You don’t have to carry it all - ditch the mom guilt and find a better way forward

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You don’t have to carry it all examines the pressures on working mothers, exposing the impossible contradictions of expecting fulfillment at work while sustaining a healthy, happy family. Paula Faris draws on personal experience and interviews to describe how moms shoulder a heavy “mental load” and face burnout, workplace devaluation, and cultural toxic traps. The book offers a declaration that things can improve, replacing mom-guilt with practical, actionable steps toward a better way of working, caregiving, and living.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages213

Reading Time5 h 28 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: The Carry-All

Chapter Two: Carrying on the Tradition

Chapter Three: Carrying the Load

Chapter Four: The Show Must Carry On

Chapter Five: Carrying Your ID

Chapter Six: Carrying Superpowers

Chapter Seven: Carry Each Other

Chapter Eight: Carry on, My Wayward Son

Chapter Nine: Carrying Corporate Change

Chapter Ten: Carry That Weight

Acknowledgments

Discover More

About the Author

Praise for You Don’t Have to Carry It All

Notes

[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Copyright © 2023 by Faris Enterprises, LLC Cover design by design by Kristen Paige Andrews. Cover photo by Micah Kandros. Author photo by Meshali Mitchell. Cover copyright © 2023 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author ’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please [contact permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your](contact permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your) support of the author ’s rights. Worthy Hachette Book Group 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104 [worthypublishing.com](worthypublishing.com) [twitter.com/worthypub](twitter.com/worthypub) [First Edition: March 2023](First Edition: March 2023) Worthy is a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The Worthy name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® . Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved [worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The](worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The) “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™ Worthy Books may be purchased in bulk for business, educational, or promotional use. For information, please contact your local bookseller orthe Hachette Book Group Special Markets Department at [special.markets@hbgusa.com](special.markets@hbgusa.com). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Faris, Paula, 1975-author. Title: You don’t have to carry it all : ditch the mom guilt and find a better way forward / Paula Faris. Description: First edition. | Nashville : Worthy,[2023] | Summary: “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 than any 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-at work, 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. Award-winning journalist and mom-of-three Paula Faris offers a declaration to the millions of overwhelmed and depleted working moms out there-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 towards 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!”--Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2022047943 | ISBN 9781546003731 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781546003755 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Working mothers. | Work and family. |

FAQs

What problem does the book focus on for working mothers?

It focuses on the burnout and impossible expectations that come from trying to “carry it all,” including the mental load and constant conflict between work and motherhood.

How does Paula Faris support the book’s message?

Through her personal experience and interviews with working women, men, leaders, and experts across the country.

What kind of solutions does the book offer?

It provides actionable steps and a new way forward that frees readers from “mom-guilt” and exhaustion, helping them work, parent, and live differently.

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