In The Ten Habits of Happy Mothers, Meg Meeker, M.D., critically acclaimed author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, puts her twenty-five years of experience as a practicing pediatrician and counselor into a sound, sane approach to reshaping the frustrating, exhausting lives of so many moms.
By implementing the key strategies in Dr. Meeker’s book, you can be happy, hopeful, and a wonderful role model. You can teach your children to be the very best they can be—and isn’t that still the most precious reward of motherhood?
Here are Dr. Meeker’s 10 Habits:
#1 UNDERSTAND YOUR VALUE AS A MOTHER
#2 MAINTAIN KEY FRIENDSHIPS
#3 VALUE AND PRACTICE FAITH
#4 SAY NO TO COMPETITION
#5 CREATE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY
#6 MAKE TIME FOR SOLITUDE
#7 GIVE AND GET LOVE IN HEALTHY WAYS
#8 FIND WAYS TO LIVE SIMPLY
#9 LET GO OF FEAR
#10 HOPE IS A DECISION – SO MAKE IT!
Click here to read an excerpt!
And check out these videos of Dr. Meeker talking about some of the most important habits for happy mothers.
Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. Such as, why did Dulcie Shelby leave her hometown so suddenly? And why did she vow never to return? But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew—a reclusive, real-life gentle giant—she realizes that mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby, they’re a way of life: Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. And a neighbor bakes hope in the form of cakes.
