**The Journey of Becoming Parents: Reflections and Lessons** Embark on a transformative journey with *The Journey of Becoming Parents: Reflections and Lessons*, a heartfelt and insightful guide that captures the essence of parenthood through personal reflections and valuable lessons. This short read offers new and seasoned parents alike a wealth of wisdom and practical advice to navigate the joys and challenges of raising children. In *Embracing Parenthood*, explore the emotional spectrum of becoming a parent, from initial excitement to the profound changes that follow. This chapter sets the stage for understanding the transformative nature of parenthood and what to expect along the way. *Preparing for Parenthood* provides essential tips and practical advice for expecting parents. Learn how to set up a nursery, create a birth plan, and ensure you're ready for your baby’s arrival with confidence and ease. *Creating a Supportive Environment* emphasizes the importance of establishing a nurturing home. Discover strategies for setting up routines and fostering open communication to help your child thrive in a loving and supportive atmosphere. Explore various *Parenting Styles and Approaches* to find the best fit for your values and goals. Whether you're inclined towards authoritative or permissive methods, this chapter offers insights to help you shape your parenting style. *Challenges and Triumphs* acknowledges the ups and downs of parenting, providing practical advice for overcoming common hurdles like sleepless nights and tantrums. Find encouragement and strategies to help you navigate these challenges with resilience. *Lessons in Patience and Adaptability* highlights the virtues of staying calm and flexible. Through personal anecdotes, this chapter reveals how patience and adaptability are key to successful parenting. *Building Strong Parent-Child Relationships* offers practical tips for deepening your bond with your child through quality time and effective communication. *Parenting as a Team* emphasizes the importance of collaboration between partners. Learn how to divide responsibilities and support each other to raise your children together as a united front. *Reflections on Personal Growth* encourages you to reflect on your own development through parenthood, balancing self-care and personal goals with your parenting journey. *Passing on Wisdom* explores how to impart valuable life lessons and values to your children, ensuring that you leave a lasting impact on their lives. *The Journey of Becoming Parents: Reflections and Lessons* is your essential guide to embracing, navigating, and savoring the parenthood experience.

Offers parents of children with disabilities inspiration and advice from those who've been there Reflections from a Different Journey presents 40 stories by successful adults who grew up with disabilities. They provide insights into what it is like to persevere in the face of community prejudices, and what it takes for families and children with disabilities to work together toward fulfillment. While there are many books for parents on raising a child with a disability, this is the first to help them learn from people with disabilities, and to help children face the unique challenges and rewards of growing up with a disability. Reflections from a Different Journey will also encourage and inspire older children and adults with disabilities, other family members, and education and health care professionals who serve these families.

Having a baby is a joyous experience, but even the best relationships are strained during the transition from duo to trio. Lack of sleep, never-ending housework, and new fiscal concerns often lead to conflict, disappointment, and hurt feelings. In And Baby Makes Three Love Lab™ experts John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman teach couples the skills from their successful workshops, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by: • maintaining intimacy and romance • replacing a culture of criticism and irritability with one of appreciation • preventing post-partum depression • creating a home environment that nurtures physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as cognitive and behavioral development for your baby Complete with exercises that separate the “master” from the “disaster” couples, And Baby Makes Three helps new parents positively manage the strain that comes along with their bundle of joy.

Support your growing family without losing professional ground—a proven approach The Parental Leave Playbook helps parents take control of their leave and make the most of what's considered a career timeout, but is actually a vital "time-in" for your life. If you're an expecting or new parent concerned about how your leave and return plans will affect your visibility, candidacy for promotion, work relationships, and performance (not to mention your identity and home life), this book will guide you into the smoothest transition possible. Most importantly, this book will help you as you grow and strengthen yourself and your family while remaining a professional. In The Parental Leave Playbook, you'll learn Dr. Amy Beacom's innovative R.E.T.A.I.N. framework and the three-phase, ten-touchpoint model, to coach yourself through the leave process. Beacom identifies the critical points before, during, and after leave where parents and managers must work together, and explains how parents can facilitate success by finessing the way they approach their manager and colleagues. These models are supported by case studies from the author's work in the field with leading organizations like Microsoft, and supplemented by resources such as the evidence-based Parental Leave Transition Assessment (PLTA) sample report, leave action plan templates, reflection prompts, and development exercises to enhance self-awareness and skills. You'll learn how to: Communicate your parental leave plans effectively and at the right time Set expectations with managers and colleagues to ensure a smooth transition Learn how to maintain visibility, avoid being replaced, and continue your upward career trajectory during your parental leave and beyond Grow and strengthen your family without sacrificing your professional gains All working parents-to-be can benefit from the ideas and proven tools in this direct and practical book.

In this funny, genuine, and clever book, Allyson Apsey shares relatable stories and practical strategies for living a meaningful life regardless of the craziness happening around you. You'll discover that you really do have the power to choose the kind of life you live-every day.

Godly thriving leaders are precious and valuable, but developing those leaders is not easy. Many leaders feel stuck, tired and frustrated in their growth and calling. This can change. In Mining for Gold, pastor and master-coach, Tom Camacho, offers a fresh perspective on how to draw out the best in ourselves and in those around us. Cutting through the complexity and challenges of leadership development, he gives us practical and effective tools to help leaders grow personally and develop those around them. Coaching, through the power of the Holy Spirit, provides the clarity and momentum we need to grow. When we get clarity, everything changes. Coaching helps us better understand our identity in Christ, our God-given wiring, and how we naturally bear the most fruit. There is gold in God’s people, waiting to be discovered. Let’s learn to draw out that treasure and help others flourish in their life and leadership.

Is your relationship with your son or daughter filled with conflict and fear? Have you tried everything to resolve these issues, but have been unsuccessful so far? Discover the five life changing realizations channeled from the divine that guided the author to release her fears, guilt, anger, and judgments toward her son. Reflections is filled with the authors personal life experiences that serve to help parents apply these new principles into their lives. Reflections will trigger a profound spiritual awakening for parents who have a strong intention to heal their difficult parent-child relationships. Reflections is a sincere, genuine and touching guidebook that will help parents become aware of the sacred contract that exists between them and their children. Learn how your child/teenager/adult-child can be a powerful mirror of your inner world. Uncover the emotional triggers that are responsible for your knee jerk reactions toward your children. Reflections introduces a new paradigm of parenting. It provides a roadmap to help parents tap into their inner wisdom to provide guidance that is based in love and not in fear. Are you ready to experience a profound shift in your life? Reflections will gently guide you to accept that an open heart will heal any conflict.