Working Away: A Survival Guide for Families

by Alicia Ranford, Angie Willcocks, Lainie Anderson (Editor)

Working A Survival Guide for Families is designed to support workers and families in any industry - from construction and transport to sales and renewables - with simple strategies to boost emotional resilience, keep relationships healthy and families happy. Based on our award-winning Survival Guide for Mining Families, it features professional advice and practical tips from psychologist Angie Willcocks and Mining Family Matters founder Alicia Ranford, who created a support network for Australian families back in 2010 after her young children initially struggled to cope with their Dad's fly-in, fly-out mining roster. Nearly 180,000 copies of our award-winning guides have been sold across Australia and around the world. All chapters offer practical ideas to improve parenting, relationship and life skills, with topics - What to expect in the first few months - House rules for a happy home - Making your money work - Parenting on the same page - Tackling loneliness when you're apart - Raising happy children - Identifying stress and depression - Overcoming stress, anxiety and sadness - Boosting your workplace resilience - Knowing your mental health first aid

35 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 20, 2020