experiencing mental health challenges, Celia Landman long blamed herself. “At times in my life, I’ve encountered so much pain I questioned why I became a parent,” she writes in (Parallax Press). This is not a “truth that’s pretty,” but she knows she isn’t alone in feeling it. Indeed, such intense pain is inevitable when we understand parenting as loving someone yet being powerless to keep them from hurting. Parenting, though, is also finding a way forward when the ground is suddenly gone. Landman relies on three limbs of Buddhism—Theravada, Vietnamese Zen, and Vajrayana—for practical instructions on cultivating steadiness, compassion, wisdom, and strength in the face of uncertainty. In addition to sharing her own personal experiences, she weaves in anecdotes
