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Succeeding as a Super Busy Parent: 75 Practical Tips for Life, Love, Kids, & Career

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Natalie Gahrmann's advice is seasoned, rooted in reality, and written to inspire change for the better. This will be one of those books that you turn to for a major life overhaul, and one you return to again and again for quick ten minute tune ups.

Although I am a non-parent, most of the people I work with and manage are
parents. I read this book to increase my awareness of their daily toils and tribulations. In this respect, the book admirably served its purpose. However, I found much of the information in this book applicable not to parents only but to anyone who goes to work every day. This book offers advice on how to define success in one's own terms as well as down-to-earth information on such topics as day care. The organization of the book, in 75 "tips", each of which consists of a quotation, exercises for self-assessment and recommended resources and activities, makes the information readily accessible. I'm going to keep this book of abundant advice at my fingertips, using it to put some strategic planning into my own daily routine as well as using it as a guide to advise my colleagues. I am happily recommending it.

The subtitle of this book is 75 Practical Tips for Balancing Life, Love, Kids, and Career, and the book is written as a manual--a how-to-do-it book. One of the unique features of this book is that it is all encompassing, covering all phases and stages of o person's life. This ranges from Personal Wellness, Family Time, and Working Mothers, all the way to Professional Skills. The book is more than one to be bought and put on the kitchen shelf--it is a worthwhile investment for any parent to buy and then to read and use to find success as a parent.

Natalie Gahrmann provides concrete, practical tips and tools to help you achieve greater balance in your life while maximizing your time and energy. As new parents, my wife and I have used several of these tips to be most effective in our parenting lives. Natalie's personal coaching is invaluable as well. www.nrgcoaching.com

Parenting and self-improvement consultant and workshop provider Natalie Gahrmann's Succeeding As A Super Busy Parent: 79 Practical Tips For Balancing Life, Love, Kids, And Career is a handy guide to the art and science of better organizing personal time while balancing the many and diverse responsibilities of being a parent. From learning to say a firm "no" to superfluous requests; to remembering to protect personal health and physical well-being; to creating family time in the midst of bustle, Succeeding As A Super Busy Parent is a handy and highly recommended guide, especially for new and inexperienced parents trying to cope with the demands of professional responsibilities and family life.

The insights and lessons that are shared in this book not only helped me in my different life roles, but helped me teach my family what I learned along the way. They are also learning the skills and techniques that Natalie provides. The book is well written, easy to follow and an absolute must-have in today's busy world. I highly recommend it!! My family has noticed a positive change in our interaction together!

Author, Natalie Gahrmann has provided an excellent, upbeat, and motivating guide for bringing balance into your life. Whether you are a parent, a professional, or both, you will find that Gahrmann's suggestions make you pause and be mindful of your choices each moment. On more than one occasion, the tips include management of stressors from morning mayhem to guilt busters. You'll enjoy the easy writing style, the realness of all the tips, and additional list of resources in the appendix. The writer has a friendly voice that you'll remember when you need balance in your personal, professional, and parenting lives."

I loved everything about this book- the tips, the resources. The Top Ten lists were especially valuable. I look forward to sharing this book with my family, friends, and clients.
Robin Fogel

This book is a MUST for busy parents!!!
It is full of helpful tips and parent-affirming messages. Keep this book on your nightstand for nightly re-balancing reading.

I really loved the addiitional resources at the end of every chapter too.

My wife and I both work and we have twin toddlers and an 8 year old. This book has very little practical advice for me or anyone else who is a busy parent. My advice for busy parents is to not buy this book. It is mostly feel good about me blather. The most important advice for really busy parents is to get help with the chores or babysitting/nannies, this is not even in the book. Instead, it appears to be a repackaged set of DIY therapy ideas.

Let me give you some examples:

Tip #15 is "reaffirm your sense of worth". The book goes on to state that I should write in my journal about what I need to do right now to raise my self-esteem. Well, busy people don't have journals. And my self esteem is not a time consuming issue.

Tip #23 is "say what you mean". Here you are supposed to be clear and honest and this will help your relationships. Also not relevant to being busy.

Tip #48, embrace diversity, is great advice in a work hiring conversation, but irrelevant to a busy parent.

Tip #51 is conquer the challenges of work and family, where you are advised to do things like keep a healthy perspective and have a positive attitude.

Tip #64 is survive a layoff. Not part of being a super busy parent as there is not a single point on these pages about being a parent. Actually I would think that being laid off would make things a little easier by freeing up some time during the day, this would be your chance to spend time with your family.

My favorite is tip #25 "gain financial freedom", which will enable me to be free of financial concerns. This is just preposterous.

My suggestion for busy parents is to not buy or read this 207 page book. It's just not helpful.