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Staying on your spiritual path was undoubtedly a whole lot easier before your kids were born. But as Meryl Davids Landau realized when she became a mother—with no time to run off to yoga or meditation retreats (or even to read many spiritual books)—parenting would have to become her prime…

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1 author picked Enlightened Parenting as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I have so many tabbed pages in this book that it’s absolutely impossible for me to pinpoint just one or two things that I love most about it. It’s a combination of philosophical text and a down-to-earth memoir where the content is not only relatable but lives up to its name: it’s enlightening.

It has you reflecting on aspects of your parenting journey that you may have otherwise overlooked and forces you to observe mundane motherhood moments through a spiritual lens, providing the experience with a true sacredness and wise understanding. It’s the book I wish I wrote because it…

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