More Than a Mom
How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You (and Your Family) Thrive
- Women
- Publisher: W Publishing Group (Thomas Nelson)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
What if taking care of yourself was the first step to helping your family thrive? If you’ve parented long enough, then you’ve learned firsthand why your personal wellness matters. You’ve felt the pain (or consequences) of devaluing yourself. Whether your wake-up call came from a diagnosis, a breakdown, an issue with your child or spouse, anxiety, or simply feeling depleted and numb, it most likely unveiled this truth: Mothers are humans too. We require love, compassion, rest, and renewal. Taking care of our needs strengthens us and equips us for the road ahead. In More Than a Mom, bestselling author Kari Kampakis offers a practical, approachable, and attainable framework to stay on a healthy path. You can take your kids only as far as you’ve come–and since their strength builds on your strength, you must take time to focus on you. More Than a Mom is about unleashing God’s power in your life and standing on timeless truths that will help you know your worth and embrace your purpose, build strong, uplifting friendships that you can model for your children, quit the negative self-talk and make peace with your body, and learn to mother yourself by resting and setting boundaries. The world shaping your children is more callous and complex than the world that shaped you. Kids need to be stronger, smarter, and more rooted in what’s real. Empower your son or daughter by tending to your heart, soul, body, and mind. Give them a vision of a healthy adult–and know that as they launch into the real world, they will build on what you started.
Endorsements (3)
“In marathon running and training, ‘hitting the wall’ is when your muscles and strength give out despite your will. I had long associated this term with sports—until I hit the wall as a mom. Despite my will, I could no longer keep an intense pace, and denying myself the dignity of self-care and proper rest landed me in the hospital, and it took a surgery to find rest for my soul. That health scare seven years ago shook my world in the best way as it highlighted how my well-being directly directly correlates to how well I can serve my family. In More Than a Mom, Kari offers wisdom and encouragement to help us avoid hitting that same wall. She fuels us with reminders that we are children of God, He cares for us, and He desires that we care for ourselves so that we can care for the children and the precious family He has entrusted to us. Don’t hit the wall like I did. Instead, read this book.”
“For the first ten years of motherhood, I ran myself ragged. I never got enough sleep, and I was constantly exhausted, stressed, and running on fumes. Only when I hit rock bottom and crashed did I finally realize that not prioritizing my health and well-being hurt everyone. In More Than a Mom, Kari Kampakis inspires moms with practical ways to start making their emotional, physical, and spiritual health a priority. Every mom can benefit from reading this book and taking it to heart! I only wish I had it around eighteen years ago when I first became a mom!”
“Kari’s writing never fails to feel like a handwritten note from a close friend, which makes her latest book especially wonderful. Kari identifies the often unacknowledged or overlooked needs we have as moms, affirms the significance of us tending to our own souls as we tend to the precious souls God has entrusted to us, and shows us how to model healthy and biblical self-care to our kids. Much needed renewal awaits you in these pages!”
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