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When Christine Armstrong became a mother, it never occurred to her that she would want to stop work or even work part-time. But the truth is, combining work and small kids is hard. From the broken breast pumps on business trips, to hiding chicken pox from the nursery, to the heartbreak when you come home and realise your baby smells of the childminder. When Christine Armstrong tried it, she found herself desolate with misery. Determined to make it work, she looked for answers by interviewing other working mums and found that she wasn't alone.

There is incredibly important yet untapped talent among mothers who have replaced career aspirations or creative outlets with family priority. Those women who have put their interests on hold to care for their children face a huge challenge in reconnecting with the professional world again in a way that recognizes their needs to continue to be available for their children.

Two mismatched brothers must save their late mother's failing board game company using an unconventional marketing framework, or risk losing their family legacy forever. When their mother unexpectedly passes away, Joe and Pete inherit her once-thriving board game company. But with the stock price plummeting and their own incompetence threatening to sink the business, these polar opposite brothers – Joe, an overconfident jock, and Pete, a sensitive poet – must put aside their differences and work together to save their family's legacy.

Now you can explore Mary in Scripture, tradition, and devotion with one of the world's leading experts as your personal guide and teacher.The Bible offers a brilliant portrait of Mary. Join Fr. Bert Buby, SM, as he travels with Mary through the Gospels, St. Paul's Letters, and the Book of Revelation. After journeying through the New Testament, see Mary revealed through the liturgical use of Old Testament texts and 46 Masses honoring the mother of Jesus.

When most people think of Mother Teresa, they think of a saint - a spiritual hero of extraordinary humanitarian accomplishments, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. But Mother Teresa was also the leader of one of the world's largest and most successful organizations: the Missionaries of Charity.

Are you a working mother who feels frazzled and frenetic? This book is for you! Research shows that working mothers experience up to 40% more stress and that women’s happiness has been declining since the 1970s.

It’s time to change the conversation—about work, life, and “balance.” Work and life are inextricably, intimately intertwined. We need to celebrate what we do give our children—even and especially in moments of imbalance—rather than apologizing for what we don’t. In this way, we can model for our children how we use our talents to help others and raise awareness about the issues closest to our hearts.

La chèvre de ma mère ou devenir riche en partant de rien est un livre révolutionnaire sur comment prendre sa vie financière personnelle en main. Fruit des études et de l'expérience personnelle qui a permis à son auteur de prendre le départ grâce à un capital équivalent au prix d'une chèvre pour devenir riche en quelques années, cet audio book est un must pour ceux qui veulent découvrir l'intelligence et la culture financière qu'il faut pour sortir de la pauvreté, accéder à l'indépendance financière ou devenir riche.

Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land design. It distills the authors' decades of experience as engineers, farmers, educators, and consultants into a five-step process complete with principles, practices, templates, and workflow tools.

Welcome to If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother, the podcast where two generations of women come together to chat about all things pop culture, family, and everything in between. Hosted by Chandler Bobst and Dinah Coomes, this dynamic mother-daughter duo brings their unique perspectives to the latest trends, timeless classics, and everything that makes life interesting. Whether it’s discussing iconic celebrities or sharing hilarious family stories, we dive deep into the moments that shape our world. Tune in for laughs, lively debates, and heartfelt moments as we explore what it means to ...

How do we cut through the rigmarole of business to give customers the treatment they desire, and employees the ability to deliver it? Customer experience expert Jeanne Bliss recommends making business personal to get the traction you need by focusing on one deceptively simple question: "Would you do that to your mother?" Whether you're contemplating your company's returns policy, its social media presence, or its big-picture strategy, this approach helps pinpoint causes of customer unrest and opportunities to deliver joy.

For working mothers who face endless demands on their time and attention, What Happy Working Mothers Know provides scientifically proven and practical ways to replace stress with contentment and to find the right balance between work, motherhood, and life. Your own happiness is important—because happy moms make better moms and more successful professionals.

As a working mother you often draw the short straw. Bosses and coworkers assume that since you're focused on your family, you don't prioritize work, and they give crucial opportunities to those around you. Advice for Working Moms can help you alleviate this stress. Drawing on the wisdom of experts and parents alike, it will help you strike the right balance between family and work, all while navigating the long-standing bias against mothers and, more broadly, women in the workforce.

Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths Through Work and Motherhood aims to provide listeners with stories and research that support the notion of women owning and feeling confident in the choices they make as they navigate a complex series of work and family transitions. This book challenges the impulse to reduce work/life challenges to a single point in time, such as the decision to return to work after the birth of a child; instead, it recognizes that work and family decisions are anything but stagnant.

In a post-pandemic job market, creating a truly mom-supportive workplace is the ultimate competitive advantage. But there's a pervasive problem across workplaces big and small: Managers aren't asking new mothers what support they need to transition back to work successfully. At the same time, working moms are afraid to ask for help-resulting in poor employment outcomes for both parties. The solution? Intentional and open conversation, which has to start at the managerial level.

The book Estate Planning for Single Mothers is a guidebook that provides information and advice on how single mothers can effectively plan their estate. The book is written specifically for single mothers who want to ensure that their assets are protected and their children are taken care of in the event of their death or incapacity.

Leadership doesn’t have to be complicated. Mothers have known this all along as they practice their own no-nonsense form of leadership. In Manage like a Mother, Valerie Cockerell shares common-sense principles for anyone seeking to be an effective leader. She explains how raising children, nurturing their development, multitasking as only a mother does, managing conflicts, dealing with teenagers and being a great role model are some of the essential skills that leaders can easily apply to their professional working environments—with proven success.

Where business meets motherhood, and everything in between. What does it mean to be a creative entrepreneur? How can we inject humanness and enrich client relationships in our online businesses? How can we balance motherhood (single mom here) with growing our business? What local, physical resources can we take advantage of as mothers who parent alone, while also running a business? I am a single mother of two (under 6), who also homeschools, is the sole financial provider for our family, and a business owner. If you relate to these roles...this show is for you.

Life as a working mum is not without its highs, lows and all-round ridiculous moments. Join Stylist’s Lisa Smosarski and Alix Walker as they swap stories – and share your candid voice notes - about the reality of the juggle, in a bid to ease the load for working mums everywhere. They’ll also be joined by a host of celebrity friends as they share their own parenting pearls of wisdom. Follow us on Instagram@stylistmagazine@lisasmosarski@alixkwalker1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the "Mothers in Business" podcast! I'm Emily, and I’m so excited to be here with you as we explore the ups and downs of motherhood and entrepreneurship.As a fellow mum, I’m here to cheer you on every step of the way—whether you're balancing nappies and deadlines or juggling school runs with client calls, or starting out your own online business! Being a mom means wearing 'all' the hats—household manager, chauffeur, accountant, and so much more. But let me tell you, if you’re a mum, you’ve got this. You’re stronger, more resilient, and capable of handling it all.On this...