Emma Johnston – författare

This book takes parents from feeling disconnected to reconnecting with their true, authentic center, so they can be free to respond the way they really want to and create a life of ease, consciousness, and enjoyment in their family life.Many people who come to The Reconnected—both a program and a parenting community—are self-aware, know a lot about parenting, and already have a lot of tools in their toolbox. They know their triggers and when they are triggered; they know about regulation; and they even have lists of scripts and are knowledgeable about what experts think they should do and say in those moments.But . . .They find that when it comes down to it, in the moment of stress, they can’t seem to actually make a difference in the way they respond.Reconnected Parenting is a guide to help parents do better in the moments that count, and it shows the reader how understanding the nervous system and using our breath to rewire our reactions from our body up, creates deep, lasting change.The reader will be taken on a journey through the science behind the nervous system and how this is holistically linked to connecting to our truest and spiritual selves.

Emma Johnston (a pseudonym) is an African American resident of Durham, North Carolina, whose son was brutally murdered in 2007. Combining the voices of Emma and her coauthor Simon Partner, a professor at Duke University, the book recounts the postwar history of one of the South's fastest-growing communities through the eyes of one of its most disadvantaged residents. In the process, the book attempts to shed light on the social and economic conditions that led to the murder of Emma's son, one of 25 to 30 people (many of them African American young men) who fall victim to gun violence each year in Durham.