Multe dintre ideile cărții sunt general valabile (au aplicabilitate pentru femei și bărbați deopotrivă). Shefali Tsabary lectures extensively on conscious parenting around the world and is in private practice. She is author of the award winning parenting book, The Conscious Parent as the newly released Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Won't Work and What Will, as well as It's a Mom: What You Should Know About the Early Years of Motherhood, which debuted on the Indian National bestseller list for four weeks. I feel like it lacked nuance overall and I can't help but wonder if she would talk about men in the same way if she had a son instead of a daughter. Specializing in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy, she brings together the best of both worlds for her clients.

Subjugation by the patriarchy and conditioning from its institutions leave us so desperate to be seen, and push us so far away from our true self, that we assume a false identity to get the attention we crave. Some parts were really good, other parts ok and then there were these parts where my mind went blank. While I don’t agree with every concept in the books, it’s certainly Very enlightening and pushes one to awaken to their true self. I felt the jolt energy reading through every single concept covered in the book, be it the deconstruction of our cultural conditioning or the deconstruction of male and female biology and psychology. This felt wrong to young Shefali, but her grandmother seemed to believe it, so Shefali didn’t question her.It's not a book that makes you feel good about yourself, but a book that teaches you how to feel okay with whatever is inside you. I think the book may resonate with women who are going through a break-up or divorce and maybe even re-evaluating toxic relationships in their life. Not only do many women all over the world look to some external other for their sense of worth, they also place the needs of others over their own. I loved The Conscious Parent (and I should update my review on it, because there's a caveat to the 5 star rating I gave it). Atunci când femeile vor începe o revoluție colectivă împotriva agresiunii masculine, cu multă muncă - bărbații vor fi puși la locul lor, lângă femei - nu înaintea lor !

There were so many contradictions that it was really mind-boggling that she could get the work published. Shefali helps women uncover the purpose that already exists within them and harness the power of authenticity in every area of their lives. I see men and women who have the privilege of financial security, familial security, the privilege of living in a safe environment, the privilege of choice.Human connection (and animals too) is much more compex than that, monogamy is not just imposed by society or a human invention, it also occurs in many other animal species. I listened to this during a very long road trip and found myself really questioning some of her points. The way I see it, it feels like she too has her own emotional blind spots and that she views things in a certain way based on her personal traumas and experiences. This blend of East and West allow her to reach a global audience and establishes her as one of a kind in the field of mindfulness psychology for families. I didn't ask for it, no woman does, and I took action as soon as it was safe to escape (and that's a possibility I know a lot of women don't have).