Name: Awake at 3 a.m.
Price: 18.95 USD
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Author: Suzannah Neufeld, MFT
ISBN: 9781941529928

A women’s mental health specialist introduces yoga therapy techniques to provide solace, steadiness, and ease during the difficult stages of pregnancy and new motherhood

Pregnancy and new motherhood are often thought of as the most joyful, exciting, and blissful times in your life—but they can also be difficult and overwhelming. Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are the number one “complication” of birth. They not only affect the mothers who suffer but also the families who care about and rely on them. While there is robust support and treatment options for other illnesses, moms who suffer emotionally are rarely acknowledged and often handed platitudes like, “Sleep when the baby sleeps,” and, “Just enjoy every minute because it goes by so fast.” This can be a lonely and confusing place to be—suffering profound fear or sadness at a time when your friends and family expect you to be happy, radiant, and beatifically calm.

As a therapist supporting women’s mental health and recovery from PMADs since 2003, Suzannah Neufeld is keenly aware of the special needs of women during pregnancy and the first year of motherhood. Synthesizing modern psychotherapeutic research with practical yoga therapy, Neufeld offers a compassionate, acceptance-based approach that meets women (and their partners) wherever they are.

Awake at 3 a.m. contains short, digestible chapters that are perfect for when you are feeling exhausted or overwhelmed. Neufeld skillfully dismantles the myths and internal beliefs that contribute to the suffering of new mothers and tells her own story with honesty and humor. From breathing techniques to mindfulness exercises, the yoga practices here are designed to fit into your life as it is now—no flexibility, mat, special clothes, or 90-minute yoga class required.

“Suzannah Neufeld has given expectant and new mothers an extraordinary gift. Written with honesty, heartfelt wisdom, and compassion, Suzannah weaves together her deep understanding of yoga as a meditative discipline, psychology, and her own experiences of pregnancy and early mothering, offering guidance in awareness practices that can bring benefit in any moment during the profoundly life-changing journey of becoming––and being––a mother.” ––Nancy Bardacke, CNM, Founding Director of the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting program and author of Mindful Birthing

“Awake at 3 a.m. is a necessary treatise for mothers with helpful insight and practical tools that offer the potential to soothe, ease, and nourish (something often directed at the newborn and not the mother herself). I wish this book existed during my pregnancy and my early experiences of motherhood. Suzannah Neufeld has truly offered us all a gift with her words of wisdom and expertise.” ––Melanie Klein, Co-founder of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition and co-editor of Yoga and Body Image

“Suzannah Neufeld’s experience as a psychotherapist and yoga therapist qualifies her to guide women through the sometimes rocky waters of pregnancy and new motherhood. But it is her personal honesty, her compassion, and her commitment to offer a light in dark waters that really makes this book stand out. Awake at 3 a.m. is a must have guide for all mamas.” ––Jane Austin, Founder/Director Mama Tree Prenatal Yoga School and Director of Prenatal and Postnatal Program at Yoga Tree

“If you are pregnant or a new mom who is struggling, Awake at 3 a.m. is a map for the road to recovery. Neufeld’s training, experience, and compassion oozes out of every page, leaving the reader feeling understood and supported. Her ability to bust through myths and debunk stereotypes, in particular about the practice of yoga, is incredibly powerful and effective. This book will change your life.” ––Pec Indman, Chairperson of the Education and Training Committee, Postpartum Support International

“Suzannah Neufeld acknowledges and digs into all the feelings around parenting, no matter how messy they may be. In doing so, she shows us how yoga therapy can support new mothers and how motherhood can be embraced as a yogic practice.” ––Roseanne Harvey, It’s All Yoga, Baby

Awake at 3 a.m.

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By Suzannah Neufeld, MFT