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Becoming Us: The Couple's Guide to Parenthood Kindle Edition

by Elly Taylor (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
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Parenthood is like a whole new world. And people say nothing can prepare parents for it, but what if you and your partner could?

Becoming a family brings much joy, love and wonder, but also some big life changes and some new challenges for you and your partner to navigate. Becoming Us is a map for this journey. You’ll find practical steps on every page to prepare for and manage the most common issues for parents, like the physical and emotional demands of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, changes to lifestyles, finances, communication and love-life, grandparents, in-laws and more. You'll find a guided path to support each other all along the way.

And the best news? There are countless opportunities for do-overs. And it's never too late to prepare for the next stage because parenthood is a journey for life!

The world needs this. Kent Hoffman, Circle of Security.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B097LSF32C
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2418 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 279 pages
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Elly Taylor

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Elly was born in the leafy suburbs of Brisbane and never knew to lock a door until she moved to Sydney. She left what she thought was full-time work in recruitment and training to start a degree in Psychology, have a baby, study relationship therapy, work two part-time jobs, have another baby, go back to one part-time job and have another baby.

For the past fifteen years, as an Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, Elly's passion has been supporting couples through the joyful but often challenging perinatal period. She is an advocate for including fathers (or partners) in pregnancy, birth and early parenthood and supporting bonding and emotional health for the whole family. A columnist for Australia's favorite parenting magazine, Practical Parenting, Elly is also resident relationship expert for Daily Life website.

Elly lives in a Sydney beach house (surrounded by a Brisbane garden) with her firefighter husband, their three children and a bunch of pets. Becoming Us is her first book.

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Lydia
5.0 out of 5 stars Where was this guidebook when I was pregnant with our first child?
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2020
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If you are pregnant, if you already have children, or if you work with families you will gain invaluable insights into how families can be better equipped on their journeys.

Elly Taylor shares information concisely, offers practical tools that can be implemented immediately, and conveys both with compassion and a sense of humor that reflects her personal journey as a parent and her professional experience in counseling families for over 20 years.

A prenatal yoga teacher and a childbirth educator, I initially turned to Becoming Us as a supplement to information I was already sharing with my clients. However, as I turned the last page, I knew this was something more, something bigger and more meaningful than I had expected.

I am currently in the process of joining a team of professionals trained specifically in facilitating Becoming Us workshops for families in our communities and look forward to leading gatherings rooted in evidence and optimized for growth and lifelong well-being.

To peace -- one person, one family at a time.
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Lauren H
5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful and promotes conscious entry into parenthood!
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2021
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Really helpful book to read through with partner during pregnancy in order to encourage thoughtful conversations about the transition into parenthood, relationship changes, expectations and values around raising a child. My husband and I read a chapter every weekend and feel grateful to have Elly’s wisdom with us on our journey. Would recommend for parents to be.
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Shannon
5.0 out of 5 stars All about Us-ness
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2019
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Well thought out, current, useful information about the transition into Us-ness.
The author explains the topics in easy to process steps.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Elly, she's an absolute gem. She knows her stuff and is very passionate about every families smooth transition in to Becoming Us!
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Kaitlin
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Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2022
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Glam-ma Mim
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent services!!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2019
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Love that it is here safely and it's one of my text for my Doula training!!!
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John W. Travis
5.0 out of 5 stars The world's worst best-kept secret
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2019
Elly walks her talk. I was familiar with the earlier editions of the book, but this rewrite is much more personable and heart opening. Even though both of my daughters are grown, and one has kids of her own, i found the tools for deepening my relationship with my partner timely and valuable. This should be in every high school curriculum!
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Katy
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book for expectant, new and not-so-new parents
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2019
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I love this book. I was given a free preview pdf to review but ended up enjoying it so much that I just had to buy my own physical copy along with several others to give away to the expectant couples I know!
I'm a clinical psychologist with a special interest in perinatal, child and family psychology and I'm also a mum to three children aged 7, 4 and 10 months. This is my favourite book for expecting couples and new parents. So many books focus solely on the mother, or just on the birth or the 4th trimester or practical aspects of baby care. This book is unique: it gives you a really clear, realistic and practical guide to the psychological and relational ups and downs of transitioning from a romantic couple to a parenting team over the early years and beyond. It's so well researched and warmly written by the wonderful Elly Taylor who has 20 years personal and professional experience of this area. The book feels like you have Elly as your own kind and wise parenthood tour guide. I couldn't recommend it more.
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