Schonbrun, Yael
Summary: "Twelve practical strategies to experience more joy and feel less guilt as a working parent, drawn from ACT, the groundbreaking therapy technique that has helped countless people. Dr. Yael Schonbrun calls out the myth of the work-life balance and offers practical strategies that can help us reframe our approach to working and parenting from the inside out. Based in Acceptance and Commitment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala Publications 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 SCHJakes, T. D.
Summary: Offers guidance for readers intended to help them provide a solid living while still dedicating enough energy to time with God, friends, and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: FaithWords 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 260 JAKNeustadt, Romi
Summary: "Bestselling author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and life and business coach Romi Neustadt has a message for women: You CAN have it all--just not at the same damn time. Romi Neustadt is a mom of two, a wife, a daughter, bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and coach. What's more, she's achieved these things without a staff of 10, the ability to sleep two hours a night or driving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio / Penguin 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 NEUNooyi, Indra K.
Summary: "Indra Nooyi, the trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo, offers clear-eyed insight and a call to action for how our society can really blend work and family-and advance women-in the twenty-first century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NOOYI, INDRA K. NOOPhelan, Thomas W.
Summary: "The solution to the overload many modern moms feel, The Manager Mom Epidemic shows you how to build a happier family by firing yourself from the 'house manager' position and making each member of the family, from your husband to your youngest child, feel responsible for helping make family life run smoothly. Easy-to-understand and accessible for even the most overwhelmed parent, this book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 PHEBrody, Lauren Smith
Summary: "The Fifth Trimester is your new best friend: a brilliant, tells-it-like-it-is guide to help moms cope with all the demands of the real world after Baby arrives. The first three trimesters (and the fourth--those blurry newborn days) are for the baby, but the Fifth Trimester is when the working mom is born. No matter what the job, you're bound to have questions: When should I go back? Flex-time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BROSummary: In 1931, the rains stopped. Soon, blinding black dirt swept across the southern plains of America. Acres of crops withered and died as over-plowing created conditions for disaster: tiny dust particles invading food, water, and the lungs of millions of animals and people alike. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California—typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's “The Grapes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: What are the prospect in the U.S. for growing the green economy? In this program Hazel Henderson interviews Stuart Valentine, president of Iowa Progressive Asset Management, about public interest in eco-friendly, community-based commercial models-which both see as an upward trend, especially after the 2010 BP oil spill. Valentine explains how "behind the meter" systems such as locally-operated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Kossek, Ellen Ernst.
Contents: Are you the CEO of your working life? -- Knowing your flexstyle -- Weighing the trade-offs -- Trade-offs of using flexibility for higher work-life integration -- Tradeoffs of compartmentalizing work and personal life -- Trade-offs of volleying between work and family -- Changes everyone can make to improve quality of life -- Tailoring change to your particular flexstyle -- Negotiating a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wharton School Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 KOSDowling, Daisy
Summary: "An all-in-one resource for every working mother and father Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we've never had a trusted, go-to guide all our own-one that coaches us on how to do well at work, be the loving and engaged parents we want to be, and remain true to ourselves in the process. Enter Workparent. Whether you're planning a family, pushing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Review Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents DowlingWolf, Alison.
Summary: Explores how the growing number of professional women have impacted society, considering controversial perspectives on how the definition of female success has changed in ways that may not be supporting a woman's best interests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.4 WOLArylo, Christine
Summary: "A former corporate executive examines why many working women feel exhausted and overwhelmed as they try to balance the competing demands of career and family. The author diagnoses the roots of the problem and proposes pragmatic methods to integrate work,relationships, health, and spirituality into a harmonious whole"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1082 ARYMedini, Shari
Summary: "Parenting experts Karissa Tunis and Shari Medini share actionable tips, heartfelt insight, and planning strategies to help you enjoy your own parenting journey while working from home. Building on the authors' own experiences and the most common challenges they hear parents voicing today, Parenting While Working from Home encourages parents to make intentional changes that will result in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 MEDRobinson, Joe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 ROBSummary: A demographic change is affecting all Americans wherever they work and live: the rise of the flexible workforce. The global economy, increasing numbers of two-income families, and the need for businesses to retain talent both in the executive suite and among low-paid workers are all having an impact on the way people work. This documentary, hosted by Bonnie Erbe, explores innovations in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Gambians are among the poorest people in the world, and until recently cultural and economic imperatives combined to give them one of the highest birth rates as well. This program uses Gambia to study the impact of a large youthful population on a country's resources. With almost half its citizens under the age of 15 and the population growing, the Gambian government has been hard-pressed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Haag, Pamela.
Summary: Combines autobiographical detail, cultural history, revelatory first-hand accounts, and research to unravel the sources of post-romantic discontent and offers inspiration for those who want more than the semi-happy status quo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.645 HAALoflin, Jones
Summary: "From the authors of Juggling Elephants comes the only guide you need to sort through the many priorities in your life, know what your It (Important Thing) should be, and understand how to get IT done. Identifying IT isn't just the first step in the process of getting focused and heading in the right direction, it's every step. Getting to IT provides the necessary tools to accomplish the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.11 LOFMundy, Liza
Summary: A revolution is under way. Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. Journalist Liza Mundy takes us to the frontier of this new economic order: she shows us why this flip is inevitable, what painful adjustments will have to be made along the way, and how both men and women will feel surprisingly liberated in the end. Couples today are debating who must assume...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 MUNPartow, Donna.
Summary: "Would you like to earn money in your own home? How about starting with your very own business consultant? Learn from Donna Partow, a 20-year home-based business owner and best-selling author. She's created an an extensive how-to guide for starting and maintaining a successful new business. Donna provides step-by-step instructions on determining what type of business is right for you, creating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.0412 PARRodsky, Eve
Summary: "A revolutionary, real-world solution to the problem of unpaid, invisible work that women have shouldered for too long--from a woman tapped by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine as the expert on this topic for a new generation of women"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sellers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.4 SHETorabi, Farnoosh.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1082 TORSchulte, Brigid
Summary: "Can working parents in America--or anywhere--ever find true leisure time? According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is "that place in which we realize our humanity." If that's true, argues Brigid Schulte, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our humanity. In Overwhelmed, Schulte, a staff writer for The Washington Post, asks: Are our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014