"Lorna Crawford has a great boyfriend, longtime friends, and a well-paying job as special-events coordinator at a premium ice-cream manufacturer. But out of sorts and filled with self-doubt, the 33-year-old soon realizes that what she really wants is to stay on the spiritual path she keeps diving off of. Lorna jump-starts her efforts at a silent yoga retreat. But after returning from the mountain she quickly loses her connection in the face of scheming coworkers, judgmental girlfriends and especially her overly critical mother. Lorna also wrestles over her future with her boyfriend, a hot guy...

Staying on your spiritual path was undoubtedly a whole lot easier before your kids were born. But as Meryl Davids Landau realized when she became a mother-with no time to run off to yoga or meditation retreats (or even to read many spiritual books)-parenting would have to become her prime spiritual practice. It turns out that was a blessing. As she details in the warm, embracing essays that make up this book, parenting is the perfect practice for staying on a spiritual path, because connecting to the love we feel for our child opens us up to the lofty energy of our highest self. In 55 essays...