Rick Hanson: Mother Nurture
Today mothers 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, overwhelming stresses of raising young children. Rick and Jan Hanson give you practical help for parenting, lowering stress, increasing energy, lifting your mood, building teamwork with your mate, and staying intimate friends.
- 10 Reasons to Take Good Care of a Father
- 10 Reasons to Take Good Care of a Mother
- A Mother's Meditation on Gratitude
- Acne Update: Nothing like a blemish to Ruin Your Day!
- Are You Feeling Depleted?
- Asking for Empathy
- Being Careful with Sugar
- Boosting Your Immune System
- Dealing with Insomnia
- Dealing With Your Anger
- Depleted Mother Syndrome
- Empathy: A Key Relationship Skill
- Five Keys to Settling Marital Conflict
- Get More Help from Your Partner
- Getting a Father to Help More with the Baby
- Getting More Sleep With Twins
- Healthy Fats? Who Knew?
- Helping "Moody" Kids
- How to Lower Your Stress
- Issues with Relatives
Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist who works with couples, individual adults, and children. He has written and lectured extensively on parental stress and depletion, ways to nurture mothers and fathers, and how a couple can be both strong teammates and intimate friends while raising a family. Dr. Hanson did management consulting before earning his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Wright Institute. He has been President of the Board of FamilyWorks, a non-profit agency serving families in Northern California. Jan Hanson, M.S., is an acupuncturist and nutritionist whose private practice focuses on women's health and on temperament problems in children. She received a B.A. from UCLA and an M.S. from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences, in addition to taking many courses in clinical nutrition, homeopathy, and laboratory assessment. She and Rick have been married for over twenty years, and have two children.
