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Flex Mom: The Secrets of Happy Stay-at-Home Moms
By Sara Blanchard and Shawn Achor
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In this book, former stay-at-home mom Sara Blanchard draws on her experience to:
Explain why it’s easy to fall into the trap of SAHM vs working mom
Introduce the Flex Mom as the third model of motherhood
Teach you how to create the space you need to pursue your passions
Help you begin identifying your goals
Show you that it’s possible to be lit up with excitement as you raise your children
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Sara Blanchard
Sara Blanchard helps build community and connection through conscious conversations, which she does as a facilitator, TEDx speaker, writer, and consultant. After graduating from Harvard and working at Goldman Sachs, Sara pursued the science and techniques of well-being and is a certified life coach, author of Flex Mom, and co-host of Dear White Women, a social justice podcast. Sara is half-White and half-Japanese, married to a White Canadian man, and is raising their two White-presenting girls to be compassionate, thoughtful advocates. They live in Denver, Colorado, with their incredibly lovable dog.
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