⚖️ Caregiving Balance

The precarious act of caring for someone else while keeping yourself intact — books about boundaries, self-preservation, and the myth of doing it all.

Passages in Caregiving

by Gail Sheehy • 2010

No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.

4.13

287

🧓 Elder Care 🤝 Caregiver Support 🏥 Healthcare Navigation

Passages in Caregiving 91%

No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.

by Gail Sheehy 2010

4.13

287 ratings

🧓 Elder Care 🤝 Caregiver Support 🏥 Healthcare Navigation

Already Toast

by Kate Washington • 2021

Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.

3.92

666

🏥 Medical Memoir 🔥 Caregiver Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

Already Toast 90%

Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.

by Kate Washington 2021

3.92

666 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 🔥 Caregiver Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers

by Barry J. Jacobs • 2006

The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.

3.93

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 💪 Emotional Resilience

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers Summary

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers 90%

The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.

by Barry J. Jacobs 2006

3.93

57 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 💪 Emotional Resilience

The 36-Hour Day

by Nancy L. Mace • 1981

Dementia stretches every day past its breaking point. The guide for caring without coming apart.

4.29

5k+

🧠 Dementia Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

The 36-Hour Day 90%

Dementia stretches every day past its breaking point. The guide for caring without coming apart.

by Nancy L. Mace 1981

4.29

5k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

It Never Ends

by Nan Gefen • 2017

Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.

4.75

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships 🧓 Aging Parents 🔄 Role Reversal

It Never Ends 90%

Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.

by Nan Gefen 2017

4.75

4 ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships 🧓 Aging Parents 🔄 Role Reversal

Labours of Love

by Madeleine Bunting • 2020

The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.

4.07

160

🏥 Care Work 🔄 Social Reproduction 🎭 Emotional Labor

Labours of Love 89%

The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.

by Madeleine Bunting 2020

4.07

160 ratings

🏥 Care Work 🔄 Social Reproduction 🎭 Emotional Labor

The Age of Dignity

by Ai-jen Poo • 2015

Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.

3.88

413

🧓 Elder Care 🥪 Sandwich Generation 📜 Aging Policy

The Age of Dignity 89%

Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.

by Ai-jen Poo 2015

3.88

413 ratings

🧓 Elder Care 🥪 Sandwich Generation 📜 Aging Policy

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder

by Julie A. Fast • 2004

Bipolar disorder runs your relationship. Treat the illness first, then the partnership.

3.95

925

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🛡️ Mental Health Caregiving 🌿 Holistic Mental Health

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder Summary

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder 89%

Bipolar disorder runs your relationship. Treat the illness first, then the partnership.

by Julie A. Fast 2004

3.95

925 ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🛡️ Mental Health Caregiving 🌿 Holistic Mental Health

What We Carry

by Maya Shanbhag Lang • 2020

Alzheimer's erases her mother, and a daughter learns the family stories she carried were fictions.

4.32

4k+

🏠 Family Memoirs 🤲 Caregiver Memoirs 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

What We Carry 89%

Alzheimer's erases her mother, and a daughter learns the family stories she carried were fictions.

by Maya Shanbhag Lang 2020

4.32

4k+ ratings

🏠 Family Memoirs 🤲 Caregiver Memoirs 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Overwhelmed

by Brigid Schulte • 2014

The overwhelmed life is a structural trap, not a personal failure: three myths keep you frantic.

3.83

8k+

🧘 Work-Life Balance 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🌿 Leisure And Rest

Overwhelmed 89%

The overwhelmed life is a structural trap, not a personal failure: three myths keep you frantic.

by Brigid Schulte 2014

3.83

8k+ ratings

🧘 Work-Life Balance 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🌿 Leisure And Rest

Essential Labor

by Angela Garbes • 2022

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

3.79

3k+

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism

Essential Labor 88%

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

by Angela Garbes 2022

3.79

3k+ ratings

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism

My Father's Brain

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

4.13

2k+

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir

My Father's Brain 88%

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2023

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir

Good Enough Is the New Perfect

by Becky Beaupre Gillespie • 2011

Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.

3.40

191

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 😔 Mom Guilt ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Good Enough Is the New Perfect 88%

Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.

by Becky Beaupre Gillespie 2011

3.40

191 ratings

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 😔 Mom Guilt ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

I Can Fix This

by Kristina Kuzmic • 2024

Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.

4.65

2k+

📉 Child Mental Health 👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir 😔 Parental Guilt

I Can Fix This 88%

Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.

by Kristina Kuzmic 2024

4.65

2k+ ratings

📉 Child Mental Health 👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir 😔 Parental Guilt

Pick Three

by Randi Zuckerberg • 2018

Stop chasing balance. Pick three things, do them well, swap tomorrow. Full life, zero guilt.

3.08

750

⚖️ Intentional Imbalance 🎯 Priority Setting 🧩 Work-Life Integration

Pick Three 88%

Stop chasing balance. Pick three things, do them well, swap tomorrow. Full life, zero guilt.

by Randi Zuckerberg 2018

3.08

750 ratings

⚖️ Intentional Imbalance 🎯 Priority Setting 🧩 Work-Life Integration

Drop the Ball

by Tiffany Dufu • 2017

A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.

3.83

4k+

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 🏠 Household Labor Division 🎈 Letting Go Of Perfection

Drop the Ball 88%

A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.

by Tiffany Dufu 2017

3.83

4k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Working Mothers 🏠 Household Labor Division 🎈 Letting Go Of Perfection

The Highly Sensitive Parent

by Elaine N. Aron • 2020

For sensitive parents who absorb everything: how to thrive on your wiring instead of fighting it.

3.50

2k+

🧠 High Sensitivity 🔇 Overstimulation 💚 Emotional Regulation

The Highly Sensitive Parent 88%

For sensitive parents who absorb everything: how to thrive on your wiring instead of fighting it.

by Elaine N. Aron 2020

3.50

2k+ ratings

🧠 High Sensitivity 🔇 Overstimulation 💚 Emotional Regulation

The Geography of Memory

by Jeanne Murray Walker • 2013

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

3.98

117

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The Geography of Memory 88%

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

by Jeanne Murray Walker 2013

3.98

117 ratings

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The Etiquette of Illness

by Susan P. Halpern • 2004

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

3.76

601

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving

The Etiquette of Illness 88%

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

by Susan P. Halpern 2004

3.76

601 ratings

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving

Couples That Work

by Jennifer Petriglieri • 2019

Three transitions define every dual-career marriage. The couples who thrive navigate them as a team.

4.15

744

💼 Dual Career Couples ⚖️ Work Life Balance 🔄 Life Transitions

Couples That Work 88%

Three transitions define every dual-career marriage. The couples who thrive navigate them as a team.

by Jennifer Petriglieri 2019

4.15

744 ratings

💼 Dual Career Couples ⚖️ Work Life Balance 🔄 Life Transitions

Fair Play

by Eve Rodsky • 2019

End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.

3.58

26k+

🏠 Domestic Labor 🧠 Mental Load 🃏 Gamification

Fair Play 88%

End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.

by Eve Rodsky 2019

3.58

26k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Labor 🧠 Mental Load 🃏 Gamification

When Someone You Love Is Bipolar

by Cynthia G. Last • 2009

Spot your bipolar partner's early warning signs, intervene before crisis, and protect your own life.

4.07

131

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🎭 Mood Disorders 🤝 Partner Support

When Someone You Love Is Bipolar Summary

When Someone You Love Is Bipolar 88%

Spot your bipolar partner's early warning signs, intervene before crisis, and protect your own life.

by Cynthia G. Last 2009

4.07

131 ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🎭 Mood Disorders 🤝 Partner Support

Securely Attached

by Mike Berry • 2020

Hard behaviors are trauma speaking. Practical tools to decode the message and build connection.

4.35

178

🧠 Trauma Informed Parenting 🔗 Attachment Theory 🤝 Co Regulation

Securely Attached 88%

Hard behaviors are trauma speaking. Practical tools to decode the message and build connection.

by Mike Berry 2020

4.35

178 ratings

🧠 Trauma Informed Parenting 🔗 Attachment Theory 🤝 Co Regulation

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands

by Dasha Kiper • 2023

Your brain is built to misunderstand dementia; that's why caregiving feels like a moral failure.

4.18

1k+

🧠 Dementia Care 👥 Caregiver Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands 88%

Your brain is built to misunderstand dementia; that's why caregiving feels like a moral failure.

by Dasha Kiper 2023

4.18

1k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 👥 Caregiver Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

The Good Enough Parent

by The School of Life • 2021

Perfect parenting produces fragile children. The real goal is being adequate and emotionally honest.

4.12

807

🧠 Philosophical Parenting 🧩 Parenting Imperfection 💡 Emotional Intelligence

The Good Enough Parent 88%

Perfect parenting produces fragile children. The real goal is being adequate and emotionally honest.

by The School of Life 2021

4.12

807 ratings

🧠 Philosophical Parenting 🧩 Parenting Imperfection 💡 Emotional Intelligence

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal

by Scott Benner • 2013

A stay-at-home dad could handle laundry and diapers. The diabetes diagnosis was something else.

4.09

151

🏠 Stay-At-Home Parenting 👨‍👧‍👦 Modern Fatherhood 📋 Adoption Stories

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal Summary

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal 88%

A stay-at-home dad could handle laundry and diapers. The diabetes diagnosis was something else.

by Scott Benner 2013

4.09

151 ratings

🏠 Stay-At-Home Parenting 👨‍👧‍👦 Modern Fatherhood 📋 Adoption Stories

Self-Compassion for Parents

by Susan M. Pollak • 2019

Why the most effective parenting tool isn't discipline, but three minutes of self-kindness a day.

4.00

🧘 Mindful Parenting 💆‍♀️ Parental Self-Care 💖 Self-Compassion

Self-Compassion for Parents 88%

Why the most effective parenting tool isn't discipline, but three minutes of self-kindness a day.

by Susan M. Pollak 2019

4.00

79 ratings

🧘 Mindful Parenting 💆‍♀️ Parental Self-Care 💖 Self-Compassion

Releasing the Mother Load

by Erica Djossa • 2024

The mental load of motherhood is invisible and exhausting. How to share it and reclaim yourself.

3.92

312

👻 Invisible Labor 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔍 Intensive Mothering

Releasing the Mother Load 88%

The mental load of motherhood is invisible and exhausting. How to share it and reclaim yourself.

by Erica Djossa 2024

3.92

312 ratings

👻 Invisible Labor 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔍 Intensive Mothering

Unfinished Business

by Anne-Marie Slaughter • 2015

Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.

3.91

3k+

🏢 Workplace Equality 🧱 Care Infrastructure 🔄 Career Reentry

Unfinished Business 88%

Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.

by Anne-Marie Slaughter 2015

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Equality 🧱 Care Infrastructure 🔄 Career Reentry

The Joy of Missing Out

by Tanya Dalton • 2019

The productivity fix that runs on rest and ruthless subtraction.

3.79

3k+

🏡 Intentional Living ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⚡ Energy Management

The Joy of Missing Out 88%

The productivity fix that runs on rest and ruthless subtraction.

by Tanya Dalton 2019

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏡 Intentional Living ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⚡ Energy Management

168 Hours

by Laura Vanderkam • 2010

A week holds 168 hours. Focus on work only you can do, and everything important fits.

3.60

11k+

⏰ Time Management ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🎯 Intentional Living

168 Hours 88%

A week holds 168 hours. Focus on work only you can do, and everything important fits.

by Laura Vanderkam 2010

3.60

11k+ ratings

⏰ Time Management ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🎯 Intentional Living

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff With Your Family

by richard-carlson • 1998

Your mood sets your home's weather. Small daily shifts that turn family chaos into calm.

3.92

1k+

🏡 Family Harmony 🧘 Calm Parenting 😌 Stress Reduction

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff With Your Family Summary

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff With Your Family 88%

Your mood sets your home's weather. Small daily shifts that turn family chaos into calm.

by richard-carlson 1998

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏡 Family Harmony 🧘 Calm Parenting 😌 Stress Reduction

Dementia Reimagined

by Tia Powell • 2019

Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.

3.90

445

🧠 Dementia Care 🧓 Aging And Health 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

Dementia Reimagined 88%

Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.

by Tia Powell 2019

3.90

445 ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 🧓 Aging And Health 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

The First Six Weeks

by Midwife Cath • 2016

The 10pm trick that slowly becomes a 7pm bedtime: a midwife's method for newborn sleep.

3.68

1k+

🍼 Newborn Care 😴 Baby Sleep Training 🔄 Routine Building

The First Six Weeks 87%

The 10pm trick that slowly becomes a 7pm bedtime: a midwife's method for newborn sleep.

by Midwife Cath 2016

3.68

1k+ ratings

🍼 Newborn Care 😴 Baby Sleep Training 🔄 Routine Building

How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids

by Carla Naumburg • 2019

Your temper is biology, not failure. The fix starts with noticing the moment before you snap.

4.06

5k+

🧒 Modern Parenting 🧘 Mindful Parenting 🌡️ Emotional Regulation

How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids Summary

How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids 87%

Your temper is biology, not failure. The fix starts with noticing the moment before you snap.

by Carla Naumburg 2019

4.06

5k+ ratings

🧒 Modern Parenting 🧘 Mindful Parenting 🌡️ Emotional Regulation

A Boy Without Hope

by Casey Watson • 2018

The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.

4.29

1k+

🏠 Foster Care System 👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting 🧒 Childhood Trauma

A Boy Without Hope 87%

The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.

by Casey Watson 2018

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care System 👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting 🧒 Childhood Trauma

Trauma Stewardship

by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky • 2007

Exhaustion, numbness, cynicism: the hidden cost of caring for others' trauma, and how to reverse it.

4.28

7k+

🩹 Compassion Fatigue 🤲 Helping Professions 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Trauma Stewardship 87%

Exhaustion, numbness, cynicism: the hidden cost of caring for others' trauma, and how to reverse it.

by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky 2007

4.28

7k+ ratings

🩹 Compassion Fatigue 🤲 Helping Professions 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

The Baby Decision

by Merle Bombardieri • 1981

Deciding parenthood or childfree life: the classic guide for the choice no one discusses.

4.19

2k+

🌱 Childfree Living 📋 Family Planning ⚖️ Decision Making

The Baby Decision 87%

Deciding parenthood or childfree life: the classic guide for the choice no one discusses.

by Merle Bombardieri 1981

4.19

2k+ ratings

🌱 Childfree Living 📋 Family Planning ⚖️ Decision Making

What No One Tells You

by Alexandra Sacks • 2019

New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.

4.00

1k+

🍼 New Motherhood 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 😕 Maternal Ambivalence

What No One Tells You 87%

New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.

by Alexandra Sacks 2019

4.00

1k+ ratings

🍼 New Motherhood 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 😕 Maternal Ambivalence

Minimalism for Families

by Zoë Kim • 2017

Clutter costs you sleep, time, and connection. Here is the family plan to get them back.

3.64

756

🧒 Minimalist Parenting 📦 Home Organization 🗑️ Decluttering Methods

Minimalism for Families 87%

Clutter costs you sleep, time, and connection. Here is the family plan to get them back.

by Zoë Kim 2017

3.64

756 ratings

🧒 Minimalist Parenting 📦 Home Organization 🗑️ Decluttering Methods

You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent

by Carla Naumburg • 2022

You think you're a bad parent. The real problem is that voice, and self-compassion quiets it.

4.06

356

🫂 Self-Compassion 🧘 Mindful Parenting 😔 Parental Guilt

You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent 87%

You think you're a bad parent. The real problem is that voice, and self-compassion quiets it.

by Carla Naumburg 2022

4.06

356 ratings

🫂 Self-Compassion 🧘 Mindful Parenting 😔 Parental Guilt

Strong As a Mother

by Kate Rope • 2018

Your baby has enough books. Here's the one about you, from pregnancy through postpartum.

4.03

1k+

🧠 Maternal Mental Health 👶 New Motherhood 🤝 Co-Parenting

Strong As a Mother 87%

Your baby has enough books. Here's the one about you, from pregnancy through postpartum.

by Kate Rope 2018

4.03

1k+ ratings

🧠 Maternal Mental Health 👶 New Motherhood 🤝 Co-Parenting

Fed Up

by Gemma Hartley • 2018

Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.

3.72

4k+

🧹 Domestic Labor ⚖️ Marriage Equality ✊ Feminist Self-Help

Fed Up 87%

Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.

by Gemma Hartley 2018

3.72

4k+ ratings

🧹 Domestic Labor ⚖️ Marriage Equality ✊ Feminist Self-Help

Breaking the Silence

by Casey Watson • 2013

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

4.42

1k+

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting

Breaking the Silence 87%

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

by Casey Watson 2013

4.42

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting

The White Knight Syndrome

by Mary C. Lamia • 2015

The need to rescue broken partners is a childhood wound dressed as love.

3.88

113

🩹 Compulsive Caretaking 🧒 Childhood Wounds 🔗 Attachment Theory

The White Knight Syndrome 87%

The need to rescue broken partners is a childhood wound dressed as love.

by Mary C. Lamia 2015

3.88

113 ratings

🩹 Compulsive Caretaking 🧒 Childhood Wounds 🔗 Attachment Theory

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia

by Wendy Mitchell • 2022

The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.

4.22

1k+

🧠 Living With Dementia 🗣️ Patient Perspectives 💬 Caregiver Communication

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia Summary

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia 87%

The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.

by Wendy Mitchell 2022

4.22

1k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Dementia 🗣️ Patient Perspectives 💬 Caregiver Communication

Knocking on Heaven's Door

by Katy Butler • 2013

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

4.12

3k+

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving

Knocking on Heaven's Door 87%

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

by Katy Butler 2013

4.12

3k+ ratings

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving

Birth Without Fear

by January Harshe • 2019

Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.

3.57

2k+

🏠 Postpartum Care ✊ Birth Advocacy 🧠 Maternal Mental Health

Birth Without Fear 87%

Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.

by January Harshe 2019

3.57

2k+ ratings

🏠 Postpartum Care ✊ Birth Advocacy 🧠 Maternal Mental Health

Set Boundaries, Find Peace

by Nedra Glover Tawwab • 2021

Saying no scares you more than burnout. A therapist's method for limits that stick.

4.24

38k+

🧱 Boundary Setting 🙇 People Pleasing 🗣️ Assertiveness Training

Set Boundaries, Find Peace 87%

Saying no scares you more than burnout. A therapist's method for limits that stick.

by Nedra Glover Tawwab 2021

4.24

38k+ ratings

🧱 Boundary Setting 🙇 People Pleasing 🗣️ Assertiveness Training

Ambitious Like a Mother

by Lara Bazelon • 2022

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

3.58

164

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering

Ambitious Like a Mother 87%

Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.

by Lara Bazelon 2022

3.58

164 ratings

👩‍💼 Working Motherhood 💪 Female Ambition 🍼 Intensive Mothering

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