Life Without Baby Workbook 1: Letting Go of the Dream of Motherhood

by Lisa Manterfield

Overview

We live in a goal-driven culture, where we're taught to dream big, set goals, and never, never give up hope. But when it comes to dreams of a family, the playing field changes dramatically. Wanting a baby goes way beyond setting a goal and striving to reach it, and the factors that push us towards that goal are numerous and complicated.

In the first of a four-part Life Without Baby series, author and blogger Lisa Manterfield guides you through what may be one of the most difficult decisions you will ever have to make: choosing to let go of the dream of motherhood and moving towards accepting a life without children. Sharing her own story and wisdom gained from the worldwide Life Without Baby community, Manterfield gently guides you to discover when it's time to let go, how to create a meaningful ending to an indefinite journey, and how to begin making peace with a life without children. Most of all, she offers hope, support, and the affirmation that you are not going through this alone.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157374914
Publisher:	Steel Rose Press
Publication date:	12/16/2016
Series:	Life Without Baby , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	749 KB

About the Author

Lisa Manterfield is the creator of LifeWithoutBaby.com, the online community that gives a voice to women without children. Her writing has been featured in a broad range of publications, including Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Psychology Today. She has also taken her work to the stage at venues such as Spark Off Rose and Expressing Motherhood. Lisa is the author of the award-winning memoir I’m Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to Say No to Motherhood and the novel A Strange Companion. She lives in Southern California with her wonderful husband (“Mr. Fab”) and overindulged cat.

Editorial Reviews

"Page by page, Lisa holds your hand with gentle, unflinching support, openly sharing her story with you, and giving you permission, guidance, and gentle queries that help in your journey of healing. I only wish that when people called their reproductive endocrinologists' offices to tell them that they were "drawing a line in the sand" that the doctors were honor-bound by the Hippocratic Oath to send their patients a copy of this wonderful guidebook."

Tracey Cleantis

"Many women end fertility workups and failed treatments lost in a maze of murky what ifs and lacking a sense of direction. With a calm, clear voice Lisa Manterfield distills hard-won knowledge into a much needed framework. Readers will take away valuable insights and--through useful exercises--find a way to put competing desires and raw emotions into context and construct a path forward."

Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos