Product Description

*Shows prospective parents how they can lay the foundations for a health y and happy family life even before their child is conceived and born.

* Shows parents how they can optimize their children's physical, emotional, and spiritual health.

* Guides parents through a unique program designed to prepare them for the myriad changes, adjustments, and joys that accompany the major transition to parenthood.

An inspiring and groundbreaking book, Parenting Begins Before Conception shows prospective parents how they can lay the foundations for a healthy and happy family life even before a child is conceived and born. New research contends that prenatal life and the birth experience are often profound determinants of human personality and aptitude. Hundreds of university and hospital studies conclude that unborn children see, hear, and feel in the womb.

Dr. Carista Luminare-Rosen explores the universal forces underlying conception and shows parents how they can optimize their child's physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health by considering a host of important issues well in advance. Weaving together modern preconception and prenatal health knowledge with ancient wisdom, the author guides parents through a unique holistic program designed to prepare them for the myriad changes, adjustments, and joys that accompany the major transition to parenthood. Dr. Luminare-Rosen helps readers consider their own readiness for parenthood--physically, psychologically, and spiritually--so that when the child of their dreams arrives, they are fully prepred to welcome this new being--body, mind, and soul.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #249014 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-01
• Released on: 2000-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
". . . skillfully highlights how profoundly we are affected by conscious and unconscious experiences and memories during our womb lives." -- Niravi B. Payne, author of The Whole Person Fertility Program

"A guide that every potential parent will want to read. I highly recommend Dr. Luminare-Rosen's work." -- Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"Dr. Luminare-Rosen's beautifully written stories and research support the deepest fulfillment in the adventure of parenting." -- Kathlyn Hendreicks, Ph.D., and Gay Hendreicks, Ph.D., authors of Conscious Loving and The Conscious Heart

"Parenting Begins Before Conception offers a wealth of positive parenting ideas." -- John Gray, author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

A beautiful, brilliant psychospiritual guide that should be read by every person preparing for parenthood. -- Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., author of Making Peace with Your Past

Readers interested in perinatal psychology or Eastern spirituality will find it intriguing. -- Mothering, December 2002

The author has successfully brought together East and West, spirit and body, in a fascinating and useful journey into the mystery and miracle of conception, pregnancy, and birth. -- Barbara Findeisen, M.F.C.C., President of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health

Review
"Readers interested in perinatal psychology or Eastern spirituality will find it intriguing."
(Mothering, December 2002 )

"Parenting Begins Before Conception offers a wealth of positive parenting ideas. Dr. Luminare-Rosen encourages prospective parents to optimize their own health so that their child will be nurtured and supported in body, mind and spirit during the earliest stages of growth."
(John Gray, author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus )

"A beautiful, brilliant psychospiritual guide that should be read by every person preparing for parenthood."
(Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., author of Making Peace with Your Past )

"A guide that every potential parent will want to read. Nothing is more empowering than working consciously with your baby's soul--even before that child is conceived. I highly recommend Dr. Luminare-Rosen's work."
(Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom )

"First-time or experienced parents will breathe with new ease as they dive into this loving, holistic guide. Dr. Luminare-Rosen's beautifully written stories and research support the deepest fulfillment in the adventure of parenting."
(Kathlyn Hendreicks, Ph.D., and Gay Hendreicks, Ph.D., authors of Conscious Loving and The Conscious Heart )

"The author has successfully brought together East and West, spirit and body, in a fascinating and useful journey into the mystery and miracle of conception, pregnancy, and birth."
(Barbara Findeisen, M.F.C.C., President of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health )

"Parenting Begins Before Conception skillfully highlights how profoundly we are affected by conscious and unconscious experiences and memories during our womb lives. . . .Working with the wonderful exercises outlined in this book, prospective parents discover how their own prebirth and childhood experiences can become their greatest allies in preparing for parenthood and bonding with their unborn child."
(Niravi B. Payne, author of The Whole Person Fertility Program )

". . . will inspire you to prepare for the birth of your child in a holistic manner. . . . wisely asks us to address any issues couples have within their own relationship before embarking on their parenting journey."
(
Michele Dennis, Kindred Books, Sep 2007 )

About the Author
Carista Luminare-Rosen, Ph.D. is a counselor in private practice and specializes in holistic approaches to preconception and prenatal health care. She lives in California with her husband and daughter, where she codirects The Center for Creative Parenting, an educational center offering classes on preconception, prenatal, and childbirth preparation and early parenting.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating, comprehensive, and beautifully written
My husband and I have read a number of books to help us fully understand what it means to be a future parent and what we can do to prepare for a successful and healthy conception. Dr. Rosen's book offered us an incredibly comprehensive view of the issues -- everything from practical tips on nutrition and lifestyle to explorations of the emotional links to your future child's soul. You'll find pearls of wisdom in this book that your own parents probably never even considered! It's well written, easy to follow, and the questions at the end of each chapter allow you to tailor the information to suit your unique needs.

A MUST READ FOR EVERY PARENT TO BE!
Everyone who is considering starting a family should read this book. It is incredicble how your childs spirit selects you! You can prepare years ahead for your the arrival of your child and integrate this new member into your family with a higher sense of ease. I would also recommend it to anyone that has a young child. It will help you understand the dynamic of what our job really is as a parent. My husband and I do not have a child but this book is helping us to prepare and be the best parents we can be when we are ready. . .