I thought I would share a self-help book with you this morning. Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas by Hasan Merali, MD. I received a copy of in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas teaches us to look at Toddlers who we like to refer are the reason for the “terrible twos” but though the Authors thoughts we learn there not so terrible but something everyone one of us can learn from.
Shake off the adult inside you today and channel your inner two year old and see how it can relate to today. I enjoyed the case studies the Author brought us to support claims on how toddlers can be our best teachers in living a joyful, fulfilling life.
The Author also invites us to rethink what we know about toddlers, transforming common challenges—like tantrums and meltdowns—into windows of wisdom and humor. curiosity, resilience, and teamwork. I hope you take the time to read Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas by Hasan Merali, MD and that you share the book with your friends and family.
About the book:
Toddlers hold the secrets to having more fun and living a fulfilling life. These are secrets we once knew and ones that a Harvard-trained physician can help us rediscover.
Terrible twos, temper tantrums, and grocery store meltdowns are usually the first things that come to mind when people think of toddlers. But pediatric emergency medicine physician and researcher Dr. Hasan Merali has long thought toddlers are among the best people in our society and adults could do well to learn from them. These extraordinary youngsters can be impulsive, yes, but with this comes a remarkable ability to take risks and ask questions—two qualities that can help us enjoy life more. Toddlers act kindly toward strangers, are eager to work with others to solve problems, and demonstrate extraordinary dedication and perseverance. These are all traits that many of us aspire to have in order to improve both our personal and professional lives.
To unpack this behavior, Dr. Merali includes many humorous examples from his experience as a pediatrician and father, but the core lessons are drawn from two decades worth of fascinating and surprising studies in child psychology and development. Merali connects these studies to research about adults to create the first book to offer adults important lessons that can be gleaned from toddlers. Toddlers can teach you many things, including how to:
- Lose weight naturally
- Sleep better
- Build stronger friendships
- Improve teamwork
- Be more productive
- Have more fun, and
- Live a more fulfilling life
Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas shows us how to
Hasan Merali
About the author
Hasan Merali, MD, MPH, is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on child injury prevention in low- and middle-income countries. He has published more than twenty-five peer-reviewed journal articles, and his writing has been featured in Science, The Boston Globe, NBC, CBC, and Popular Science. Dr. Merali lives in Oakville, Ontario, with his wife and their toddler daughter.
