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Healthy Mother, Healthy Child: Creating Whole Families from the Inside Out

April 2010

“an integrative approach to health care which encompasses body, mind and spirit”

- Andrew Weil, M.D.

Healthy, happy children are the number one priority of every parent. How best to achieve that goal is the real mystery. Stuck between prescriptive medical guides and a tangle of unfamiliar alternate therapies, what’s a mom to do?  Elizabeth Irvine has the answer. As a former ICU nurse and devoted practitioner of complementary medicine and yoga, Elizabeth has based her entire career on bridging the gap between traditional Western medicine and alternate practices in search of whole health and wellness. Borrowing from ancient Eastern wisdom, building from a solid scientific base, and adding a good dash of a mother’s common sense, Healthy Mother, Healthy Child offers solutions for every family. In this comforting, easy-to-follow guide, Elizabeth tackles topics from childhood obesity to calming techniques for children to ways your family can go “green,” offering practical tips and a positive philosophy that will help your entire family build physical and emotional health from the inside out.

Andrew Weil, M.D., best-selling author of Spontaneous Healing, says,

“I am always pleased when I find others who are passionate about providing an integrative approach to health care which encompasses body, mind and spirit.”

Miriam Peskowitz, author of Daring Book for Girls and host of PBS’ “Daring Kids” says,

“For everyone caught in the daily scramble-and-spin, here’s a calm and lilting guide to achievable stress-busting, wellness and health.”

A Moment’s Peace: A Mom’s Guide to Creating Calm Amidst Chaos

April 2010

Your turn for carpool. Dinner unmade. Orthodontist appointment started fifteen minutes ago. Cell phone vibrating. Conference call scheduled. Text from husband: co. dwnsizing again. who’s nxt? How can one more minute, and one more worry, be squeezed into your day? Whether you’re an at-home mom or trying to juggle kids and a career, you know that as won- derful as it is, motherhood sometimes feels like a continual series of interruptions, your attention persistently pulled in different directions. If you’re like most moms, you need a moment’s peace more than anyone else. And, if you’re like most moms, you probably feel like a simple moment of stillness and calm focus is entirely beyond your reach. In her second book, award-winning author Elizabeth Irvine offers practical, doable advice that can help you change your life. She can’t drive carpool for you or help with that conference call but she can show you ways to relax, breathing techniques, and mindfulness exercises that will help you change how you react to the chaos of your day. Building simple routines that focus on your wellness, learning to recognize the gift of serendipity, even allowing yourself the “luxury” of the moment you are experiencing right now, are all skills that this book will teach you, making every day more rewarding, more manageable, and allowing your true self to shine.

Denise Linn, best-selling author of Sacred Space says,

“Just holding this book will open your heart. And once you open the pages, you’ll feel  wave after wave of soft moments of peace flow over you. The beauty, care and love in this book are palpable. I highly recommend it!”

Karen Maezen Miller, author of Momma Zen says,

“As calming as a prayer book, this gentle reflection reminds us that the moment we are seeking is always the moment at hand.”

Miriam Peskowitz, author of Daring Book for Girls and host of PBS’ “Daring Kids” says,

“When I need help with my ongoing resolution to stay calmer and more present with my kids, this is the guide I’ll reach for.”

Healthy Mother, Healthy Child: Creating Balance in everyday life

First Edition. Out of Print.

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Healthy Mother Healthy Child: Creating balance in everyday life was honored with a silver medal in the Parenting category in Foreword Magazine’s 2006 Book of the Year Award competition. In awarding the prize a jury of librarians and booksellers considered “editorial excellence, professional production, originality of the narrative, author credentials, and the value the book adds to its genre.”