Caregiver Support
 
Keeping YOU Happy, Healthy, and Sane
 
Raising children can be difficult- keeping up with new milestones, doctors appointments, school, and even daily life is a challenge! While making sure your little one is happy and healthy is important, so is taking care of yourself! Keep reading for the many ways the library can help you, whether from books, programs, or databases!
Handley Programs:
La Leche League: 2nd Tuesdays at 11am - Join us for a chat and playdate with La Leche League NSV to lend parenting and lactation support. 
 
Mental Health Workshop: 3rd Thursdays at 3pm - In partnership with North Western Community Services Board, CWS Winchester presents a workshop on mental health and wellness.
 
Better Human Book Club: 1st Wednesdays at 6:30pm - Let's gather to read books that help us be our best selves! Introducing the Better Human Book Club, a partnership between the Handley Library branch and MoveMentation. Meet and Greet on May 7th, first meeting on July 2nd!
 
Grow A Reader Playgroup: Thursdays in August at 9:30am - This 5-week interactive playgroup will feature educational components with outside professionals each week that will developmentally support your reader through learning and play. Registration required!
 
Bowman Programs:
Adult Craft Creations: 3rd Mondays at 6pm - Join us for a fun and relaxing way to relieve some stress and express your creativity. Socialize and connect with other adults and complete a simple and fun art activity.
 
Women's Tai Chi Group: Varying Wednesdays at 5:30pm - This group is for those women (18+, please!) who want to deepen their connection with themselves, physically and energetically, while also forming and deepening connections with other powerful women.

Books about Caregiver Support
The Yoga of Parenting: Ten Yoga-Based Practices to Help You Stay Grounded, Connect With Your Kids & Be Kind to Yourself
by Sarah Ezrin

Bring the wisdom of yoga into your parenting journey with 34 practices to find more presence, patience, and acceptance-with your child and with yourself.

Pair it with Every Body Yoga.
Mindful New Mom: A Mind-Body Approach to the Highs and Lows of Motherhood
by Caroline Boyd

This natural, holistic self-care resource for new mothers promotes mental, emotional and physical wellness needed to care for themselves with the same passion and commitment that they give to their growing baby.

Reviewers say, "Wish I had read it before I was pregnant and would absolutely recommend to my friends who are new mum-to-be".
Self-Care for New Moms: First-Time Mothers' Guide to Conquering Postpartum Depression and Finding Joyful Motherhood (Ebook)
by Raven Sun

Being a new mom is a very rewarding yet challenging journey. You want to be the best mother possible, but it's hard when you feel like you are just surviving day after day. All you need is to discover how to practice self-care and mindfulness in your daily life and this insightful book will do just that, providing practical and actionable tips to help new moms conquer postpartum and find joy in motherhood.

Available as an Ebook on Hoopla.
If Mama Ain't Happy: Why Minding Healthy Boundaries Is Good for Your Whole Family
by Rachel Norman

In this countercultural book, Rachel takes some weight off your shoulders by offering hands-on, rubber-meets-the-road strategies to cultivate a life you aren't trying to constantly escape, teaching you to discover and claim your own limits and boundaries so you can be a calm, resilient, peaceful mother, showing you how to shape your daily life and values around the few things that really matter, and how to let the rest go.

Want a taste? "Boundaries are, in essence, our limits. They are the lines that, when crossed, result in dis-ease and disease."
Overcoming Parental Anxiety: Rewire Your Brain to Worry Less & Enjoy Parenting More
by Debra Kissen

In Overcoming Parental Anxiety, three anxiety specialists team up to offer parents essential skills for "rewiring" their anxious brain using the core principles of neuroscience and practices from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Listen to the Audiobook here!
You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent: How to Practice Self-Compassion and Give Yourself a Break
by Carla Naumburg

Of course you think you're doing a sh*tty job. Every parent does. It's pretty much a byproduct of our society, with its incessant demands coupled with the in-your-face competitiveness parents see on social media. Author of "How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids," Naumburg delivers her message right up front--You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent--that all parents need to hear and believe in.

Ebook of "How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids" found here!
The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Big Success After Baby
by Lauren Smith Brody

An award-winning Glamour executive editor presents a tell-it-like-it-is guide for new moms coping with the demands of the real world after childbirth, offering advice on everything from returning to work and maintaining a work/life balance to breastfeeding and obtaining childcare.

Read more for working caregivers: Parenting While Working From Home
When the Whole World Tips: Parenting Through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance
by Celia Landman

Drawing from Buddhist wisdom. a mindfulness educator offers a spiritual approach to parenting and caregiving to prevent burnout, increase resilience and develop a greater sense of empathy and balance to be a presence of love and support for your children even in the most difficult moments.

Read more about meditation in Practical Meditation.
 Storytimes
Attend a Storytime at the Library
Middle Grade Book Spotlights
Need help finding your next read? Check out what we're spotlighting.
 Teen Homework Help
Access free help with your library card.

Handley Regional Library System
 100 W Piccadilly St
Winchester, VA 22601
(540) 662-9041
https://www.handleyregional.org/
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