I'm back and I have a good excuse for not blogging for a whole year.  I wrote a book!  Well, my friend and co-author, Cathy Greenberg and I wrote a book.  The title is "What Happy Working Mothers Know' and it comes out in September.  You can pre-order it now on Amazon.com

The book is based on principles of positive psychology and how they are applied in real life.  We surveyed and interviewed over 1000 women around the world to get their stories and their tips for finding happiness amidst that chaos that is the life of a working mom.  The book is not just for working moms.  It is for moms who are staying at home and thinking about going back to work.  It's for managers who have working moms on their teams.  It's for husbands who want to help their wives find happiness as they juggle work and family demands.

Moms are very good at taking care of others but we often neglect ourselves.  Happiness is a health issue.  To be our best, at work and at home, we need to do what it takes to find our own happiness.   If you think happiness is a luxury that you will get to when the kids are older, think again.  Your children need you to be happy today, tomorrow and everyday.  You are their role model and if you want them to be happy, you need to show them what a happy adult looks like.  Have I convince you yet that your happiness is important and you need to invest some time and energy in it?

If so, here is our model for happiness:

H - Healthy - both physically and emotionally

A - Adaptive - life happens and you need to be able to adjust quickly

P - Proud of your family

P - Proud of your work

Y - Young at heart


More on each of those in future blogs.

Thanks for reading and I'd love to read your comments.

Barrett