I truly thought zen parenting would be more about the art of raising children to be well acquainted with themselves, to self regulate, and a touch about how to keep my cool and calm during melt down moments. That spoke “zen” to me. But this book was more or less about aligning baby chakras, and I couldn’t be bothered. It was’t what I was expecting, but we may all have different definitions of zen.

I really enjoyed the breakdown of the body's chakras and the connection between mind and body to our health. So many parent books have helped me while my children are little but I am ready to think beyond the early years. This book aims to put the focus back on the adults and is a great reminder that we need to remember who we are and take care of ourselves before taking care of our children.

I think this book was especially useful because it doesn't focus on a particular age (babies, children, teens) but instead looks at the whole parent who is raising a child at pretty much every age. I also appreciated the connection to spirituality, as this will help ourselves as well as our children.

I will absolutely recommend this book to parents everywhere.

This was an interesting concept for a parenting book. I liked the idea of breaking it into 7 portions. I didn't feel like I could really put a lot of it into practice, but there were some nuggets that I thought would work. I do think this is something that should be used for parents with younger kids.

Overall, I liked the book. I like how it was broken up into the seven chakras. It was well written and organized.
I don't think I could put it into practice since my children are older. However, I do think this would be a good
book for someone with young children. It was a interesting read. Thank you Netgalley for the arc.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.
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Zen Parenting is a parenting book based on the seven chakras. It’s very easy to read and very well organized. The author is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about this subject. Normally I try to avoid parenting books because they usually make me feel bad about my parenting. This book was no exception. I don’t believe this was the author’s intent. Her methods are well thought out and sound great on paper. Unfortunately, I have a lot of trouble putting them into practice, as do many parents. I appreciate the attempt but I’ll continue to seek parenting information elsewhere.

This book is probably best geared to younger parents with younger children. It was hard for be to pick out any helpful strategies or concrete tips in this book because it just seemed to be all over the place….maybe too zen? It was well written and was interesting…but the book was more of a meander than a guide.