Free Range Mama

As a parent, you understand one day your fledglings, your little children, will grow up and leave you. Fleeing the nest is part of life’s rich tapestry. You don’t know how you’ll feel until that time comes. For some, empty nest syndrome is a huge loss, a sense of bereavement. In Free Range Mama, author Kizzi offers a combination memoir and guidebook to help parents come to terms with their life when the children leave home. Showing you how to find your life’s purpose beyond parenthood, she takes you through ten simple steps to help you “feel full” on an empty nest. She teaches you how to: · overcome the challenges of your empty nest; · live a life way beyond the mundane and monotony; · respond to every call that excites your soul; · survive, thrive, and—once again—feel totally alive as you find a reason to give back; and · find purpose in your life outside of parenthood and raising a family. Free Range Mama discusses how you don’t have to feel lonely. Take your life back and confidently reignite the passion that lies dormant within.

Mama of ten Abbie Halberstadt helps women humbly and gracefully rise to the high calling of motherhood without settling for mediocrity or losing their minds in the process. Motherhood is a challenge. Unfortunately, our worldly culture offers moms little in the way of real help. Mamas only connect to celebrate surviving another day and to share in their misery rather than rejoice in what God has done and to build each other up in hard times. There has a be a better way, a biblical way, for mamas to grow and thrive. As a daughter of Christ, you have been called to be more than an average mama. Attaining excellence doesn’t have to be unsettling but it will take committed focus and a desire to parent well according to God’s grace and for His glory. M is for Mama offers advice, encouragement, and scripturally sound strategies seasoned with a little bit of humor to help you embrace the challenge of biblical motherhood and raise your children with love and wisdom. Mama, you are worthy of the awesome responsibility God has given you. Now it’s time to start believing you can live up to it.

Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape, and chicken lovers often shy away from gardening for the same reason. But you can keep chickens and have a beautiful garden, too! In this essential handbook, award-winning garden designer Jessi Bloom offers step-by-step instructions for creating a beautiful and functional space and maintaining a happy, healthy flock. Free-Range Chicken Gardens covers everything a gardener needs to know, from the basics of chicken keeping and getting them acclimated to the garden, to how to create the perfect chicken-friendly garden design and build innovative coops.

The life of Kenya Moses changed drastically the moment she became a single mother to her infant and toddler boys. With little to no support to guide her through the raising of her children and the greater life vision she had for herself, she took to a place of determined self-reflection to change the trajectory of her life. In 2009 Kenya started the company Be A Fit Mama, Inc. - a emotional and physical well-being company, dedicated to supporting women and mothers through life transitions. The time she has spent serving thousands of women throughout the world has led her to share her story of single motherhood and how her experience was the impetus for her role in helping other mothers live passionate, joyous and abundant lives. The Single Mama's Guide to Getting Sh*t Done - Self-Care for Personal Transformation is dedicated to the single mother who not only wants to get sh*t done, but who wants to do it in an inspired, confident way. This book challenges you to reflect, engage and implement on what you know and what you don't know. Establish a firm foundation, and you will be in an excellent position to accomplish the following goals: • Unwrap and Present Your Gifts• Give yourself a time-out• Nurture your body to complete well-being• Influence time• Identify your parenting style• (Re)define your relationship to money• Find your community• Practice mindful being• Get it all done

Learn to raise independent, can-do kids with a new edition of the book that started a movement In the newly revised and expanded Second Edition of Free-Range Kids, New York columnist-turned-movement leader Lenore Skenazy delivers a compelling and entertaining look at how we got so worried about everything our kids do, see, eat, read, wear, watch and lick -- and how to bid a whole lot of that anxiety goodbye. With real-world examples, advice, and a gimlet-eyed look at the way our culture forces fear down our throats, Skenazy describes how parents and educators can step back so kids step up. Positive change is faster, easier and a lot more fun than you’d believe. This is the book that has helped millions of American parents feel brave and optimistic again – and the same goes for their kids. Using research, humor, and feisty common sense, the book shows: How parents can reject the media message, “Your child is in horrible danger!” How schools can give students more independence -- and what happens when they do. (Hint: Teachers love it.) How everyone can relax and successfully navigate a judge-y world filled with way too many warnings, scolds and brand new fears Perfect for parents and guardians of children of all ages, Free-Range Kids will also earn a place in the libraries of K-12 educators who want their students to blossom with newfound confidence and cheer.

A humorous yet poignant look into how much freedom American parents might be taking away from their children in the name of their safety.

The new mom initiation ritual involves sleepless nights, an inexplicable obsession with baby booties, and more questions than answers. This take on everything baby offers new moms the Christian girlfriend advice she needs to feel confident in her new role

Navigating the authenticity and nuances of Chinese cuisine, the author, a Shanghainese who has lived in the Europe for a decade now and the wife of an Italian chef, presents dishes from her mom's magical kitchen. From the cure-all nourishing soups, versatile cooking methods, the relentless pursue of seasonality and craftsmanship, these recipes are homey yet manage to retain finesse, tradition and philosophy of good food and they are all peppered with the author's personal recollection of family and her much-loved hometown. Personal, emotional and absolutely delicious.