{"product_id":"work-parent-thrive-isbn-9781611809657","title":"Work, Parent, Thrive","description":"\u003cb\u003e2023 National Parenting Product Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve practical strategies to experience more joy and feel less guilt as a working parent, drawn from ACT, the groundbreaking therapy technique that has helped countless people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Yael Schonbrun calls out the myth of the work-life balance and offers practical strategies that can help us reframe our approach to working and parenting from the inside out. Based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), these strategies won’t create more hours in the day, but they can shift how we label our experiences, revise the stories we tell ourselves about working and parenting, and recognize the value we get from each role.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiffering values and commitments pull working parents in opposite directions and the social supports families desperately need are lacking. Yet even with these very real challenges, we can find more peace and less stress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of these strategies include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eGetting clear on our values and using these to help us make what often feel like no-win choices around time and resources\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePracticing mindfulness in both parenting and working\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSubtracting less meaningful obligations from our lives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eThese steps can help you crush both roles, with examples from the author’s research that show families of many shapes and backgrounds.“\u003ci\u003eWork, Parent, Thrive\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential antidote to today’s stressful working-parent culture. Yael Schonbrun shares simple and useful strategies for parents who want to feel grounded, connected, and fulfilled in all aspects of their lives.”—Melinda Wenner Moyer, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Combining work and parenting is overwhelming, and too often we feel they are in conflict. This book provides simple, practical tools for making them work together.”—Emily Oster, author of \u003ci\u003eCribsheet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Family Firm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This might as well have been called ‘How to Be a Happier Working Parent’—and it will, indeed, help you do just that.”—KJ Dell’Antonia, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chicken Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Happier Parent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you want life advice from a dry scientific text, put this book down now. But if you want a book that feels like a conversation with a smart, empathetic friend who’s seen it all and helped countless clients improve their lives—and can help you with yours—read \u003ci\u003eWork, Parent, Thrive\u003c\/i\u003e.”—Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of \u003ci\u003eRest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is for every working parent who thinks they don’t have the time to read it. Make time! Yael Schonbrun combines academic scholarship, clinical expertise, and personal experience as a mother of three to offer deeply wise advice on how to manage our inner lives while we wait for society to make the outer lives of us working parents more manageable.”—Barry Schwartz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paradox of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhy We Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Parenting is hard. Working is hard. Caring deeply about both is even harder. In an area rife with judgment, hot-takes, and ‘hacks,’ thank goodness for Yael Schonbrun. She offers much-needed nuance and complexity and provides an evidence-based framework to harmoniously integrate what, for many people, are the two most important parts of their lives—family and craft.”—Brad Stulberg, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Groundedness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeak Performance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reading \u003ci\u003eWork, Parent, Thrive\u003c\/i\u003e is like chatting with a knowledgeable best buddy, one brimming with fascinating stories, cutting-edge science, and practical tips from the therapy room. Yael Schonbrun offers a way to accept our working-parent reality and use elements from both worlds to our advantage. It’s just what every working parent needs!” Michele Borba, Ed.D., educational psychologist and author of \u003ci\u003eThrivers: The Surprise Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You likely picked up this book to find a way forward as a working parent. That’s a fine start, but not just any solution will do. You are a living, breathing human being, not a broken dishwasher. A truly effective way forward needs to help you become aware of your own self story, to focus on how you relate to your own insides, and to aid you in finding meaning and purpose. Those are the kind of processes that pay off in every area of life. It will take both knowledge and practice, but this wise and well-written book will deliver scientifically sound know-how in clear, bite-sized units—you just need to supply the energy and commitment to learn and to grow. Ready when you are! I can highly recommend the journey.”—Steven C. Hayes, PhD, originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Foundation Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWork, Parent, Thrive\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable roadmap for thriving in working parenthood.”—Lori Gottlieb, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMaybe You Should Talk to Someone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a moment when we’re all drowning in demands, this book is an engaging, evidence-based analysis on how we can stay afloat. As a working parent, it will save you more time than it takes to read.”—Adam Grant, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThink Again\u003c\/i\u003e and host of the \u003ci\u003eTED podcast WorkLife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The path to becoming a parent is not linear and often met with numerous feelings. One of the most common—but least talked about—is a case of identity crisis. Dr. Schonbrun offers a framework of reimagined working parenthood that burns guilt and shame to ultimately thrive.”—Eve Rodsky, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFair Play\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFind Your Unicorn Space\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“An effective guide to viewing both working and parental roles as symbiotic and mutually strengthening. . . . This will be a balm for overwhelmed working parents.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Shares how working parents can change their mindset, take a strategic approach to work and parenting and improve their emotional well-being. . . . \u003ci\u003eWork, Parent, Thrive \u003c\/i\u003ehelps you achieve success—and reduce stress—in both domains of your life.”—\u003ci\u003eSuccess\u003c\/i\u003eYAEL SCHONBRUN, PhD, is assistant professor of psychology at Brown University, a family therapist, and co-host of the podcast \u003ci\u003ePsychologists Off the Clock\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2014, she wrote a piece on motherhood and ambition for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e that went viral. 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