It's Okay to Not Be Okay by Danielle Sherman-Lazar

It's Okay to Not Be Okay by Danielle Sherman-Lazar

It's no secret the coronavirus has caused a spike in mental illnesses like depression and anxiety in everyone, especially parents whose job became so much harder. And while this book's message addresses those feelings, there's also a universal appeal that is sure to ring true beyond the pandemic.

It's Okay to Not Be Okay illustrates the benefits of adults showing their feelings around their children. Sherman-Lazar maintains that children are going to see us crying, frustrated, angry about the state of our world, and anxious. These are feelings we shouldn't try to hide from our children, but instead, tell them these feelings are normal. Our kids can then see how we deal with our emotions/mental health struggles and learn from us, so they know how to cope with emotions in a healthy way.

This story stems from Sherman-Lazar's personal background of repressing feelings in an attempt to portray a perfect emotional exterior. Like many other people, she grew up thinking her parents were perfect and she had to be, too. In an attempt to protect her, her parents only showed emotions of happiness. This resulted in unhealthy coping mechanisms, like her long struggle with eating disorders.

Sherman-Lazar aims to be the first author to normalize these uncomfortable feelings in adults and how to respond to them.

Sherman-Lazar, Danielle: - Danielle Sherman-Lazar is an eating disorder advocate, Vice President of a transportation company, and a mother to two daughters, Vivienne and Diana. She has been published on Scary Mommy, Bluntmoms, The Mighty, ellenNation, Project Heal, Love What Matters, Cafemom.com, Beating Eating Disorders, Her View From Home, Motherly, Sammiches and Psych Meds, Recovery Warriors, Kveller.com, Humorwriters.org, and That's Inappropriate. She has also contributed and has been featured on Today Parents and the Today Show. Follow her on her blog Living a Full Life After ED (https: //livingafulllifeaftered.com/) and follow it on Facebook (https: //www.facebook.com/StrivingToBeFULLeveryday/). She loves to be in touch with her readers and anyone that needs hope or guidance in eating disorder recovery. She writes about recovery from eating disorders and motherhood---a lot of time both together--her two passions in life. Danielle writes, works and lives with her family in the Tri-State area.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781913615451
ISBN 10	1913615456
Title	It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Author	Danielle Sherman-Lazar
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Trigger Publishing
Year published	2021-11-04
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.