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In an age where healthcare providers must shrink the time alloted to each patient, being prepared and educated about your health is more important than ever. Surviving American Healthcare teaches you how to negotiate the often tricky U.S. health system, and advocate for yourself or someone you love. Valerie Conrad is an ICU nurse and former paramedic who has worked with thousands of patients. She believes that patient preparation and advocacy can mean the difference between good care and care that is sub-par. In short, what you will learn in this book could save your life or the life of someone you love.

Under One Sky recounts poignant encounters surrounding birth, breastfeeding, and the life circumstances of families from over 77 countries. As a lactation consultant, Chris Auer met with thousands of women as they began their mothering and breastfeeding journey, women from places as diverse as The Congo, Ecuador, Italy, and Nepal, as well as American women from all walks of life. The babies range from healthy, full-term to extremely premature. The mothers range from 12 to 52. Chris Auer has worked passionately to champion mothers on this segment of their life journey. In the retelling of their stories, we see the importance of meeting mothers where they are in the moment, with an accepting, listening presence. Under One Sky is beyond a memoir; it's a mosaic of their stories and reveals a poignant picture of our connectedness.

When actors are in training, they use acting exercises to help them access their emotions and to understand and connect with their characters. Psychotherapist, and former actress, Stefanie Stolinsky has found that these exercises helped her clients heal from childhood trauma. This book provides a series of 25 acting exercises, with links to live video showing actors demonstrating the techniques.

Transformed by Postpartum Depression is a poignant tale of 20 women's journeys through postpartum depression and the growth that they experienced as a result. These women described severe suffering as they had been taken completely by surprise by their depression. They also experienced failure of care providers to screen for or treat depression, and finally reached a place where they determined that they would do whatever it took to recover. These women not only survived their ordeal, but emerged stronger than they were before. Transformed by Postpartum Depression is a deeply rich, compelling journey. These women creatively engaged and transcended their "diagnosis," truly transforming themselves, their relationships, and their lives finding self-empowerment within their personal creative journeys of healing.

Midlife Mindset serves as a guide to help bolster our own ability to cope with midlife issues, but also teaches us how to be better supporters to our fellow midlife sisters. From uncertainty about career and family choices, dealing with relationship strain or coping with loss, Midlife Mindset follows the lives of women navigating these complex life events. This book explores the intricate interplay between childhood experiences and current circumstances including wishes, desires and fears. These women's stories often unfold in unexpected ways, highlighting the unique potential for healing and growth contained within each of us. The midlife women found within the pages will surprise even the most confident of readers, inspiring a renewed spirit of possibility. These stories will allow a seed of hope to take root so that transformation and growth can follow. Filled with stories of personal struggle, overcoming adversity, and striving to find one's authentic self, Midlife Mindset serves as a reminder that we are not alone in our midlife experiences.

Praise for Transformed by Postpartum Depression,Dr. Walker Ladd has forged the future for maternal mental health. Her provocative book, Transformed by Postpartum Depression, will challenge and change clini-cians, researchers, and the public. Finally, the paradigm of PPD has been broadened to include trauma and the human condition. She has exposed a missing piece of the postpartum puzzle. Thank you, Walker!-Jane Honikman, MA, Founder, Postpartum Support InternationalWalker Ladd has achieved greatness in the PPD com-munity with her emphasis on trauma, transformation, and personal growth. What makes Transformed by Postpartum Depression so uniquely powerful is that Ladd stands in the face of preconceived notions and challenges them with the stories and voices of real women who speak the truth and deserve to be heard. The conviction of these experiences holds tremendous healing power on behalf of the PPD woman seeking support as well as valued wisdom for the clinician who is accompanying this journey.-Karen Kleiman, MSW, Founder & Director, The Postpartum Stress Center; Author, Therapy and the Postpartum WomanThe beauty of Dr. Ladd''s book, Transformed by Postpartum Depression, is that it is written not only for clinicians, but also for women who have suffered through postpartum depression. This book will provide much needed hope for mothers in the throes of this devastating mood disorder. The powerful narratives included in this book provide the readers with an insider''s view of how mothers have been transformed by postpartum depression.-Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN, Professor, School of Nursing, University of ConnecticutTransformed by Postpartum Depression traces the experiences of 25 women through the trauma of postpartum depression. The impact of untreated postpartum depression is described within the context of the psychological literature on trauma and posttraumatic growth. Women describe being terrified by symptoms they didn''t understand and the systemic failure of care providers to screen or treat their worsening symptoms, resulting in life threatening and life changing trauma. Interviews with leaders in the field of maternal mental health provide critical counterpoint to the concept of postpartum depression as a traumatic life event. Transformed by Postpartum Depression provides timely and insightful reflection on the state of maternal mental health in the United States.Walker Ladd, Ph.D. has been a recognized thought leader in the field of maternal mental health for nearly two decades. Her writing and research challenge current paradigms of motherhood and mental illness, using women''s stories to reveal the hidden truths and extraordinary dimensions of the lived experience of motherhood. Dr. Ladd''s personal experiences with traumatic childbirth, breast cancer, postpartum depression, and major depressive disorder drive her passion for her bold, soulful, and transformative work.