{"product_id":"momma-zen-walking-the-crooked-path-of-motherhood-9781590304617","title":"Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eCombining humor, honesty, and plainspoken advice, \u003ci\u003eMomma Zen\u003c\/i\u003e distills the doubts and frustrations of motherhood into vignettes of Zen wisdom\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on her experience as a first-time mother and her years of Zen meditation and study, Karen Miller explores how the daily challenges of parenthood can become the most profound spiritual journey of our lives. Her compelling and wise memoir follows the timeline of early motherhood from pregnancy through toddlerhood. \u003ci\u003eMomma Zen\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a transformative journey, charting a mother's growth beyond naive expectations and disorientation to finding fulfillment in ordinary tasks, developing greater self-awareness and acceptance--to the gradual discovery of \"maternal bliss,\" a state of abiding happiness and ease that is available to us all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her gentle and reassuring voice, Karen Miller convinces us that ancient and authentic spiritual lessons can be as familiar as a lullaby, as ordinary as pureed peas, and as frequent as a sleepless night. She offers encouragement for the hard days, consolation for the long haul, and the lightheartedness every new mom needs to face the crooked path of motherhood straight on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trumpeter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590304617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.56w x 0.56d","brand":"Karen Maezen Miller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935618863285,"sku":"9781590304617","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fc16d647-6cb4-4f9f-8bcf-cdcb6e47c386.jpg?v=1688490676","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/momma-zen-walking-the-crooked-path-of-motherhood-9781590304617","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}