What Happy Working Mothers Know
How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Lead to a Healthy and Happy Work/Life Balance

1. Auflage September 2009
256 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
A fact-based and proven approach to help working mothers
rediscover happiness as they balance their duties at home and
work
Science and sociology have made great strides in understanding
what makes us happy and how we achieve it. For working mothers who
face endless demands on their time and attention, What Happy
Working Mothers Know provides scientifically proven and
practical ways to find the right balance and replace stress with
happiness. Written by a behavioral scientist and global leadership
guru, and an international lawyer and career coach, this
mom-friendly guide offers practical tactics that truly work.
The demands of juggling work and home lead many women to try to do
everything and be everything to everyone. In the effort to be
Superwoman, many women lose sight of what makes them happy and they
fail to realize how important their happiness is to being a good
worker and a good mother. The key to being your best at everything
you do is to take care of your happiness the way you take care of
your health, through conscious choices every day. You'll
learn to overcome obstacles, apply lessons learned at work to your
motherhood skills, and learn lessons from your children that you
can apply at work.
* Includes interactive activities that illustrate important
lessons in the book
* Shows you how to use positive psychology to shift from a
scarcity mentality to an abundance mentality for workplace
success
* Helps you tap into your own sense of joy every day for your own
happiness and the happiness of those around you
* Science-based and packed with real case studies of real working
moms
* Written by authors with impeccable qualifications and
real-world experience
Many moms raise great kids and achieve the professional success
they desire and deserve, but if they aren't happy,
what's the point? This book doesn't show you how to
have it all, but how to have all the things that really matter.
Carol Evans
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction xxi
Chapter 1. Happiness is Not a Luxury; It's a Necessity 1
Chapter 2. The Science of Happiness 27
Chapter 3. How to Put the H.A.P.P.Y. in Happy Working Mother 47
Chapter 4. Guilt--What is It Good For? 71
Chapter 5. When Mom's Not Happy, No One is Happy! 91
Chapter 6. What about the Kids? 121
Chapter 7. When the Going Gets Tough, Get Support 147
Chapter 8. Pulling It All Together 167
Chapter 9. Happily Ever After--Your Story 183
Moms Corps Survey Analysis 195
Ten Tips to Your Happiness 201
Notes 203
Additional Resources 207
About the Authors 213
Index 217
BARRETT S. AVIGDOR, JD, is an international lawyer, executive coach, and Fulbright Scholar. An innovator, trainer, and thought leader in talent strategy and management, she has been a member of the leadership team of Accenture's Legal Group since 1995. She helped establish Accenture's strengths-based approach to their global talent and employee engagement initiative as both a facilitator and an author on the subject. She can be found circling the globe spearheading her passion for excellence in human performance.