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When the Whole World Tips

Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance

by Celia Landman
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"A wise, welcoming book. Hard-fought and friendly, it provides practical instructions on how to stay centered when our children are suffering."
—Anne Lamott, bestselling author
Move from helplessness to stability in challenging times through the practice of mindful equanimity. By adopting a spiritual approach to parenting and caregiving, you can protect yourself from burnout, increase your resilience, and develop a greater sense of empathy and balance. Drawn from Buddhist wisdom, this new approach to showing up in overwhelming circumstances is about slowing down, letting go of the illusion of control, and caring for yourself so that you can be a presence of love and support even in the most difficult moments.
We love our children more deeply than our own selves, yet are powerless to keep them from pain. Drawing from her own experience parenting her children through clinical depression,  suicidal ideation, and physical injury, Celia Landman guides parents at their limit back from helplessness toward stability through the ancient practice of equanimity, or balance.
Contemporary neuroscience and developmental psychology research demonstrates how a parent’s state of anxiety is directly communicated to the child and can intensify their pain. When the Whole World Tips is rich with real life examples from parents in the midst of caring for children in crisis, plentiful resources, and helpful exercises. Each chapter offers accessible practices for parents to care for themselves in order to remain present for their children.
Landman gently guides parents to restore their own balance by keeping their hearts open and their hands loose on the wheel of control as their child’s life unfolds. This shift into equanimity can bring relief to both child and parent.
Woven throughout are practices to help parents experience how their emotional state of being is as important as what they do; when we recognize that being a presence of love and care is already doing something of great value, we can reconnect with purpose and restore our trust that we are capable and enough.

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    November 21, 2023

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781952692567

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781952692567
      • File size: 1123 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2023

      With mental illness on the rise among young people, many parents are looking for practical ways to help their children. Mindfulness educator Landman explains how, drawing on her background as a practitioner of Buddhism. She also taps into her own experiences as the parent of a young adult diagnosed with clinical depression, who considered dying by suicide. She shares a story about her other child, who endured a physical injury, and briefly acknowledges how racial aggressions can cause further stress and trauma for parents of color. Landman learned firsthand that parents must strive for balance in their lives. She advocates for parents to develop self-trust, practice mindfulness, allow feelings, and focus on self-care in order to best meet their children's needs. Each chapter concludes with exercises, which are also available in an audio format on the author's website so readers can listen and meditate concurrently. VERDICT An appealing title for the growing population of parents interested in a mindful approach to help their children (and themselves) attain optimum mental health.

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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