Book Review: Guilt Free Motherhood: A 5-Step Guide to Reclaiming Your Time, Health And Well-Being by Amber Khan

Which mother out there hasn't felt guilty at one time or another? I think I've carried around more than my fair share of guilt over the years. In Amber Khan's Guilt Free Motherhood: A 5-Step Guide to Reclaiming Your Time, Health And Well-Being, moms learn how to free themselves from the power guilt has over them.

Khan gets right to it, helping the reader discover what she feels guilty about and letting you know you're not alone. As she acknowledges, times have changed and moms are pulled in more directions than ever before. In Part One, she talks about different things that can make moms feel guilty and overwhelmed--like being unable to say no (something I really struggle with). In Part Two, the reader learns to recognize the "guilt traps" they fall into. From balancing family life and career, to neglecting your health, to over-committing, and more, Khan takes the reader through these traps so the reader can understand what she's dealing with. Then in the final part of the book, Khan provides a 5-Step Guide to help you live a guilt-free life.

The author has kept this book to only 154 pages, so it's easy to read, but still offers a ton of great information. It's not a philosophy where you are expected to totally change your life. It's realistic and will help you learn how to take things one day at a time. The exercises get you thinking how to make this work best for you.

If you're a mom who feels guilty for one reason or another, I believe Guilt Free Motherhood can help.


File Size: 905 KB
Print Length: 154 pages
Publication Date: April 29, 2015
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00WY9MZJ4

I received a copy of this book from the author through Pump Up Your Book. This review contains my honest opinions, which I have not been compensated for in any way.

In the News: Decline in Self-employment

Nationally acclaimed economist, Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. stated on his blog yesterday that despite the variety of Internet apps for working remotely, self-employment has declined. Today it is 6.5% as opposed to 7.7% in 2005 and 8.5% in 1995.

You can read his 70-word blog post on the topic at http://econ70.com/2015/09/10/shrinking-self-employment/

Do you find it odd that despite better technology, fewer people are self-employed?

Wordless Wednesday

Bargain E-Book: The Long Journey by Cliff Ball

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law authorizing the removal of southern tribes to Indian Territory in the west. In 1838, the Trail of Tears occur when the remaining people are forcibly removed and marched a thousand plus miles on foot.

George Massey, a twenty year old Cherokee, finds himself being force-marched to Indian Territory during the winter of 1838. Eventually, he gets lost in the Kentucky woods, finds a family who takes him in, and falls in love with their daughter. The novel follows his adventures as he travels west on the Oregon/California Trail and gets involved in all sorts of historical events from the 1840's to 1850's.

File Size: 717 KB
Print Length: 247 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1508942668
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: March 30, 2015
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00UVXEOUI


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Bargain eBook: Gray Area by Linda M. Au

After she’s violently attacked back in her hometown after her class reunion, Emily Saunders is the hot topic of conversation again, just when she was beginning to feel her husband’s death a few years earlier was no longer the big news item for everyone at church.

The attack leaves her bruised and battered, struggling to remember the details of what happened—but then struggling to forget those details for good. What exactly happened that night?

Emily returns home to Pittsburgh—to her children and to Peter, her new boyfriend from church—but finds herself worrying about everything that’s happened, everything that still might happen, and everything that will have to change because of a second pivotal day in her young life—a day on which everything changes.

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GRAY AREA was a 2005 semifinalist in the national contest Operation First Novel.

File Size: 372 KB
Print Length: 220 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Vicious Circle Publishing (June 6, 2015)
Publication Date: June 6, 2015
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00Z3MH3W8


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Mailbox Monday: September 7

Mailbox Monday is a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. It now has a permanent home at the Mailbox Monday blog.

Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles, and humongous wish lists.

Happy Labor Day, everyone! It's a rare mostly full day off for me. Having sold four houses in two weeks and signed up a few new buyers recently, I am happy to have most of today to family time and a bit of blogging.

This weekend, we took the girls to see 5 Seconds of Summer, usually called by our teen and tween, 5SOS. It was a fun time. I had a showing and a house inspection earlier that day, so it was a bit of a rush to get home on time, but once we were on the road all was good.

As far as reading and books go, I am having a hard time getting it all done, but hopefully fall will bring me some additional reading time. A few weeks ago, I won a copy of Dark Wine Waters by Fran Simone, PhD. I haven't had the joy of sharing it with you until now. It sounds like a very moving story.

One woman's heartbreaking story of a marriage destroyed by her husband's addiction to alcohol.

The dynamics of codependency are illuminated in this gripping tale. Author Fran Simone describes her husband's attempts at treatment and subsequent relapse, his suicide, and her own recovery through a twelve-step program for families.

I hope everyone makes some time to relax this holiday weekend. Let me know what arrived in your mailbox.

P.S. I was a bit tired of the old blog design, so I made a background change. Let me know what you think. It's not permanent, but I was feeling a bit bold today.

Kids in the House Announces Their Top 100 Parenting Blogs and Websites

Kids in the House has announced their Top 100 Parenting Blogs and Websites list honoring blogs and websites that share useful, meaningful, and entertaining parenting advice.

Click here to review their list!