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A job? An obligation? A career? A choice? A penalty? Well-intended workplace policies and initiatives have failed to successfully help mothers and mothers to be cope with work life balance. Countless women get ''lost'' in the juggling act of working motherhood that often leaves them guilty, unfulfilled and failing on all fronts. Women do three times more unpaid work at home than their male partners. The pandemic amplified this and saw 1.5 billion children around the world homeschooled with mothers shouldering most of the weight around education and home care. These pressures have led to one in three working mothers scaling back their careers or leaving the workforce entirely. An issue governments and employers are failing to solve, The Future is Greater helps readers tap into the powerful, but less mentioned source of answers for this conundrum - mothers and women themselves. In Mother Maxine discusses the issue of motherhood penalty verses fatherhood premium, and how this affects so many women''s lives and decisions women make long before they ever have children. Every woman faces different challenges, motivations, and dreams. Leading readers through a tried and tested ten step process involving amongst others the following tips: - decide to make a change - create a powerful and exciting vision for your life - adopt the powerful C.R.I.S.I.S success plan created by Maxine - build resilience and avoid comparison traps - identify time wasters and identify thieves Using client testimonials and a journey that took Maxine from homelessness, addiction, academic failure in her teens, to becoming an award-winning student and Cambridge graduate, Maxine illustrates that time for what may seem like the most important commitments is gained by taking time to care first for oneself. ...
About the author
Business Consultant and Executive Coach Maxine Nwaneri works with mothers to create time and space for self care and mental wellbeing.
With maternal mental health issues on the rise, more women are speaking up about work-life balance. Maxine's insight and coaching process is drawn from insight gained consulting with mothers in the workplace in some of the world's most successful corporate businesses as well as her own motherhood journey.
Passionate about helping women overcome obstacles to prioritising themselves and self-care, Maxine shows mothers and mothers to be how they can empower themselves and reduce overwhelm through the ever-changing landscape of balancing work, career choices and motherhood.
Maxine holds an MBA from Cambridge University. Her work, which has impacted the lives of numerous women worldwide, has been featured on TV, on various stages internationally, and in several online publications, including Success Magazine, Huffpost, and DiversityQ Thrive Global.
