Nurture the wow : finding spirituality in the frustration, boredom, tears, poop, desperation, wonder, and radical amazement of parenting / Danya Ruttenberg.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, New York : Flatiron Books, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 308 pages ; 19 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250064943 (hardback)
- 1250064945 (hardback)
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 296.742 R982 | Available | 33111008394658 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
National Jewish Book Award Finalist 2016
A deeply affecting, funny, insightful meditation that challenges readers to find the spiritual meaning of parenting.
Every day, parents are bombarded by demands. The pressures of work and life are relentless; our children's needs are often impossible to meet; and we rarely, if ever, allow ourselves the time and attention necessary to satisfy our own inner longings. Parenthood is difficult, demanding, and draining. And yet, argues Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, if we can approach it from a different mindset, perhaps the work of parenting itself can offer the solace we seek.
Rooted in Judaism but incorporating a wide-range of religious and literary traditions, Nurture the Wow asks, Can ancient ideas about relationships, drudgery, pain, devotion, and purpose help make the hard parts of a parent's job easier and the magical stuff even more so? Ruttenberg shows how parenting can be considered a spiritual practice--and how seeing it that way can lead to transformation. This is a parent hood book, not a parent ing book; it shows how the experiences we have as parents can change us for the better.
Enlightening, uplifting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Nurture the Wow reveals how parenthood--in all its crazy-making, rage-inducing, awe and joy-filled moments--can actually be the path to living fully, authentically, and soulfully.
Includes bibliographical references.
"How our experiences as parents can become the path to transcendence"-- Provided by publisher.
So Much Is Different Now: Parental Love as a Portal to Infinity -- Sweeping Cheerios From The Floor: Finding Inspiration in the Mundane -- Frustration! Anger! Desperation!: Transforming Hard Feelings -- I Have So Much Control Over Someone's Life, But Ultimately I Have No Control: Rethinking Power and Powerlessness -- Speaking On Your Heart: Prayer as Lullabye, Lullabye as Prayer -- Exhaustion And Poop: Finding Meaning in the Body Stuff -- Pecking Under The Table: How the Magic of Child's Play Can Infuse Our Lives -- It's Not About Me Anymore?: Creating a New Kind of Selfhood -- Seeing Everything With New Eyes: How Parenting Changes Our Vision of the World -- What Gives Us Goose Bumps: Parenting as a Mystical Encounter.