CareerMom: Self-Help Balancing Career and Motherhood

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CareerMom is a practical book for working mothers, a self-help book for balancing career and motherhood. The concept of this book was developed from my personal experience and that of other career moms. My story of the concept goes;
One day before my maternity leave, I thought of how I was going to cope with the forth coming baby and also able to manage my family & career effectively. I consulted with my sister and some other mothers who are all managing both their career and motherhood. With my mom’s inspiration and suggestion (a professor with over 30 years of career and still managing her home), she advised I should put it in writing to encourage other career moms like me. She only wished I had written it earlier and so many can benefit from it.
Metaphorically, I leapt over the desk and sat in my mom’s place. She was right. There was need to explain balancing career and motherhood to career moms and not write down to them or patronizing. If I could put myself (as far as I can) in the mind of career moms, I should be able to write the book.
I wrote to Uncle Sam, who was very enthu...

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