Overcoming the Mom-Life Crisis: Ditch the Guilt, Put Yourself on the To-Do List, and Create A Life You Love

Overcoming the Mom-Life Crisis: Ditch the Guilt, Put Yourself on the To-Do List, and Create A Life You Love

by Nina Restieri
Overcoming the Mom-Life Crisis: Ditch the Guilt, Put Yourself on the To-Do List, and Create A Life You Love

Overcoming the Mom-Life Crisis: Ditch the Guilt, Put Yourself on the To-Do List, and Create A Life You Love

by Nina Restieri

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Overview

Soulful and excruciatingly honest, Overcoming the Mom-Life Crisis is the essential handbook for stressed-out and overwhelmed moms, offering up steps for creating your own momAgenda and finding lifelong happiness and fulfillment.

From the founder of momAgenda comes the ultimate guide to navigating the mom-life crisis, with a simple process for putting your own long-forgotten needs back on the to-do list.

Nina Restieri was a wife, a mom of four young kids, and a successful entrepreneur. Despite having what most people would consider “it all,” happiness eluded her. She beat herself up daily for not being grateful. But as she looked around, she realized most of the moms she knew shared that same sense of sadness, stress, and overwhelm, all while working hard to keep up the “perfect mom” appearance. Desperate for a change and tired of crying behind a locked bathroom door, Nina embarked upon a ten-year journey that led her to unexpected places—including a pole dancing studio—for peace and solace. After digging deep and facing some painful truths, Nina emerged knowing she deserved more than she was giving herself and figured out that a mom can take care of her kids, and take care of herself. Like a permission slip for mothers to love themselves as much as they do their children, this book chronicles Nina’s journey to putting her mom-life crisis behind her—forever—and offers up a roadmap so you can too.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781642937213
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Publication date: 04/06/2021
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Nina Restieri is the founder and president of momAgenda. Previously, she has spent time as an advertising executive, as the president of a family business, and as a stay-at-home mom.

She started momAgenda when her four kids were seven, five, three, and one, to create organizing products to help make moms’ lives (and her own life) easier. momAgenda has grown to include a diversified range of products that help organize the lives of mothers and others, including day planners, home organizers, pads, journals, and accessories. The collection is sold at leading national retailers and regional boutiques throughout the U.S. Over the past fifteen years, Nina Restieri and momAgenda have been featured in numerous outlets including NBC’s Today show, The Early Show, MSNBC, Real Simple, Better Homes and Gardens, The New York Times, and The Huffington Post.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Awareness 1

Chapter 2 Shoulds 23

Chapter 3 The Myth of the "Good Mom" 34

Chapter 4 The Six Pillars of Self-Care 52

Chapter 5 Taming the Guilt Monster 78

Chapter 6 You're Doing a Good Job (No, Really) 88

Chapter 7 Permission 103

Chapter 8 Overcoming Overwhelm 117

Chapter 9 Priorities 137

Chapter 10 No Way, No Thank You, and Other Complete Sentences 147

Chapter 11 Secret Weapons 167

Chapter 12 Self-Care When Everything Sucks 179

Chapter 13 The Pursuit of Happiness 194

Chapter 14 Listen to Your Intuition 203

Chapter 15 The Secret Sauce: Pleasure 210

Conclusion: Putting It All Together 226

Resources 241

Acknowledgments 249

About the Author 251

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