One Smart Mother: The Blog

While the parenting market is flooded with new books (see last blog on what makes an expert), an extremely noteworthy addition is about to be released. Wiley Publishers is launching The War on Moms: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation : http://bit.ly/9Ww12E Why life is harder on… http://bit.ly. While she beat me to it, this is the book I knew had to be written. Now the real work begins as we challenge corporate America to join France and Sweden in working with not against families. One Smart Mother works on the front lines to support professional women as they face the challenges of new motherhood.

Isolation, breastfeeding, financial strain, exhaustion, identity shift…

If we were aware of the trappings of new motherhood, how many of us would make the commitment?  Despite our standing in life, some things remain constant for all of us when we decide we want to become mothers. Like a lot of other crucial life decisions, we weight the pros and cons. To some, our emotions outweigh the practicalities of the choice. Others agonize over the more concrete – finances, health risk, etc.

The goal of my work – my passion – is to educate women -  to empathize and guide through this most important life transition. If we proactively look at the choices involved in becoming a mother, we are more likely to enter motherhood confidently. With less surprises after the baby arrives, we can more fully  enjoy this beautiful time.