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Parenting Begins before Conception: A Guide to Preparing Body, Mind, and Spirit For You and Your Future Child
by Carista, Ph.D Luminare-Rosen
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Parenting Began Before Conception--My Personal Journey
1. Why Prepare for Parenthood?
2. Your Child: A Multidimensional Being
3. Preparing Your Body for Conception
4. Preparing Your Mind for Conception
5. Preparing Your Spirit for Conception
6. The Time of Physical Conception
7. The Prenatal Journey
8. Birth and the Beginning of Your Baby's Human Life
9. Holistic Parenting: Practical Next Steps
Appendix A: The PreSeeding Birth Program: A Holistic Model
Appendix B: Birth Wish List
Appendix C: Financial Investments before and after the Birth
Appendix D: From Soul to Cell: The Process of Reincarnation
Appendix E: The Implications of Abortion in a Prebirth Health Care
Model
Appendix F: Resources
Notes
Recommended Reading
Index
Editorial Reviews
Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D.,
author of Making Peace with Your Past
A beautiful, brilliant psychospiritual guide that should be read by every person preparing for parenthood.
Barbara Findeisen, M.F.C.C.,
President of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health
The author has successfully brought together East and West, spirit and body, in a fascinating and useful journey into the mystery and miracle of conception, pregnancy, and birth.
John Gray,
author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
"Parenting Begins Before Conception offers a wealth of positive parenting ideas."
Christiane Northrup, M.D.,
author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
"A guide that every potential parent will want to read. I highly recommend Dr. Luminare-Rosen's work."
Kathlyn Hendreicks, Ph.D.,
and Gay Hendreicks, Ph.D., authors of Conscious Loving and The Conscious Heart
"Dr. Luminare-Rosen's beautifully written stories and research support the deepest fulfillment in the adventure of parenting."
Niravi B. Payne,
author of The Whole Person Fertility Program
". . . skillfully highlights how profoundly we are affected by conscious and unconscious experiences and memories during our womb lives."
Book Description
*Shows prospective parents how they can lay the foundations for a health y and happy family life even before their child is conceived and born.
* Shows parents how they can optimize their children's physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
* Guides parents through a unique program designed to prepare them for the myriad changes, adjustments, and joys that accompany the major transition to parenthood.
An inspiring and groundbreaking book, Parenting Begins Before Conception shows prospective parents how they can lay the foundations for a healthy and happy family life even before a child is conceived and born. New research contends that prenatal life and the birth experience are often profound determinants of human personality and aptitude. Hundreds of university and hospital studies conclude that unborn children see, hear, and feel in the womb.
Dr. Carista Luminare-Rosen explores the universal forces underlying conception and shows parents how they can optimize their child's physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health by considering a host of important issues well in advance. Weaving together modern preconception and prenatal health knowledge with ancient wisdom, the author guides parents through a unique holistic program designed to prepare them for the myriad changes, adjustments, and joys that accompany the major transition to parenthood. Dr. Luminare-Rosen helps readers consider their own readiness for parenthood--physically, psychologically, and spiritually--so that when the child of their dreams arrives, they are fully prepred to welcome this new being--body, mind, and soul.
About the Author
Carista Luminare-Rosen, Ph.D. is a counselor in private practice and specializes in holistic approaches to preconception and prenatal health care. She lives in California with her husband and daughter, where she codirects The Center for Creative Parenting, an educational center offering classes on preconception, prenatal, and childbirth preparation and early parenting.