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Mother Nurture

Mother Nurture: A Mother’s Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships. Penguin, March, 2002. First author. (Co-authored with Jan Hanson, L.Ac. and Ricki Pollycove, M.D.)
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Mothers today juggle more tasks, work longer hours, and sleep less than their own mothers did. Yet the self-healing revolution has overlooked the most significant issue in the lives of some twenty million women: how to cope with the relentless, sometimes overwhelming, stresses of raising young children in the twenty-first century.

Only Mother Nurture:

  • considers the long-term well-being and health of mothers
  • explains how women can become physically depleted as a result of the demands and stresses of raising a family today
  • identifies the Depleted Mother Syndrome many women experience
  • presents a comprehensive, integrated program of care for a mother’s body, mind, and intimate relationships
  • tells in detail how a mom and dad can work together and share the load fairly
  • integrates the perspectives of a psychologist, acupuncturist/nutritionist, and obstetrician/gynecologist.

    • This is more than another self-help book. With compelling evidence (see references below), clear logic, and heartfelt personal testimony, it is a manifesto for an idea whose time has come: that our society absolutely must take better care of its mothers – and by doing so, take better care of its fathers, children, and families.

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