Roots and Wings

""Roots and Wings is one of those rare, beautiful books that will teach and touch you. Exploring the difficult and meaningful work of parenting, it brings together so many insightful and useful ideas from solid research and psychological theory in the areas of attachment, human development, mindfulness, addiction, and recovery. With his down-to-earth style and wry wit, Dan Mager poignantly reflects on his own parenting journey and invites us all to join him in facing ourselves in order to do and be better."" Jennifer Kunst, PhD, Clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst and author of Wisdom from the Couch ""Roots and Wings is one of the best books on parenting I've read. This is remarkable because it's technically a book about parenting while in recovery from addiction. Based on personal experience, Dan Mager describes how the self-knowledge and skills gained through recovery can dramatically improve your parenting skills and how being a parent can be a tremendous aid to recovery. I love how practical the book is. In it, you'll find a broad range of helpful tools-from easy-to-learn mindfulness practices, to the invaluable parenting skill of ""active listening,"" to learning to understand your child at different stages of their development. Don't pass up this gem of a book. It gets my highest recommendation."" Toni Bernhard, Author of How to Wake Up, How to Be Sick, and How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness ""Roots and Wings is truly a precious gift to all parents in recovery. Dan Mager skillfully unlocks the wisdom teachings of recovery and mindfulness to provide readers with authentic, practical, and accessible tools to create a healthy, healing, and nurturing environment for parents and their children to flourish."" John Bruna, Mindfulness and dharma teacher, cofounder of the Mindful Life Program, and author of The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life ""This is a powerful book that every parent needs to read! Deep understanding and compassion for the complexities of parenting permeate Dan Mager's comprehensive approach on how to integrate mindfulness into the raising of a child. Roots and Wings is both incredibly practical and spiritual at the same time."" Claudia Black, PhD, Clinical architect of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows and author of It Will Never Happen to Me and Unspoken Legacy