When do you get time for you? Remember when you had a life of your own? The hectic job of being a mom is fraught with sacrifices, fears, and uncertainties. But nothing offers greater rewards or more opportunities to enrich yourself than raising your kids. What Every Mom Needs shows you how being a great mom and a person in your own right go hand-in-hand. Extensively revised and updated based on current research and the latest survey of moms by MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers), this bestselling book helps you deal with the realities you face today as a young mother. If you've wondered how to find time for friendships, how to lighten your workload, or how to go about rediscovering and developing yourself as an individual, What Every Mom Needs is for you. Filled with personal stories and helpful features, including a list of resource websites, this book will help you understand the importance of meeting your six basic needs as a mom---and how to actually get them met. Fulfilling your needs for identity, growth, relationships, help, perspective, and hope will make you a happier, more centered person and a better mom.Editorial ReviewsFrom the PublisherMoms have needs, too Nine, to be exact?and meeting them will help mothers to be more contented, well-rounded persons as well as better moms. Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International help mothers learn how to meet their needs for significance, identity, growth, intimacy, recreation, and more. Based on responses to more than 1,000 questionnaires, What Every Mom Needs includes the personal insights of moms, Mothering Maxims of condensed wisdom, and Building Blocks containing exercises, questions, and practical tips. Now in softcover. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.From the AuthorElisa Morgan is president and CEO of MOPS International, Inc., an organization dedicated to nurturing mothers of preschoolers. She hosts the daily, nationwide radio program, "Mom Sense," and is the author of Mom to Mom and Chronicles of Childhood, and general editor of the Mom’s Devotional Bible. Carol Kuykendall is vice-president of communications ministries for MOPS International. She is the author of Learning to Let Go, Give Them Wings, A Mother’s Footprints of Faith, and co-author with Elisa Morgan of What Every Child Needs --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.