Balancing the Big Stuff - Finding Happiness in Work, Family, and Life

This book considers the obstacles that prevent families from achieving true work-family balance. Clarifying what it means to be happy, and what it means to "have it all," Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin illustrate how to achieve true contentment, outlining ways men and women can get more enjoyment and happiness both at home and the office.

List of contents

1- The Search for Balance
2 - Balancing Multiple Roles
3 - Balance as a Parent
4 - Balance at Work
5 - Balance is for Both Men and Women: Challenging Gender Stereotypes
6 - Balance at Home
7 - Societal Barriers to Balance
8 - Beyond Balance: Finding Happiness and Meaning
9 - Balance and Beyond: Finding the Sweet Spot 

About the author

By Miriam Liss and Holly H. Schiffrin - Foreword by Brigid Schulte

Product details

• Authors: Miriam Liss, Miriam Schiffrin Liss, Miriam/ Schiffrin Liss, Liss Miriam, Holly H Schiffrin, Holly H. Schiffrin, Schiffrin Holly H.
• Assisted by: Schulte Brigid (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780810895645
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9564-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Babysitting, Day Care & Child Care, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, Child care & upbringing, Family & relationships, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Child care and upbringing: advice for parents