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Self-Care for Foster Parents

By Creating a Family Staff

Parenting foster children who have come to your home from trauma, neglect or abuse is likely the hardest work you will ever do. It requires you to have a wide variety of tools in your parenting toolbox. Self-care for foster parents is one of the most important tools you can have in that toolbox.

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Chicken Soup for the Mother & Daughter Soul: Stories to Warm the Heart and Honor the Relationship

The relationship between a mother and daughter is one of the most profound bonds in life. A mother feels her daughter's first kick during pregnancy, labors to bring her daughter into the world and watches as she takes her first breath of life.

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Dorothy Firman

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Daughters and Mothers: Making it Work

The mother/daughter relationship is one of the most intense relationships a woman will ever experience-it is strong and primary. This first and essential relationship has a powerful, though often subtle, effect on an adult woman's interactions with her mate, children, friends-and herself.

Julie Firman, Dorothy Firman

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Mother Nurture: A Mother’s Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships

A multidisciplinary approach to health to mother coping with the challenges of raising young children in the twenty-first century presents hundreds of practical ideas on ways to help mothers enhance their moods, promote energy and health, and build intimacy with partners, discussing diet, stress...

Rick Hanson, Jan Hanson, Ricki Pollycove

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The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women (African American Studies)

Meet Black women who have learned through hard lessons the importance of self-care and how to break through the cultural and family resistance to seeking therapy and professional mental health care.

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Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust

In this stunningly illustrated essay collection inspired by the popular podcast Life, I Swear, prominent Black women reflect on self-love and healing, sharing stories of the trials and tribulations they’ve faced and what has helped them confront pain, heal wounds, and find connection.

Chloe Dulce Louvouezo , Elaine Welteroth (foreword)

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85 – How to Develop Fierce Self-Compassion with Bestselling Author Kristin Neff

On this episode, Kristin Neff, a pioneer in self-compassion research, explains how to practice fierce self-compassion.

The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin

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How to Navigate the Emotional Challenges of Breast Cancer: Tips from a Psychiatrist and Survivor

Feelings of anxiety, stress and depression are not uncommon for people with breast cancer, whether they’ve just been diagnosed, are undergoing treatment or are a survivor. Stephanie H.

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The Happiest Mommy You Know: Why Putting Your Kids First Is the Last Thing You Should Do

Award-winning reporter Genevieve Shaw Brown was hell-bent on raising her kids to like vegetables and eat more than chicken nuggets for dinner. She woke up at five a.m.

Genevieve Shaw Brown

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#UnmotheringTheWoman - Regretting Motherhood - Jeri

This week on UnMothering the Woman, we are exploring the concept of regretting motherhood. In this episode, we speak to a woman whose family planning method failed (twice) and what that meant for her and her life moving forward, including her feelings and reflections on the trajectory her life took.

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The Costs of Idealizing Motherhood | Julie de Azevedo-Hanks | TEDxOgden

In her 25 years as a therapist, Hanks has long noticed that most women express feelings of guilt, shame, conflict and inadequacy when talking about motherhood.

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