Life Lessons for Busy Moms: 7 Essential Ingredients to Organize and Balance Your World

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Dorothy K. Breininger

Organize Your World, Your Kids, Your Time, and . . . Make Room for Mommy If you don't have enough hands, enough time in the day, or enough energy to balance everything—much less fit in a bit of "you time," then Chicken Soup for the Life Lessons for Busy Moms has the realistic, doable, and time-efficient tips that can transform your life. Moms who have been there will share how their quests were not focused on perfection, but on organization and ways to create the balance we all yearn for. Find out their secrets and learn how In this timely and much-needed book, the authors and busy moms band together and offer thirty-two life lessons that have worked for them. This book also provides a source of encouragement to promote balance and a greater quality of life for you and your family.

Genres: Reference

334 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2007

About the author

Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.

Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.

Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.

In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.

Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.

Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.

Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.

Reviews

[Emily Douce · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to this on audio. This book was a bit dated and it was written in America so some of it was not as relatable. It had some useful take away tips and insights from other mums. Rounded up - would be a 3.25 stars.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish I would’ve liked this book more. For me personally, it was not inspirational. It was just a reminder throughout the book that I did not get to be a stay at home mom. I graduated from college with quite a bit of student loan debt, and I’m a healthcare worker. In order for our household to work, I had to always work full-time. Some years I did four 10 hour days so I could have the one day off with the kids. But most of the time I worked my normal job, and then PRN shifts in order to make ends meet or really to save for a vacation that we all severely needed. What I wouldn’t have given -to stay home for just 5 years with my kids- do all the things that I wanted to- extra zoo trips, walks at the park. The book was a reminder that I didn’t get to be a mom to my full potential. Chicken soup for the Soul should consider a “busy mom book for stay at home moms” and a separate one for working moms.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had I read it earlier in the parenting years, I might have found it more relevant. That doesn't change the book's dire need of an editor. Amount vs. number, fewer vs. less, and plural vs. singular possessive distracted me from the point of the book. Had the book been published in the earlier years of the franchise, I would have understood, but this was far enough into the franchise that it should have had a good editor.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book packed with practical advice and real-life stories of moms just like me.

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the different stories from different moms.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far I love this book, just what the "dr" ordered. Organization is the key :)