Managing the Motherload: A Guide to Creating More Ease, Space, and Grace in Motherhood

by Rebekah Borucki

A candid, humorous, and heartfelt guide to self-care in motherhood from a meditation expert and mother-of-five.

Managing the Motherload is a practical system for sanity from a happy, ultra-productive, and sometimes tired mother of five. This five-part system will help readers create a life that they love while allowing all the items on their to-do list to flourish in their own time.

In the book, meditation guide and popular YouTuber Rebekah "Bex" Borucki features her favorite healing and stress-reducing modalities, including her signature 4-minute meditations.

Deeply personal, heartfelt stories of her struggles and tender moments raising five children are highlighted throughout the book. As a birth doula and meditation guide, Bex offers a wealth of personal and professional experience in managing the demands of motherhood and the need for self-care and stress management.

"I want every woman who reads this book to come away with a feeling of confidence in finding her own way as a mother and a human being. Upon finishing the pages, the reader will have the know-how to create a path to happiness, freedom, and success that can be achieved not in spite of her tremendous responsibility as a mother but in total alignment with it." -- from the author

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

228 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 13, 2019

About the author

Rebekah “Bex” Borucki (she/they) is a mother-to-five, grandmother-to-one, self-help and children’s author, and the Founder and President of Row House, Wheat Penny Press (Row House’s children’s imprint), and the WPP Little Readers Big Change Initiative. Since 2009, Rebekah has run an online wellness advocacy space through her BexLife platform. She has also served on the Yoga Alliance Equity Task Force and as a mentor for Hay House’s Diverse Wisdom Initiative. Rebekah is driven by a commitment to make wellness tools available to all and to help others recover the liberation stolen from them by white supremacy. She lives with her family in New Jersey.

Reviews

[Natalie Uy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book because the author gave me assignments to work through. I just finished it and I am about to start back at page one and go more slowly, doing each assignment. The meditations were simple and wonderful and I can easily use them as a start then go into my longer, self meditation. I liked the additional resources she cited and I have been able to add more positivity to my IG feed with her suggestions.

[Cherie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This could be great to the mother struggling to find space for herself; the mindfulness stuff was VERY basic, but might be immensely helpful for some stressed out new mums.

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't quite read every chapter- I was skimming by the last few. I appreciated the author's personal stories and vulnerability, and a few of the practices (especially the metaphors) were useful to me.

I don't particularly believe in manifestation or practicing meditation, so much of the book felt like chatting with a really kind friend over coffee-- but knowing that what works for her is different than what works for me. I still appreciated the "chat"!