Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition] Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00EIJTGIQ | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Katrina Alcorn was a 37-year-old mother with a happy marriage and a thriving career when one day, on the way to Target to buy diapers, she had a breakdown. Her carefully built career shuddered to a halt, and her journey through depression, anxiety, and insomnia - followed by medication, meditation, and therapy - began.
Alcorn wondered how a woman like herself, with a loving husband, a supportive boss, three healthy kids, and a good income, was unable to manage the demands of having a career and a family. Over time, she realized that she wasn't alone. As she questioned other working moms, she realized that many women were struggling to do it all, crashing, and feeling as if they were somehow failing as a result.
Mothers are the breadwinners in two-thirds of American families, yet the American workplace is uniquely hostile to the needs of parents. Weaving in surprising research about the dysfunction between the careers and home lives of working mothers, as well as the consequences to women's health, Alcorn tells a deeply personal story about "having it all," failing miserably, and what comes after.
Ultimately, she offers readers a vision for a healthier, happier, and more productive way to live and work.
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- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 9 hours and 25 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Katrina Alcorn
- Audible.com Release Date: September 3, 2013
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00EIJTGIQ
A powerful, poignant account of one woman's journey over the cliff of overwork, stress, and exhaustion--and back again. Katrina Alcorn's book is an essential counterpoint to the prevailing cultural norm that urges women to 'do more, be more, have more.' It is beautifully written, often painfully personal, and consistently passionate. She conveys both depths of despair and high hope with keen insight into how her own experience mirrors that of so many other mothers across the country. Five stars. I hope that this book also helps to expand the conversation beyond working parents. Too much continues to be sacrificed in the name of work--relationships, children, community connections, other interests. When we say, "The workplace should change to accommodate mothers," let's add to that and say, "Too many of us are spending too much time/focus/energy at work, to the detriment of so much of the rest of our lives."
It's not just mothers who are maxed out. More than two dozen countries 'paid vacation' enshrined in law--America does not, which means that about 25% of all American workers have no access to paid time off. Even those who have it 'can't take it,' because of (often well-founded) fears of repercussions at work. Americans are avid adherents to the 'cult of busy,' which seems to require us to be over-scheduling both ourselves and our kids, propping up the notion that a life well-lived means a life spent rushing around at top speed, and feeling like nothing we ever do is enough. Unfortunately, structural changes that would be necessary in the United States to change this dynamic--living wage, affordable healthcare that is not linked to employment, substantial paid time off--are far off in the distance.
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