How to Deal with Your ____ So Your Kids Don't Have to

An Encyclopedia for Ditching Your Emotional Baggage

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$27.99 US
On sale Apr 14, 2026 | 304 Pages | 9781632175960

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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read—So You Can Be the Parent Your Kids Deserve

Because our kids can feel what we don't heal.

Are you determined to parent differently than you were raised? Ready to break cycles, heal old wounds, and give your children the emotionally close relationship you always wanted? This is your roadmap.

Why This Book?
  • Written by licensed therapist and educator Eli Harwood
  • Practical, no-nonsense guidance for parents and parents-to-be
  • Alphabetically organized for quick, targeted help—flip to the growth area you need, when you need it

Inside, You’ll Discover How to Heal From:
  • Complicated emotional states like anger, anxiety, body image struggles, and jealousy
  • Insecure habits such as people-pleasing, toxic comparison, blaming, and denial
  • The lingering effects of insecurity or trauma from your own childhood

What You’ll Gain:
  • Tools to heal yourself—so your children don’t have to carry your pain
  • Strategies to build a secure, emotionally close bond with your kids
  • Confidence to become the parent you wish you’d had

Give your children the invaluable gift of an emotionally secure parent. Start your healing journey today—for them, and for you.
ELI HARWOOD, MA, LPC is a licensed therapist, bestselling author, and highly sought-after educator who has almost two decades of experience helping people develop secure connections with their children. She is on a mission to help make the world a better place, one relationship at a time. She is the author of Securely Attached as well as Raising Securely Attached Kids. Eli has three children, one husband, two cats, and an extraordinary number of plants. Learn more about her work at AttachmentNerd.com.

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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read—So You Can Be the Parent Your Kids Deserve

Because our kids can feel what we don't heal.

Are you determined to parent differently than you were raised? Ready to break cycles, heal old wounds, and give your children the emotionally close relationship you always wanted? This is your roadmap.

Why This Book?
  • Written by licensed therapist and educator Eli Harwood
  • Practical, no-nonsense guidance for parents and parents-to-be
  • Alphabetically organized for quick, targeted help—flip to the growth area you need, when you need it

Inside, You’ll Discover How to Heal From:
  • Complicated emotional states like anger, anxiety, body image struggles, and jealousy
  • Insecure habits such as people-pleasing, toxic comparison, blaming, and denial
  • The lingering effects of insecurity or trauma from your own childhood

What You’ll Gain:
  • Tools to heal yourself—so your children don’t have to carry your pain
  • Strategies to build a secure, emotionally close bond with your kids
  • Confidence to become the parent you wish you’d had

Give your children the invaluable gift of an emotionally secure parent. Start your healing journey today—for them, and for you.

Author

ELI HARWOOD, MA, LPC is a licensed therapist, bestselling author, and highly sought-after educator who has almost two decades of experience helping people develop secure connections with their children. She is on a mission to help make the world a better place, one relationship at a time. She is the author of Securely Attached as well as Raising Securely Attached Kids. Eli has three children, one husband, two cats, and an extraordinary number of plants. Learn more about her work at AttachmentNerd.com.

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