Becoming Mum is a truly unique self-help book. It is the first book
written to support women, all women, through the psychological
passage to motherhood, empowering them to become the kind of mother
they wish to be. The psychological passage to motherhood is
undoubtedly one of the biggest and most important transitions of a
woman's life. It is not without its challenges. Even without
complications, becoming a mum includes dramatic physical
challenges, from morning sickness to the birth itself. It also has
wide-reaching flow-on effects, as it changes a woman's relationship
with her partner, her career, her family and her friends. Becoming
a mother is a joyous adventure for many, but it is also an
adventure that includes physical, mental and emotional challenges,
as well as enormous personal adjustment. In Becoming Mum, Dr Koa
Whittingham, a clinical and developmental psychologist, parenting
researcher and mother, draws on the latest research, her clinical
experience and her own experiences as a mother. In each chapter you
will find suggestions on how to apply the concepts presented in
Becoming Mum to your unique situation, including coping with
challenges such as miscarriage, postnatal depression and preterm
birth. Discover: your unique parenting values, and how to harness
these to become a confident and happy mother how to use mindfulness
and acceptance to create a loving bond with your baby and support
your baby's emotional development techniques for coping with
criticism, unhelpful advice, distressing emotions and physical pain
how to keep your romantic relationship healthy and your support
network strong flexible, step by step strategies for facing major
challenges that can be adapted to your personal circumstances
Becoming Mum is grounded in the latest scientific literature on
parenting and psychological health, drawing from mindfulness-based
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
and Attachment Theory. The book encourages women to enjoy
motherhood and builds each woman's self-confidence as a mother by
helping her to discover-and live by-her unique mothering values.
Further, Becoming Mum liberates mothers from the dual pressures of
self-doubt and criticism from others, empowering every mother to
parent her child in the way that she feels is best for her own
unique baby. Becoming Mum is written in a flexible style that
supports each woman's individual circumstances. The practical
strategies provided in the book can also easily be adapted to suit
further challenges such as miscarriage, postnatal depression and
preterm birth. Mums deserve psychological support that is
nonjudgmental, empowering and liberating-support that is grounded
in each woman's values and easily adaptable to each woman's
circumstances and now they can find that support in Becoming Mum.
Become the mum that you want to be "
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