Balance is BS: How to Ditch Expectations, Uphold Your Values and Embrace a Work-Life Balance

In the US, over 40% of households are now helmed by breadwinning women. Gender diversity has proven positive impacts for businesses, so it seems like a win-win: great for the economy, great for ambitious women. But it’s giving rise to a problem that’s really hard to talk about: across working households, women are working more outside the home, but they’re not really working less inside the home. We’re lifting our expectations of ourselves in our careers, but we’re not adjusting our expectations around partners, parenting and personal lives. We’re all in pursuit of the elusive ‘work-life balance’ and feeling guilty because it’s impossible to get there. This book calls bullshit on ‘balance’ and presents a better way: it gives women permission to blend their work and personal lives together without getting burnt out. Every chapter is supported by practical exercises readers can complete to identify their values, align their energies with what matters to them most, set expectations with key people in their lives and map out the life they actually want.