Raising Good Humans

A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

By: Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE, Carla Naumburg PhD

Narrated by: Jennifer Gilmour

Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

“A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting.” (Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance)

A kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, you’ll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from “reactive parenting” habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids.

Whether you’re running late for school, trying to get your child to eat their vegetables, or dealing with an epic meltdown in the checkout line at a grocery store - being a parent is hard work! And, as parents, many of us react in times of stress without thinking - often by yelling. But what if, instead of always reacting on autopilot, you could respond thoughtfully in those moments, keep your cool, and get from A to B on time and in one piece?

With this book, you’ll find powerful mindfulness skills for calming your own stress response when difficult emotions arise. You’ll also discover strategies for cultivating respectful communication, effective conflict resolution, and reflective listening. In the process, you’ll learn to examine your own unhelpful patterns and ingrained reactions that reflect the generational habits shaped by your parents, so you can break the cycle and respond to your children in more skillful ways.

When children experience a parent reacting with kindness and patience, they learn to act with kindness as well - thereby altering generational patterns for a kinder, more compassionate future. With this essential guide, you’ll see how changing your own “autopilot reactions” can create a lasting positive impact, not just for your kids, but for generations to come.

An essential, must-listen for all parents - now more than ever.

“To raise the children we hope to raise, we have to learn to become the person we hoped to be…. This wonderful book will help you handle the ride.” (KJ Dell’Antonia, author of How to Be a Happier Parent)

“Hunter Clarke-Fields shares her wisdom and personal experience to help parents create peaceful families.” (Joanna Faber and Julie King, coauthors of How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen)

©2019 Hunter Clarke-Fields and Carla Naumburg (P)2019 New Harbinger Publications

Think about what you say

It really made me think about how to speak to anyone no matter the age. I really need to practice my approach without being rude. This book opened my mind.

Great insights

Great auditable book, very insightful with great examples that we all can identify ourselves in.

Helpful and encouraging

It is helpful to hear and remind of other more productive was to speak with children. Sometimes the author was annoyingly positive which was frustrating. Overall it’s worth a read especially if you find yourself yelling a lot.

Skills are versatile

The skills spoken about in this book have benefited me not only with my kids, but in every interaction with co-workers, Family, Friends, Strangers, etc. Highly recommended to anyone looking to improve their mental wellness

Absolutely Transformative!

An incredibly eye-opening exploration into developing your own mindfulness practice and the myriad potential benefits it can have on your own life and wellbeing in addition to your parenting relationship with your children. I'm very sorry not to have found this much sooner!

Great book!

Loved every minute. Didn’t think I needed to work on my parenting skills, but after listening to this on audible, there are definitely some tweaks I can change!

Great perspective

Very valuable perspective on parenting. With a few 'gems' of advice that I listened to 2 or 3 times. Recommended

Lots of useful take-aways!

There’s a lot of useful information in this book. I’m really glad I picked it up!

Great informative book

I enjoyed to insight on parenthood in a easy comprehensive way. I definitely recommend taking the time to read or listen to.

Great info for struggling parents.

I appreciated the hands on and step by step practices that were given to help you be a better parents and increase connectivity with your shel and your child.