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Whether single or married, with one child or several, every working mother must find her own unique way of balancing home and work. Here Danielle Kennedy– a mother of eight–shares the secrets of more than thirty successful working mothers from all walks of life. Ranging from self-employed mothers to mothers formerly on welfare, they offer their wisdom and advice on such issues as: * avoiding the common trap of guilt * being aware of the dangers of perfectionism * enlisting the help of family members * working with your company to meet your children’s needs * creating energy both physically and emotionally * being present for your children
Balancing Acts: An Inspirational Guide for Working Mothers
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Finding the right balance between career and motherhood is one of the most stressful, heart-wrenching challenges facing women today. Torn between the need to nurture and the need to work, many women yearn for a way to have the best of both worlds. Now, in Flex Time, author Jacqueline Foley offers a refreshing, forthright approach to getting the life you want—by changing the way you work. Based on her personal experience and interviews with over one hundred women across North America, Foley guides you step-by-step through devising a flexible work schedule that’s right for you, your partner, and your children and making it a reality. Flex Time covers every aspect—emotional, logical, practical, professional—of planning and implementing your personal vision, showing you how to:
• Create your own idea of the perfect work/family balance
• Figure out what kind of flexible work arrangement is right for you
• Prepare a compelling proposal for flexible work and pitch it to your boss
• Adjust to taking one foot off the career or job track
• Juggle flexible work and the needs of your kids, and much more.
Dealing with the hectic, exhausting pace of working full-time while raising your children is no longer your only option. Flex Time offers the support you need to go after what you want and the inspiration to realize your dream of a better life for you and your children.
Flex Time: A Working Mother’s Guide to Balancing Career and Family
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Working at home allows you to take control of your life, be your own boss, and make your own hours–and it represents a major lifestyle change that you need to be prepared for if you’re going to succeed. This unique book, written by a successful home worker and based on extensive interviews with more than one hundred people who work at home, will help you determine your suitability for working at home, choose a fitting line of work, and create a plan for making a smooth transition. You’ll learn how to maximize your work productivity and add quality time to your personal life by: communicating your needs to family, friends, and clients, establishing boundaries, managing family and household responsibilities, dealing with isolation, a lack of motivation, and self-imposed stress, keeping yourself on track, organizing your time and space, achieving a successful business start-up or telecommuting arrangement, managing and growing your home business.
The Work at Home Balancing Act: The Professional Resource Guide for Managing Yourself, Your Work, and Your Family at Home
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