CALM MAMA, HAPPY BABY Empowers Parents to Manage Stress

Staying calm as a parent is difficult even under the best circumstances, and many new parents today struggle with information overload, conflicting advice from experts, and lack of social support. The result? Stress. Alarmingly, research shows that a parent's mood and behavior are contagious, and that parental stress directly impacts children's physical health, social and emotional learning, and brain development.

Drawing on an eye-opening blend of neuroscience and the authors' experience in working with parents in workshops and private sessions over nearly two decades (including celebrities such as Ben Stiller, Greg Kinnear, Conan O'Brien, Marcia Cross, Tony Kanal (of No Doubt), Nia Vardals and Tiffani Thiessen), Calm Mama, Happy Baby (HCI -- $15.95 - ISBN: 9780757317668 October 2013) empowers moms (and dads) to be proactive about managing stress and choosing calm instead. With simple, step-by-step techniques, parents will learn how to tap into their natural instincts and respond to their baby's needs with clarity and confidence. From feeding and sleep problems to fussiness, separation anxiety, and teething, parents will learn how to defuse stress and in any parenting situation - giving their child the best possible start in life.

Here's some of what moms will learn in the book. To:

• Discover the negative habits that cause stress and zap your energy • Learn how to understand your baby's communication on all levels • Defuse any parenting situation, from feeding problems and sleep disruptions to separation anxiety, stuffiness and colic • Explore why becoming a parent brings up unresolved fears and insecurities-and how to put them to rest

The bottom line is: When mama is happy, your child is happy, too - and the entire household thrives.

About the Authors:

For more than fifteen years, Derek O'Neill, CHP, has been transforming the lives of thousands of people around the world as an internationally acclaimed psychotherapist and motivational speaker. Author of More Truth Will Set You Free and co-founder of SQ Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing food, water, housing, and education to families across the globe, Derek was named Humanitarian of the Year by Variety International Children's Charity in 2012.

Jennifer Waldburger, MSW, is co-founder of Sleepy Planet, where she has offered education and consultation on parenting, children's sleep, and relationships for more than fifteen years. Co-creator of the award-winning book and DVD The Sleepeasy Solution, Jennifer has been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The CBS Evening News, Bringing Home Baby, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Variety, People, Parenting, and Parents. Jennifer is also a consultant on NBC's hit show The Pajanimals, and is a featured expert and regular contributor for The Mother Company (themotherco.com) and the inspirational website PositivelyPositive.com. She is also co-founder of MomAssembly, an online education site for moms.

Available wherever books are sold or to order directly from the publisher, contact: (800) 441-5569 or www.hcibooks.com.