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Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood
Karen Maezen Miller

Ever look at your beautiful child and realize that you have everything you should ever want to be exuberantly happy, but instead you feel overwhelmed, insufficient, and even miserable? Then Momma Zen is, truly, a ''must read.''

Karen Maezen Miller masterfully offers lessons of self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-discipline in short, sweet, accessible vignettes to be read and re-read during those early stages of motherhood. More importantly, she provides a constant source of solidarity to moms of babies and toddlers through her honesty, humor, and grounding advice.

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A Zen Buddhist priest, Miller continually reminds us of the incredible gifts of simply ''being present,'' being aware of and constantly attentive to the present moment, and most importantly, to our children.

As a mom of a ten-month-old, I was struggling with the loss of control over my life. Momma Zen reminded me that our lives, especially as mothers, are not ours to control. Motherhood is a time to stop critiquing ourselves and stop creating expectations. I learned how ''Expecting anything just gets in the way of the experience itself'' and that raising my child is an experience not to be missed.

Of the many parenting books I've read, Momma Zen provided the best tools to care for my family by offering simple ways to abandon my anxieties, preoccupations, and self-centered distractions with easy techniques such as singing to our babies and meditating. Adhering to a schedule, disciplining ourselves and the words we use, and taking time to calm down when upset are examples of the invaluable advice throughout. There is also an index referring to relevant chapters when we need soothing words specific to the particular crisis of the day.

Reading Momma Zen is a journey to a kinder, more attentive, more patient, and much happier mom -- one that every child and family deserves.

(Ages: Adult)

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