{"product_id":"momma-zen-walking-the-crooked-path-of-motherhood-paperback","title":"Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Maezen Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Maezen Miller is a mother, wife, writer, and a Zen teacher (dharma holder) in the lineage of the legendary Zen master Taizan Maezumi Roshi. A journalist by training, the author had a twenty-year career as the owner of a marketing and public relations agency. Today she freelances as a business communications consultant, speechwriter, speech trainer, web copywriter, and ghostwriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.4 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771208958240,"sku":"9781590304617","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6444c00b73a1cbeb4388dab772f622ea.webp?v=1780383170","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/momma-zen-walking-the-crooked-path-of-motherhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}