Career Family

There was a time, in the not-so-distant past, when families were expected to give up everything in order to achieve the financial security they craved. In the intervening years, the divorce rate climbed, fathers lost touch with their families and died of heart attacks and strokes at an alarming rate. When these men retired, they felt useless and unproductive. Then women entered the workforce in earnest and joined the rat race.

In Mission Entrepreneur Jen Griswold, veteran, CEO, and mentor, shares the journey that led her from 20 years in the military to over $20 million in annual sales. As a wife and mother with a full-time career, Jen watched her peers as they experienced the struggles of keeping their careers afloat while managing family, relocations, and the demands of a busy life. The lessons she learned from her time in the military can be applied to start-ups, to help you launch your business, build wealth, and find happiness.

Life is short for all of us. I know this because I have been in the funeral industry for almost 20 years. My career has provided me with insight into what truly matters. For me, it is simply all of the small moments in life with my friends and family. However altruistic, I only wish to remind everyone of this simple message. That is the ultimate goal of this book: capture your moments.

It's 2020, and millions of people are working from home. It's not easy coping with work and your children running around while your boss is on your neck to meet up with the client's deadline, right? The good news is that you're not alone. Many people are dealing with this situation as well. The pandemic will be over soon and we can all go back to our normal lives. Pending that time, this audiobook, How to Work from Home with Children, is for parents or anyone who has kids with them but has to work from home while the kids are at home.

"[A] a beautiful examination of family." -- Girly Book Club “Take my baby.” When Hillary’s best friend asks her to do the unthinkable, she discovers the surprising bounds of her loyalty. A poignant and provocative tale of friendship and choices, Heads or Tails is at once heartwarming and hilarious and will stay with you long after you read the final page.

Ignite will help you in any small group setting you are in, whether it be a Bible study, church, or just hanging out with friends. Each time you meet, use the check-ins to help you assess eight areas of your life, set action steps, and share it with others for accountability. This is a life-changing tool that will help you become aware and recognize areas in your life that may be weak, then asking God to help you change them to glorify Him. You will begin to change as you set your action steps and follow through.

In her book Put Comfortable Shoes in My Coffin, Jennifer McCloskey and her mother and writing partner Mary Rey Girardi share a treasure trove of small stories with huge heart. Jen has been a motivational speaker and trainer across the country since 1986, and she created this book as a reminder of the numerous heroes surrounding us.

This fresh, empowering, and fully comprehensive guide is the must-have handbook for every working mom! Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio have helped readers find their dream jobs, be a boss without being bitchy, and even start companies of their own. But what happens when a career girl becomes a mom and her world turns upside down? Can you maintain your ambition and momentum at work while still being the kind of parent you want to be? Of course you can!

This audiobook will walk you through the necessary steps to setting up as a freelance mum, from deciding on your freelance career path to launching a website, social media, getting your name out there and perfecting your brand. There is a comprehensive guide to the childcare options available to freelance mums, daily routines for optimum productivity, and tips on establishing and maintaining healthy work-life boundaries.

In The Working Mom, Vicki Broadbent, founder of HonestMum.com, shares her manifesto for surviving and thriving at work and at home. Vicki writes about everything from juggling work and family to regaining your confidence after having a baby and battling imposter syndrome. An award-winning blogger and vlogger, in this audiobook Vicki shares how to turn your passions into a business that suits the modern mum's lifestyle.

Roman Gaida – Vater von vierjährigen Zwillingen und Topmanager – zeigt, wie man Karriere und Familie verbinden kann, ohne sich selbst, die Partnerin, die Kids oder den Job gänzlich zu vernachlässigen. Die Kunst dabei ist, die eigene Einstellung und individuelle Situation richtig zu durchdenken: Was sind jetzt die richtigen Karriereschritte? Was bedeutet Erfolg für mich? Was ist wichtig, was nice-to-have und wie finde ich den richtigen Arbeitgeber?

A self-help, rediscovering-yourself book about how to find what you truly value in life with balance, perspective, and a greater focus on purpose of mind, body, and soul.

Toddlers can be immensely rewarding, but can also be enormously stressful and challenging. In this audiobook, the UK's leading parenting coach, Sue Atkins, discusses simple tools and techniques you can use to handle anger, deal with tantrums, and set effective boundaries.

Balanced living in God’s eyes isn’t the same as what the world considers it to be. It is more important to surrender every area of our lives to God rather than trying to keep it balanced on our own. This book will help you look at each area of your life to set goals based on what God wants for you.

Communication is the exchange of information between two or more people. This can be verbal, for example when two people converse, or it can be non-verbal, like the information we perceive through facial expressions or gestures that us know if a person is angry or cheerful. Within non-verbal communication, physical communication is of great importance: A kiss, a handshake, or a hug transfers a lot of information. Communication can be positive, negative, effective or ineffective.

Written by Kori, a career-driven mom, with commentary from Mike, an over-20-year primary caregiver to their four children, this audiobook shows work-life integration from a different lens. These genuine, transparent, and vulnerable stories about life as a nontraditional family aim to paint a picture of everyday chaos, provide comic relief, and permit parents to thrive as they embrace their perceived shortcomings in the context of work-family flow. Parenting issues don't discriminate. All parents experience similar challenges, regardless of their family dynamics.

For the ambitious mother who dreams of starting her own business while juggling mom life, work life, wife life, fill in the blank life, this book was written for you. Marisa Volpe Lonic, mom of four and former corporate executive turned entrepreneur, shares practical tips and advice on turning your side hustle into your main hustle, vulnerable stories of the entrepreneurial journey, and the undeniable chaos of what it’s like to birth businesses and babies simultaneously.

Never before have working parents had so many demands on their time. Overworked. Overstressed. Under-resourced. The weight of it all can steal your joy, complicate your family and friendships, and even impact your mental and physical health. But help is here for working parents. In Maintaining Work-Life Balance: An Essential Guide for Busy Parents, the author, a parent to four and a hardworking nurse gives real-world insight into the signs and symptoms of stress and offers strategies and solutions in easy-to-digest chapters.

Vous vous apprêtez à commencer votre carrière ou vous souhaitez vous réorienter? Vous aimeriez disposer de l’autonomie d’un(e) entrepreneur(e) sans partir de zéro? Et si vous considériez l’entreprise familiale comme option de carrière? Travailler en famille vise à vous apporter le soutien nécessaire dans votre long processus de réflexion. Cet ouvrage vous permettra d’en apprendre davantage sur les particularités d’une entreprise familiale en explorant les 3 sphères qui la composent : l’entreprise, la propriété et la famille.

Running a business is hard. Running one while also raising a family is harder. In fact, it can be exhausting. You’re out there trying to get it done and do right by your family. It is possible to do both well and still maintain your sanity. We want to show you how. This is the book we wish we’d had 20 years ago.