You Don't Have to Carry It All: Ditch the Mom Guilt and Find a Better Way Forward

by Paula Faris Narrated by Paula Faris

Overview

Award-winning journalist and mom-of-three Paula Faris gives insightful and*practical*steps for better working, momming, and living to millions of overwhelmed working moms.

Being a working mom should work. Instead, it is a thankless, incredibly difficult job, marked by impossible contradictions and unreachable expectations.

American moms are more burned out now than at any other time in history. We believed we could have it all- fulfilling work, and a healthy and happy family. We pick up responsibilities wherever we go- on the job, at home, in our communities. We try to carry it all-and we can. Because moms are superheroes with superpowers! But at some point, our shoulders grow tired tired from carrying around the expectations and the mental load, tired from juggling the constant conflict between working and momming, tired of how our work- whether at home or at the office-isn't valued equally, and tired of workplaces that treat us like risks instead of assets.*

Paula Faris offers a declaration of hope to all working moms- things are going to get better! There is another way forward that frees us from the barbaric conflict of mom-guilt and the bone-weary exhaustion of carrying it all and feeling like we're failing everywhere. Through the lens of her personal experience and interviews with working women, men, leaders, and experts across the country, Faris dismantles the cultural expectations and toxic traps that American moms experience. She also gathers insightful and actionable steps toward a better way of working, momming, and living. *The problems we have as a country and culture are not insurmountable.* Besides, we've got working moms on this job. And there are literally no hands more capable than ours!

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

THIS is the book working moms have been waiting for!”—Jenna Bush Hager

“With the many demands and competing priorities that working mothers experience . . . Paula reminds us that we are not alone and that, together, we have the power to create meaningful and lasting change.”—Danielle Walker, New York Times bestselling author of the Against All Grain series

“Filled with ah-hah and breakthrough moments that not only have the power to transform your journey as a working mom, but to transform your family for generations to come.” —Jamie Kern Lima, New York Times bestselling author of Believe It and founder, IT Cosmetics

“With gut level honesty and good-natured humor, Paula uses her unique skills as a journalist and interviewer to share . . . some powerful guidance and advice on how you can begin to put down all the baggage and actually take control of your life again.”—Kathie Lee Gifford, Emmy Award–winning co-host and New York Times bestselling author

“Relatable, realistic, yet revolutionary. . . . A must-read for mothers in the workplace.”—Deb Liu, CEO of Ancestry.com, author, and mom of three

“Deeply encouraging and profoundly practical.”—Craid Groeschel, pastor of Life.Church and New York Times bestselling author

“This book is a game-changer for working moms.”—Shawn Johnson East, Olympic gymnast, bestselling author, CEO, and mom

“You Don’t Have to Carry It All explores the challenges that working mothers face, from so many thoughtful and insightful angles. You will be both encouraged and motivated to action.”—Dr. Anita Phillips, trauma therapist and host of the In the Light podcast

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175235532
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	03/07/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	765,123

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