The definitive guide to holistic health for children * Explores the meaning of a holistic lifestyle and shows how mind, body, and spirit are Integral to children's healing * Discusses herbal medicine, homeopathy, Ayurveda, holistic dentistry, nutrition, and immunizations * Includes foreword by Harold H. Bloomfield, author of How to Heal Depression, and Healing Anxiety Naturally * Combines the most up-to-date alternative and conventional practices Holistic Parenting explores the benefits of holistic medicines as well as a holistic lifestyle. In so doing, this book teaches parents and other caregivers how to maximize the innate wellness of the whole child by nurturing the child's physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Laced with humour, lively anecdotes, and solid scientific research, this warm and inspiring book presents compelling alternatives to conventional medicines, foods, and even education.
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Lynn Wiese Sneyd is a writer focusing on health and parenting issues, and the mother of two daughters. She incorporates both empirical research and personal experience.
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Lynn Wiese Sneyd has written about alternative and integrative health from the perspective of a consumer. After her husband's degenerative nerve condition was linked to a tetanus vaccine that he received as an adult, she began investigating different modalities of healing. Her kitchen medicine cabinet is now stocked with herbs, spices, teas, foods and homeopathic remedies that help heal acute conditions like sore throats, colds, flu, ear infections and more. Besides writing about health topics, Lynn is the owner of LWS Literary Services, which focuses on book publicity, query letters, book proposals and editing.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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By Richard Iammarino (Morgantown, West Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Holistic Parenting: Raising Children to a New Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being (Paperback)
At the outset, I admit I am not a totally unbiased reviewer. I met Lynn at workshop on Complementary/ Alternative Medicine about a year before her book was published. Lynn gave me her card and asked for a reference of the work of Randall Byrd on distant healing prayer. When I became aware that Lynn was writing a book on Holistic Parenting, I offered to do medical proof reading.As a physician, I really want to respond to the review of Shawn Tessone, criticizing the work, stating "the last two reviewers might take this text as gospel and while her style of writing may be good and easy it does not lend itself to factual data and thus it falls short". I know how meticulous Lynn was in seeking verifiable data to support an area of medicine, which is difficult to research. She has listed over 300 references in her chapter by chapter bibliography. There are at least 700 sources of information on "Holistic Healing" and I think her easy to read style is a good way for most lay people to get through a healing book. Let me respond to Dr. Tessone's example about fever. Infectious disease specialists are taking a new look a fever as a normal body defense mechanism, faithfully preserved over our process of evolution. In certain diseases such as Influenza A, treatment to reduce fever lengthened the course of the illness. In the 1920's and 30's (pre-antibiotic era), virtually every hospital had a "fever-box" where patients with infections would be placed to induce fever and hopefully shorten the infection. I have references in the peer reviewed scientific literature concerning this if she or others are interested. In Chapter One she carefully goes over the difference between "Complementary" and "Integrative," the term most Universities now use to describe the interface between the "Conventional" and "Unconventional". This is an important book and as she points out no one should follow her experience, but at least give it a read, check it out and try what seems reasonable for you.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another physician responds,
By Richard Iammarino (Morgantown, West Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Holistic Parenting: Raising Children to a New Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being (Paperback)
At the outset, I admit I am not a totally unbiased reviewer. I met Lynn at workshop on Complementary/ Alternative Medicine about a year before her book was published. Lynn gave me her card and asked for a reference of the work of Randall Byrd on distant healing prayer. When I became aware that Lynn was writing a book on Holistic Parenting, I offered to do medical proof reading.As a physician, I really want to respond to the review of Shawn Tessone, criticizing the work, stating "the last two reviewers might take this text as gospel and while her style of writing may be good and easy it does not lend itself to factual data and thus it falls short". I know how meticulous Lynn was in seeking verifiable data to support an area of medicine, which is difficult to research. She has listed over 300 references in her chapter by chapter bibliography. There are at least 700 sources of information on "Holistic Healing" and I think her easy to read style is a good way for most lay people to get through a healing book. Let me respond to Dr. Tessone's example about fever. Infectious disease specialists are taking a new look a fever as a normal body defense mechanism, faithfully preserved over our process of evolution. In certain diseases such as Influenza A, treatment to reduce fever lengthened the course of the illness. In the 1920's and 30's (pre-antibiotic era), virtually every hospital had a "fever-box" where patients with infections would be placed to induce fever and hopefully shorten the infection. I have references in the peer reviewed scientific literature concerning this if she or others are interested. In Chapter One she carefully goes over the difference between "Complementary" and "Integrative," the term most Universities now use to describe the interface between the "Conventional" and "Unconventional". This is an important book and as she points out no one should follow her experience, but at least give it a read, check it out and try what seems reasonable for you.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Good Book,
By Jeff Hartman (Tucson, Arizona) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Holistic Parenting: Raising Children to a New Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being (Paperback)
This is a very good book. In my opinion, it is a perfect first book for anyone who is interested in learning more about holistic health or holistic parenting. It is interesting, informative and easy to read. One of the more surprising and enjoyable qualities of the book is the clarity and familiarity of Sneyd's writing style. It makes the reader feel as if they were sitting down over coffee with a childhood friend and sharing what they've been up to the last decade. Sneyd has obviously been on a voyage of discovery and has shared her experiences with insight and good humor. I would definitely recommend it for anyone who is curious about holistic health.
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