About the Author\nSandi Schwartz is a journalist specializing in parenting, wellness, and the environment. She has written for Chicken Soup for the Soul, Scary Mommy, and Very Well Family, among other publications She founded the Ecohappiness Project to help families build a nature habit to feel happier and calmer by exploring positive psychology tools through a nature lens. Previously, she held communications positions at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and National Academy of Sciences. Schwartz has a Masters in Government (Environmental focus) from Johns Hopkins University and Specialization Certificate in Foundations of Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an active member in environmental and writing organizations including Children & Nature Network, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Sierra Club, and more. Schwartz splits time between Florida and New Jersey with her husband and two children. Schwartz’s website is www.ecohappinessproject.com.\nRaise calmer, happier, healthier children with these fun, hands-on nature activities for parents and kids to enjoy together. 
Gold Winner, Nonfiction Authors Association Book Awards 
Are your kids stressed? Are they feeling a bit down? Do your children―and you―need a break from screens? Nature can help. What we all suspected intuitively for generations, science has now confirmed: spending time connecting to nature is a safe, effective tool to help improve our health and happiness. 
In Finding Ecohappiness, author Sandi Schwartz guides families in building regular habits of experiencing nature to reduce stress and boost mood. She explores key positive psychology tools from a nature-loving perspective. You will learn simple, practical tips for incorporating these tools―awe and gratitude, mindfulness, creative arts, outdoor play and adventure, volunteering, food, and animals―into your daily routine to help your children thrive and live a happy, balanced life. 
Finding Ecohappiness will introduce you to all kinds of engaging nature activities you can do with your kids, from hiking and bike rides to visiting nature centers and science museums to volunteering outdoors to embarking on ecotourism adventures. In addition, you will discover unique nature relaxation activities like cow cuddling, animal yoga, forest bathing, float therapy, and earthing. Nature isn’t just for kids, either―doing these activities with your children will tremendously improve your own well-being, too. 
A must-read for all families, Finding Ecohappiness will help you protect your children from feeling stressed and overwhelmed; manage your children’s current issues regarding stress, anxiety, and mood; and improve family togetherness.

Finding Ecohappiness: Fun Nature Activities to Help Your Kids Feel Happier and Calmer

Self-Help

Schwartz, Sandi

Happiness

Quill Driver Books

It takes more than love to be an authentically powerful parent. This book gives you awareness into your children’s inner world so you can understand their behavior and respond in a way that fosters deep, loving connections while helping them to become resilient, responsible and successful. Filled with insights and suggestions for handling the most frustrating parenting challenges, the reader immediately feels soothed and hopeful and most important, becomes freed from taking their children’s behavior so personally! From the very first chapter you are given the key that unlocks the answers to your questions. Using this newfound information about your child’s hard wiring you begin to shift the thoughts and patterns that lead to yelling, punishing and exhausting power struggles. Based on the latest knowledge about child development and brain research, Sandi’s approach nurtures the needs of the parents as well as the children. Everyone wants to be appreciated for who they are. Each chapter gives you specific examples of how your willingness to shift your thinking leads to another success story of cooperation and emotional connection. And powerful you become! Not in the old fashioned definition that is based on imposing threats and punishments. Your authentic power comes as you release the fears, worries and competitive thinking that haunt so many parents. The stories that are shared in the pages of this book will inspire the courage and wisdom that lives within your heart to spark a new approach to tantrums, defiance and the pressures of living in a fast paced, technological age. In addition to discovering practical tools, Sandi takes you into another dimension of parenting that is often overlooked. The children of today are energy readers. They have a finely tuned sense that picks up hypocrisy and know instinctively when others are masking their true feelings. This book will help you understand your own emotions so you no longer have to pretend to have all the answers when you are falling apart inside. Your vulnerability actually increases your authentic power! Sandi’s willingness to share from her own intimate experiences as a mother to two totally different children, takes this book to a new level of groundbreaking work in understanding the interplay between energy, thoughts, and the releasing of negativity. None of her degrees prepared Sandi for the mirror that Melissa, a highly sensitive intuitive, continually held up as a challenge to her mother’s ego. Authentic Parenting Power reflects over forty years of professional expertise with a personal journey of shifting beliefs, releasing of childhood wounds and trusting the Divine Intelligence of a benevolent Universe. WHEN YOU ORDER THE BOOK you IGNITE your own journey to AUTHENTIC EMPOWERMENT!!

Authentic Parenting Power: Shift Your Thoughts, Change Their Behavior

Parenting & Relationships

Schwartz, Melissa

Parenting

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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