Zen Buddhists learn in life by studying lessons with a master.  However, the master will always tell his/her students that they are not really a Zen master, but a student just like them.  The Zen Master has just traveled down the road a little way longer than the students. How To Be A Zen Mama Website and How To Be A Zen Mama Book are filled with lessons on letting go and becoming closer to your kids.  

Hopefully this website and the book will be a teacher for you.  None of us brings a child into this world with a degree in parenting.  I have at times been thankful of my teaching degree, having studied and practiced teaching before having children.  But I’ve also been at a loss more times than I can think!  I’ve worried so much.  I’ve been angry.  I’ve been disappointed.  Emotions like worry, anger and disappointment are habits, and like other bad habits, these can be broken.

Oh, and by the way, you can apply these lessons to other parts of your life:  Zen Wife, Zen Daughter, Zen Sister Zen Friend, Zen Co-worker…you get the picture!