What happy working mothers know: how new findings in positive psychology can lead to a healthy and happy work/life balance

This book, the first of its kind, will teach the principles of the new science of happiness to help working mothers understand the elements of happiness inorder to achieve work/life balance. What Happy Working Mothers Know will provide context, inspiration, and practical advice to working mothers who are so good at taking care of others, but are often overwhelmed by the demands of juggling work and home. Rather than trying to have it all by being a sort of superwoman, this book helps women make smart choices as both professionals and parents. Telling the stories of real working moms who have juggled and struggled their way to happiness, authors Cathy Greenberg and Barrett Avigdor provide an instructive look at how working moms can add ‘happiness’ to their list of achievements. Readers will learn how to overcome the common obstacles to happinessand how the lessons they learn at work enhances their mothering, and the lessons they learn from their children enriches their work. Experts Cathy Greenberg and Barrett Avigdor address an array of topics which will be accompanied by interactive activities, including: Defining a healthy ego for being a happy working mother so that women can strive to achieve without feeling guilty for their ambition; Using new findings in Positive Psychology to shift from a ‘scarcity mentality’ to an ‘abundance mentality’ for success in the workplace; Learning to tap into their own sense of joy everyday for their own sake and for thesake of others around them.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-48819-5
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 16/09/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés