Book description
The Mother's Gratitude Journal is a guided journal moms can use to reflect on ordinary days and extraordinary moments using approachable, thought-provoking prompts. Capture the essence of the season you're in, while infusing those long days with a bit of celebration for yourself--and gratitude for the opportunity to experience it all. Created by Meagan Francis and Sarah Powers, co-hosts of The Mom Hour podcast, this journal will inspire moms to not only record memories but also reflect on what these intense days, weeks, months, and years of motherhood mean to us. Francis and Powers, experienced mothers with decades of parenting experience between them, provide encouragement throughout the journal, reminding moms that, "it's all going to be okay." With space to record ordinary moments and capture the sweet details of everyday parenting, prompts that will help you document can't-miss memories, and journal pages for longer reflections, this book will help moms in the thick of wiping sticking fingers and cutting off crusts extend themselves more grace while also finding more gratitude in the day-to-day. Having trouble sticking to a journaling habit? The Mother's Gratitude Journal will meet you where you are with easy ways to quickly jot down an entry - no "Dear Diary..." required! Inside you'll find... DAY-IN-THE-LIFE ENTRIES: A series of pages designed to be a snapshot of your life in this season of motherhood "I WANT TO REMEMBER THIS" ENTRIES: For those sweet, funny, or head-scratching moments you don't want to become part of the blur QUICK LISTS: Quick and easy themes allowing you to capture "7 Smells That Define Life Right Now" or "6 Vacations I'd Love to Take Someday" BLANK PAGES: To freeform journal and scribble down your fleeting thoughts KEEPSAKE POCKET: Perfect for saving small mementos from every season of motherhood
About the Author
As a two-decade media veteran, Meagan has connected with audiences via nearly every medium, from magazines and books to blogs and social media, television, radio, and podcasts. As a mother of five kids ages teen to young adult, the author of four parenting books, and host of podcasts including The Tea's Made with Meagan Francis and The Mom Hour, Meagan has long been a strong advocate for women and mothers and a celebrated voice in the parenting community. Meagan lives in Michigan and can be found online at meaganfrancis.com. Sarah Powers is a career communications professional and co-creator of the chart-topping parenting podcast, The Mom Hour. With a background that spans corporate communications, journalism, and narrative personal writing, Sarah brings a clear voice and compassionate tone to conversations surrounding motherhood, family life, and getting things done. Together with her podcast co-host Meagan Francis, Sarah has produced more than 900 hours of audio content for parents. She lives with her husband and three kids, ages 11-15, in her hometown of Santa Barbara, CA.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience