Modern Motherhood

Truth Bombs & Grace Grenades Bold Faith. Real Truth. No Apologies. If you’ve ever looked around and thought, “This isn’t normal—and it sure isn’t biblical,” you’re not alone. The world is loud about its lies. It’s time the Church got louder about the truth. In Truth Bombs & Grace Grenades, author and cultural commentator Elsa Kurt delivers a fiery, faith-filled takedown of today’s most toxic ideologies—without losing her wit, warmth, or biblical compass. From gender confusion to political idolatry, spiritual apathy to woke theology, this book tackles the culture war with...

The Chore Wars Symphony: A housewife's revolution in five movements. Tired of the same old housewife story? Buckle up for a symphony of defiance, where dirty dishes become battle cries and lullabies morph into anthems of change. Join Sarah, a warrior queen juggling laundry baskets and daydreams, as she rewrites the narrative of the "perfect housewife." Movement 1: Suburban Whispers and City Echoes: Can you find peace in the cul-de-sac's manicured lawns or does the city's chaotic pulse sing to your soul? Discover the joys and struggles of navigating motherhood in diverse environments. ...

We’d been apart less than two days, and he was still determined to make up for lost time. “You like it when I touch you here?” he murmured against my skin, kissing my neck from shoulder to ear. “Yes,” I sighed, holding his head in my hands as he feasted on me like a starving man. *** It's been a wild ride for Caleb and me, and it's only getting wilder by the minute. Between Masterson, the sheik, an elite group of assassins, and the law, everyone wants a piece of us. But when are we going to get any peace?

Meet Pixie Saytar, the compassionate big sister guiding you through the thrilling journey of pregnancy and the challenging first year with your new baby. Her honest and engaging portrayal of motherhood will resonate deeply, making you laugh, learn, cry, and nod in agreement through every chapter.

What if Augustine's Confessions had been written not by a man, but by a mother? How might her tales of desire, temptation, and transformation differ from his? In this memoir, Natalie Carnes describes giving birth to a daughter and beginning a story of conversion strikingly unlike Augustine's - even as his journey becomes a surprising companion to her own. The challenges Carnes recounts will be familiar to many parents. She wonders what and how much she should ask her daughter to suffer in resisting racism, patriarchy, and injustice.

Enter the world of 'Not Atypical Motherhood,' your comforting companion as the daunting words 'autism diagnosis' resonate in your thoughts. Crafted for mothers and caregivers facing or just receiving this diagnosis for their child, this book provides a guiding hand through the uncharted terrain of autism, weaving together personal narratives, useful guidance, and empathetic support.

We believe that family life is beautiful and that motherhood is a privilege. But we also believe it is often really hard to see all that beauty when we’re in the midst of mothering. Power of Moms is an online community of deliberate mothers. Since 2007, millions of mothers from all backgrounds who are striving to be the best they can be have gathered to our website to learn and grow together. We've selected dozens of our most popular posts and compiled them neatly into this audiobook - just for you.

In the first six weeks after her son was born, Jamila Rizvi felt isolated, exhausted and frustrated - as if the world she knew had disappeared forever. Then her salvation came in the form of a letter. A dear friend - who had been there herself - wrote to tell her that she would get through this. That she was seen and supported. That she was not alone. Now Jamila wants to pay it forward to other new mothers.

Following on from the success of Your Baby, Your Birth, renowned birth and parenting Coach Hollie de Cruz applies her much-loved approach to the first year of motherhood. This empowering and thought-provoking book will guide you through the ever-changing landscape of your baby's first year, month by month, and will help you feel assured that you know your baby best.

50 Things to Know About Cloth Diapers by Amanda Walton offers a approach to cloth diapering that is easy for the beginner but still informative to moms who have been cloth diapering for years. Learn how to choose the right type of cloth diapers as well as how to use and care for cloth diapers in this informative guide.

Muchos padres consideran que guiar a un niño pequeño para que aprenda a usar el orinal o el inodoro es uno de los obstáculos más difíciles durante su etapa de crecimiento. Puede ser frustrante, lento y estresante para toda la familia.

It is impossible to be perfect, let alone be a perfect parent. The realities of everyday life impact us all. No matter how much experience we have, there is no optimal way to handle every turn of your child's younger years. The independent variables of place, time, situation, family culture, and your child's personality make motherhood the ultimate "think on your feet" job.

If you search the Internet for parenting tips and read/listen to a few parenting books you will most likely stumble across the mythical Unicorn Baby. This is the baby who feeds every four hours and sleeps through the night, sits at six months, pees pure gold and poops rainbows. Didn’t get one of these? Don’t worry, neither did clinical occupational therapist and mom of two ‘Non-Unicorns’, Roxanne Atkinson, which is why she’s written this book.

Motherhood treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood - whether or not to have children - with the intelligence, wit and originality that have won Sheila Heti international acclaim. Having reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti’s narrator considers, with the same urgency, the question of whether she will do so at all. Over the course of several years, under the influence of her partner, her body, her family, mysticism and chance, Heti's narrator struggles to make a wise and meaningful choice.

Lydia Bellafemine's life is a masterclass in organized chaos – a mother-of-four who artfully balances her life as a homemaker with a part-time job at a local college. Then, a fateful date night with her husband changes everything. Exposed to a mysterious creature, Lydia finds herself with extraordinary powers and an unexpected fate: becoming the world's first superhero! Now, instead of saving cats from trees, she has to grapple with a grizzled Air Force General bent on using her powers to do the government's dirty work. Add to that her increasingly needy children, the perpetual ...

Was macht eine gute Mutter aus? Die Gesellschaft zeigt das Bild einer Frau, die alles schafft: Working Mum, Entertainerin, sexy Vamp. Ein Motiv, das auch von den sozialen Medien gefüttert wird: Perfekt inszenierte Wohnungen mit fröhlich-bastelnden, sauberen Kinder werden zur Schau gestellt – geformt von Müttern, die die Kleinen bedürfnisorientiert erziehen und dabei so makellos aussehen, als hätten sie gerade zwei Wochen Wellnessurlaub hinter sich.

The First Breath is the first popular science book about the pioneering fetal and neonatal medicine bringing a new generation into the world - a generation of babies without precedent, who would not have lived if they had been born only a few decades ago. Olivia Gordon explores the female experience of medicine through her own personal story and sensitive, intimate case histories of other mothers’ high-risk births. She details the relationship mothers develop with doctors who hold not only life and death in their hands but also the very possibility of birth.

Versorgerin, Businesswoman, Mom I’d Like to Fuck - Mütter sollen alles sein und dabei bitte glücklich. Egal, ob es um Arbeit, Geld, Sex, Körper, Psyche oder Liebe geht: Stereotype, Klischees und gesellschaftlichen Druck gibt es überall, auf Instagram, im Bett und im Büro. Dass unter diesem Druck das Wohlbefinden von Müttern leidet, ist kein Wunder. Mareice Kaiser schreibt poetisch und politisch, faktenreich und persönlich, modern und mutig über Mutterschaft und zeigt, wo Mütter heute stehen: noch immer öfter am Herd als in Entscheidungspositionen. Und, wo sie stehen sollten: dort, wo sie selbst sich sehen, frei und selbstbestimmt.

Olivia Gordon decided to find out how, exactly, modern science saved her son’s life. Crossing medical memoir with popular science, The First Breath is an investigation into the pioneering fetal and neonatal care bringing a new generation into the world, who would not have lived if they had been born only a few decades ago.

Entlastend, erhellend und ermutigend! Der Mutterinstinkt klingt wahnsinnig plausibel, nach einem Bild inniger Liebe gepaart mit irrer Kompetenz. Der einzige Haken: Es gibt ihn nicht. Und das ist eigentlich ein Grund zum Jubeln! Denn die Erzählung vom Instinkt produziert unglaublich hohe Ansprüche an Mütter – und spart all jene aus, die Sorge für ein Kind tragen, ohne es geboren zu haben. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt von bahnbrechenden Forschungsergebnissen, die Elternschaft in einem ganz neuen Licht erscheinen lassen.