversations, honest stories, and grace-filled encouragement to help you grow right where you are. So pull up a chair, mama—you belong here.

Herzensgeburt - dein Podcast rund um Schwangerschaft, Geburt und Wochenbett. Ich bin Lena, Doula und Mama, und begleite dich hier mit offenem Herzen durch diese besondere Lebenszeit. Dich erwarten Impulse, Erfahrungsberichte und liebevolle Gedanken für deine Reise als (werdende) Mama & Papa.

A heartfelt and unfiltered show exploring how moms navigate the beautiful chaos of family life. Each episode dives into the real moments that often go unseen—tantrums in the kitchen, car rides full of questions, quiet victories, and the beautiful messiness of everyday life.Through candid stories, meaningful conversations, and uplifting reflections, the show explores what it means to embrace imperfection, hold onto faith in the middle of the storm, and find joy in the journey—no matter how wild it gets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Help! I Have Kids! is the podcast for moms who are doing their best, asking all the right questions, and still wondering if something’s being missed. Hosted by Pam—a mom of five and pediatric occupational therapist with 35 years of experience—this show helps you trust your gut, advocate for your child, and partner with professionals without the overwhelm.Each week, you’ll get practical tips, real-life stories, and heartfelt encouragement from experts and fellow moms who’ve been in your shoes. Because, as moms, we are the head of our child's medical team!

We're two best friends who had our first babies eight months apart. We quickly realised this is one crazy ride, so why not laugh through it together?! Join us and some very funny guests every second Tuesday for honest chats and big laughs. Welcome to an unserious podcast about the biggest thing you’ll do in life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day-to-day grind, it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. Author Julie Bogart distills decades of experience - homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world - to teach parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether they're in elementary or high school.

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World is a tender and funny series of letters from a father to his son about one of life's most daunting experiences: parenthood. In between the sleep-obsessed lows and oxytocin-fuelled highs, Backman takes a step back to share his own experience of fatherhood and how he navigates such unchartered territory. Part memoir, part manual, part love letter to his son, this book relays the big and the small lessons in life.

Practicing GP, mother of two and Instagram’s popular doctor Preeya Alexander is a refreshing new voice in the parenting space. Her hands-on, inclusive and down-to-earth advice, combined with a big dose of fun, is the ultimate survival guide for the first two years of parenting. Preeya offers straightforward and trustworthy information about looking after both babies and new parents. From postpartum care and mastitis to feeding and sleep problems, nothing is off limits.

We are socialised to believe that schooling is synonymous with education, but it's only one approach. Self-directed education puts the child back in control of their learning. This enables children to flourish in their own time and on their own terms. It enables us to put wellbeing at the centre of education. Changing Our Minds brings together research, theory and practice on learning. It includes interviews with influential thinkers in the field of self-directed education and examples from families alongside practical advice.

If you were raised by a narcissistic mother and are struggling with the lingering effects of a toxic upbringing, this is the road map you need to heal the past and thrive in the present and future.

Once associated more with hyper boys than adults, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is now recognised as a condition in need of a rebrand which affects people of all genders and ages in a multitude of ways. In this enlightening and definitive layman's guide, Kat Brown cheerfully smashes the stereotypes with scientific evidence, historical context, and practical support for ADHD minds across areas that can cause problems, from finances and work to self-medicating, relationships, hormones and self-esteem.

When you think of ADHD, you immediately think of impulsivity and hyperactivity. Well, this is only one type of ADHD, which shows up more often in boys. The other, less talked-about classification is inattentive ADHD, which largely affects girls.

Dr Daniel Golshevsky (also known as Dr Golly) is a paediatrician and father of three who has spent years working with thousands of babies. Every newborn is different, but he knows that every parent can learn to understand their baby, tap into their innate parenting instincts, and thrive – not just survive – during the first four weeks! For the first time, Dr Golly's newborn expertise is available in this essential guide for new parents.

When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up. Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents, as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie’s behaviour, so they place him in care. Stevie is exploring his gender identity, and like many young people he spends time online. Cathy warns him about the dangers of talking to strangers online and advises him how to stay safe.

Teenage Sammy has been in care from the age of nine. His mother has tragically spent much of his young life in and out of prison. Sammy has never found a safe haven and has been passed from pillar to post. When he arrives with Casey Watson, he is a closed book, but he slowly begins to open up. Casey realises that he has nobody in his life who he counts as family apart from a neighbour, ‘Uncle Kenny’. Sammy dotes on Kenny, even running away to be with him but having come across similar relationships before, alarm bells star to ring for Casey.