We can't avoid difficult days, but we can meet them well.
All mothers will face difficult days-whether they're navigating the beautiful but exhausting transition from woman to mother (matrescence); experiencing the wonder and tantrums of toddler town; supporting a small person in their schooling and social skills; or guiding their teen through the highs and lows of almost-grown-up life.
The Emotional Support for Mothers Toolkit helps these mothers meet their difficult days well.
Grounded in the reality of day-to-day parenting, it embraces mothers as real people who make mistakes and fail, and provides practical ways they can meet the full joy and catastrophe of parenting with greater confidence and ease.
Full of supportive practices and compassionate guidance, it has been designed to help busy, overwhelmed mothers:
Work through challenging emotions
Support their nervous system in times of stress
Build skills in emotional self-regulation and resilience and
Develop greater self-compassion, emotional wisdom and mindfulness.
The Emotional Support for Mothers Toolkit includes:
100+ simple, self-led, science-based activities that can be done anywhere in five minutes or less
Individual and family-based practices that build resilience and emotional wisdom in both parents and children
An in-depth guidebook, deeper practices and further support to proactively build self-knowledge, self-compassion and emotional wisdom.
Australian compassion teacher and author Belinda Haan drew on her extensive experience working with mothers, and as a mother herself, to create this beautiful toolkit. Writing with compassion and honesty, she sensitively weaves practical parenting approaches, modern science and contemplative wisdom through every practice and every page.
The result is a product that provides much needed emotional solace, support and skill building to mothers on their most difficult days-and on every day after.
