MINDFULNESS JOURNAL FOR PARENTS

Incorporating meditation or a mindfulness practice after your workouts can be very powerful. Curious about how a post-workout meditation can benefit your physical and mental health? Keep reading for everything you can look forward to.

Pregnancy is an exciting, life-changing journey, but it often comes with its own set of challenges. When it’s all getting to be a bit much and you’re feeling overwhelmed, try turning to pregnancy affirmations for help.

As we see our children growing up, we are constantly reminded of the preciousness of this time. So how can we slow down enough to appreciate these beautiful experiences with our kids?

My babysitter was the first to break the news to me, “Did you hear that they are running out of baby formula?” When she first said this to me, I was confused by her question and thought for sure I heard her wrong. I mean, we’ve all heard of baby formula recalls and the occasional plant shutting down, but was she actually saying that I wouldn’t be able to find my twins’ formula anywhere?

As we begin our journey into motherhood, even before conception, there is SO little control we have and this can feel frightening, uneasy and can even lead us to harming ourselves or those who love us.

Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of transformation. At the same time, it can also feel difficult to cope with the physical changes that occur. When you strive for your body to look a certain way, it can feel challenging to shift your mindset from one viewpoint to another.

Alturi reminds mothers to give themselves grace when asking for help and remember why it’s important to ask for help: to ensure their own well-being, as well as the well-being of their families.

For almost a year, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing people’s surprised expressions when I share that I’m a mom to seven kids, including three sets of twins. I’m enjoying these moments because it took me and my husband 17 tumultuous years of navigating infertility via international adoption, IVF, pregnancy loss and surrogacy to create our family.

Trying to conceive and parenting can become all-encompassing. It can cut you off from the most important things, including your relationship with yourself. It's healthy to pause — whether for a minute or a day — to remember who you are.

Here are some suggestions for what to include in your postpartum care plan/proposal so you can feel fully supported during this momentous transition.

“I was speaking to a life coach,” the self-proclaimed IVF Mama coach recalls to So Booking Cool. “It was part of this wellness day that I went to, and I signed up for a quick slot with this life coach…she’s sort of asking me all these questions about what I wanted, and I told her that I wanted to be a writer.”

My path to parenthood made me one of many statistics. I am one of the 1 in 8 women requiring fertility assistance, and also one of the 1 in 4 women who have experienced a miscarriage or pregnancy loss.

Mindfulness is so much more than meditation. It can help us manage our stress, fears, and anxieties. While we often think that we’re too busy to practice mindfulness, we’re not. There are various strategies that can be used throughout our busy days.

Mindfulness and meditation coach Josephine Atluri has seven children, including three sets of twins. She has experienced all the highs, the lows, and tangled messes of complicated emotions that come with having children. Well into her family's journey, she discovered mindfulness and meditation. Now she shares the insights she wishes she had.

Motherhood is stressful starting the moment you decide you’re ready to start a family. No one knows what the road ahead will hold, including infertility, miscarriage, loss, or postpartum depression.

One way to support your emotional and mental health as you aspire to become a parent is to incorporate fertility mindfulness into your daily routine.

Keeping calm can seem like an unattainable dream when you’re last-minute shopping for gifts or prepping for parties.

On this week's episode of The Well+Good Podcast, our hosts talked to three mothers about the obstacles they've faced over the last two years, and what changes they hope to see as a result of the pandemic in the future.

I share my tips for how to make time for holiday self-care when you don't feel like you have the time.

To help demystify the process, we asked a diverse group of parents to share their reasons for pursuing surrogacy, what their experience was like, and the misconceptions that exist about the process.

Returning to the show is meditation and mindfulness expert, Josephine Atluri.

As Zuri explores her options on her journey to eventual motherhood, she wanted to hear from a pro.

The approach I like best is to keep trying techniques, adding the ones that work best for you into your self-care toolkit.

She explains what being mindful means to promote a better relationship with yourself, kids, and everyone around you.

Josephine’s experience creating her modern-day family of seven children inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach.

It is the lack of free time that has stood in the way of staying calm, present, and connected to myself – which is where Josephine Atluri comes in.

Josephine Atluri, mother of seven and an expert on mindfulness, joins Sarah and Jim to talk about mindful parenting and how we can have a joyful experience with our kids by keeping ourselves on a positive track.

Parenting is challenging under the best of circumstances, but lately? Mindful parenting might be an excellent solution.

Josephine Atluri shares insights from her recent book Mindfulness Journal for Parents: Prompts and Practices to Stay Calm, Present and Connected.

Is there any way for us as parents to reduce our anxieties about the start of this unprecedented new school year?