Eli Harwood: 'How to Deal with Your ____ So Your Kids Don't Have To'

Third Place Books welcomes therapist, author, and educator Eli Harwood to our Lake Forest Park store for a conversation about , her guide to healing old wounds and transforming bad habits in order to become a more reliable and emotionally savvy parent. Erin and Stephen Mitchell, co-founders of Couples Counseling for Parents, join in conversation.

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Are you determined to parent differently than you were raised? Ready to break cycles, heal old wounds, and give your children the emotionally close relationship you always wanted? This is your roadmap.
Why This Book?

• Written by USA Today bestselling author & family therapist Eli Harwood
• Practical, no-nonsense guidance for parents and parents-to-be
• Alphabetically organized for quick, targeted help—flip to the growth area you need, when you need it

Inside, You’ll Discover How to Heal From:

• Complicated emotional states like anger, anxiety, body image struggles, and jealousy
• Insecure habits such as people-pleasing, toxic comparison, blaming, and denial
• The lingering effects of insecurity or trauma from your own childhood

What You’ll Gain:

• Tools to heal yourself—so your children don’t have to carry your pain
• Strategies to build a secure, emotionally close bond with your kids
• Confidence to become the emotionally mature and reliable parent you wish you’d had

This compassionate reference guide will help you navigate the messy emotional moments of parenthood so that you can give your kids the invaluable gift of an emotionally secure parent. Start your healing journey today—for them, and for you.

Eli Harwood is a licensed therapist, bestselling author, and highly sought-after educator with over 19 years of experience helping people process relational traumas and develop secure connections with their children. Eli is the author of four books: How to Deal With Your ___ So Your Kids Don't Have To, Uniquely Us, Raising Securely Attached Kids, and Securely Attached. She is on a mission to help make the world a better place, one attachment relationship at a time. In addition to her clinical work, Harwood offers support through her virtual Secure Parent Program and in-person retreats to help parents break cycles and establish secure legacies. Eli has three children, one husband, two cats, 7 chickens, and an extraordinary number of house plants.

Erin and Stephen Mitchell cofounded Couples Counseling for Parents, a company focused on providing access to research-informed, psychologically sound online education for couples. Both have clinical education—Stephen, a PhD in medical family therapy, and Erin, a master’s degree in counseling psychology—and they have a combined 23 years of experience providing counseling and education. They have been married for 16 years and have three kids.

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