Chapter: Worrying About Our Children
"ABOUT THE BOOK BUDDHISM FOR MOTHERS"
Become a Calmer and Happier Mother with Buddhism for Mothers. Parenthood can be a time of great inner turmoil for a woman. Yet parenting books invariably focus on nurturing children rather than the mothers who struggle to raise them. This book is different. It is a book for mothers. Buddhism for mothers explores the potential to be with your children in the all important present moment, to gain the most joy out of being with them. How can this be done calmly and with a minimum of anger, worry and negative thinking? How can mothers negotiate the changed conditions of their relationships with partners, family and even with friends? Using Buddhist practices, Sarah Napthali offers ways of coping with the day-to-day challenges of motherhood. Ways that also allow space for deeper reflections about who we are and what makes us happy. By acknowledging the sorrows as well as the joys of mothering, Buddhism for Mothers can help you shift your perspective so that your mind actually helps you through your day rather than dragging you down. This is Buddhism at its most accessible, applied to the daily realities of ordinary parents. Even if exploring Buddhism at this busy stage of your life is not where you thought you'd be, it's well worthwhile reading this book... It can make a difference.
"ABOUT AUTHOR SARAH NAPTHALI"
Mother of two small children, Sarah Napthali is a practising Buddhist, who has pillaged wisdom from the main Buddhist traditions. Former world traveller, former human rights activist, former corporate trainer, interpreter and technical writer, she now raises her two sons and hopes to eventually return to her business in writing services.