This week, get inspired by Deliberate Motherhood! Saren Loosli is the director and co-founder with April Perry of Power of Moms, an online gathering place serving one million moms across 134 countries. Power of Moms just released Deliberate Motherhood: 12 Powers of Peace, Purpose, Order and Joy (September 2013, Familius). Written for moms by moms, Deliberate Motherhood is a collection of inspiring stories to help mothers find fulfillment in the joyous and challenging work of raising the next generation.

Here, Saren has chosen her top inspirational parenting and mothering books:

Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow Up Before They Grow Old by Claudia Worrell Allen

Drawing on their extensive research and practice, Joseph Allen and Claudia Worrell Allen show that most teen problems are not hardwired into teens’ brains and hormones but grow instead out of a “Nurture Paradox” in which our efforts to support our teens by shielding them from the growth-spurring rigors and rewards of the adult world have backfired badly.

The Parenting Breakthrough: Real-Life Plan to Teach Your Kids to Work, Save Money, and Be Truly Independent by Merrilee Boyack

Fun and practical, author Merrilee Boycak will have readers laughing out loud as well as feeling grateful for her parenting advice on teaching your kids to save money and be financially responsible.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding.
Their methods of communication, illustrated with delightful cartoons showing the skills in action, offer innovative ways to solve common problems.

Surrendering to Motherhood: Losing Your Mind, Finding Your Soul by Iris Krasnow and Aris Krasnow

The story of a woman who came of age with the sexual revolution who finds emancipation in the Zen of motherhood, “Surrendering to Motherhood” is about letting go of the need to achieve and finding one’s true self.

I Didn’t Plan to be a Witch: And Other Surprises of a Joyful Mother by Linda Eyre

In her reassuring and hilarious report on being a mother in today’s hectic world, Linda honestly describes not only the vital importance and magnificent moments of motherhood, but also those days when mothers feel they are living in a Roadrunner cartoon that never ends.

Pinterest PS – Check out this inspirational Pinterest board for moms everywhere!