Pilates for Parenting by Holli Kenley

Holli Kenley
Loving Healing Press (2019)
ISBN: 9781615994878
Reviewed by Rachel Dehning for Readers View (6/20)

Holli Kenley’s latest book, Pilates for Parenting, is an important and impactful read. I had never heard of the correlation made between exercise and parenting, but Kenley flows the two together effortlessly. Much like exercise is important for the positive functioning of your body, learning to “stretch,” “strengthen,” and “balance” your parenting techniques is important for the positive functioning of your relationships.

Understanding the importance of exercise to strengthen your body, it only makes sense that for something as important as parenting, there should be workouts for it as well. We should think of Kenley as our trainer; her routine initially includes a warmup, much like a personal pep talk, followed by a workout for each parenting topic, which includes two to three exercises to perform in each workout. The workouts are meant to be done purposefully, so rushing and not putting your heart into the work is not proper grounds to move forward.

Kenley includes research to back up her claims about the proper parenting styles and the obstacles that parents must overcome in this day and age, namely, technology and social media. She includes three Appendixes at the end to aid us parents who need her help and refreshingly speaks openly about personal experiences that pertain to each topic.

Holli Kenley’s “Pilates for Parenting” can be used by any parent raising children in today’s society. I love that in the book, she emphasizes the fact that even if the reader starts discovering things they need to work on, that you shouldn’t let that keep you down- learning to forgive and correct is part of the journey. She writes inclusively and with compassion. I can’t say enough good things about her and this book because if people will take her words to heart, it is true that not only family relationships will improve, but also relationships in the community and around the world.

Reprinted with permission from Reader Views

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Gentling: A Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children

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Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition with 3 new chapters on adolescents

Gentling represents a new paradigm in the therapeutic approach to children who have
experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and have acquired Post Traumatic
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child-specific behavioral signs commonly seen, and offers a means to individualize
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Deploy handy 'Quick Teach Sheets' that can be copied and handed to foster parents,
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"In this world where children are often disenfranchised in trauma care--and all too
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--Andrew D. Gibson, PhD
Author of Got an Angry Kid? Parenting Spike, A Seriously Difficult Child


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--Fr. Heyward B. Ewart, III, Ph.D., St. James the Elder Theological Seminary,
author of AM I BAD? Recovering From Abusew



Cover photo by W.A. Krill/ Fighting Chance Photography



Learn more at www.Gentling.org



From the New Horizons in Therapy Series at Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com

Available in hardcover, trade paper, and eBook editions


FAM001010 Family & Relationships : Abuse - Child Abuse

PSY022040 Psychology : Psychopathology - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

FAM004000 Family & Relationships : Adoption & Fostering

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