Recommended Books and Websites |
Topics:
Intercultural Transitions
The American Workplace
The American School System
Going Back To Work
Work/Life Balance
Finding Your Life’s Purpose and Passion
Working From Home and/or Starting a Home-Based Business
Becoming An Entrepreneur
Motherhood and Women
Personality Type and Mothering Styles
Nurturing The Couple Relationship
Dealing With Fear, Change and Transitions
Nurturing Your Creativity, Following Your Dreams
Intercultural Transitions |
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A Portable Identity: A Woman’s Guide to Maintaining a Sense of Self While Moving Overseas – Debra Bryson & Charise Hoge Written by two former expatriate spouses who are also counselors, this workbook empowers foreign spouses to take charge of the changes in identity that occur during an international relocation. Through practical exercises and inspiring stories, the book helps spouses make choices for a happier and more meaningful life overseas. |
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In Their Own Voice: Intercultural Meaning in Everyday Stories This is a wonderful collection of personal stories written by people who have moved to the United States from another country and culture. The writers describe the universal experience of those who find themselves in a new country, and real the intricacies and challenges of living and working across cultures. |
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Hello! USA This book has a wealth of practical information on American life and culture to help make a newcomer’s transition to the U.S. much easier. |
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Americans at Work: A Cultural Guide to the Can-Do People This book is a cultural guide for non-Americans who work with people from the United States. It explains six American cultural themes and their relevance to the workplace. Knowing how American work with each other will help you predict their reactions and more important, their expectations of you. |
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The American School System |
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Understanding American Schools, Third Edition This valuable book guides newcomers from around the world through the challenges of understanding the U.S. school system, from pre-school through high school. |
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Going Back To Work |
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Going Back To Work: A Survival Guide for Comeback Moms – Mary W. Quigley and Loretta E. Kaufman After surveying more than one thousand mothers, the authors wrote this book as a resource for mothers thinking about re-entering the workforce. |
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The Back-To-Work Toolkit – A Guide for Comeback Moms – Nancy Collamer This e-book is a 91-page downloadable job search guide with advice, resources, and strategies geared specifically toward moms returning to work. |
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BlueSuitMom.com – a resource of work and family balance information for working mothers and their employers. You’ll find advice on parenting, career advancement, the balancing act, meal planning, family health and fitness. |
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Working Mother magazine – good articles and resources for mothers. Also publishes yearly list of 100 Best Companies for working mothers. |
Work/Life Balance |
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Getting It Right: How Working Mothers Successfully Take Up the Challenge of Life, Family, and Career – LaraineT. Zappert, Ph.D. |
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Mommy Wars – edited by Leslie Morgan Steiner |
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This Is How We Do It – by Carol Evans (CEO and President, Working Mother magazine) |
Finding Your Life’s Purpose and Passion |
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Work with Passion: How to Do What You Love for a Living Work with Passion will inspire you — as it has thousands of others — to make choices, take chances, and recognize opportunities. It is filled with inspirational guidance of all kinds: from the broadest kinds of visionary encouragement to very practical tips on networking, developing a resume, and writing a query letter that gets results. |
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Working from Home and/or Starting a Home-Based Business |
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Jobs and Moms: Work at Home | |
On-Line Magazine for Work-at-Home Moms | |
A Home-Based Business Online | |
Businessowner’s Toolkit | |
Small Business Administration | |
Becoming An Entrepreneur |
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Mompreneurs – Patricia Cole and Ellen Parlapiano | |
Momprenuers Online: Using the Internet for Work at Home Success |
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The Mom Inventors Handbook, How to Turn Your Great Idea into the Next Big Thing Also visit the author’s website at www.mominventors.com |
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Secrets of Millionaire Moms: Learn How They Turned Great Ideas Into Booming Businesses |
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Motherhood and Women |
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Mother Nurture – Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Jan Hanson L.A., Ricki Pollycove, M.D. An excellent resource for mothers on how to nurture themselves and their relationships while they are caring for their children. Includes chapters on reducing stress, taking care of your physical health, nurturing the partner relationship, and balancing home and work. |
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At-Home Motherhood: Making It Work for You |
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Gift from the Sea Wife of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, Ann Morrow Lindbergh mothered 5 children. In this book, she writes down her thoughts about women’s lives, motherhood, love, marriage, youth and age, solitude, peace, and contentment, during a 2-week vacation by herself by the ocean. |
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A Year by the Sea |
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Women Who Run with the Wolves Dr. Estes is a Jungian analyst and cantadora, or storyteller. This book is a collection of multicultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories that she chose to help women reconnect with what she calls the “Wild Woman” — that part of ourselves that is wild and powerful, creative, instinctual and all-knowing. |
Personality Type and Mothering Styles |
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MotherStyles: Using Personality Type to Discover Your Parenting Strengths This book uses the Myers-Briggs Personality Type preferences to help you understand how your personality style influences your strengths, struggles and needs as a mother. It equips you with the self-knowledge you need to become a more effective and happier parent. |
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Nurture by Nature: Understand Your Child’s Personality Type – And Become a Better Parent |
Nurturing the Couple Relationship |
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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts |
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Journey of the Heart: The Path of Conscious Love |
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Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples A very practical book on the psychology of love relationships, complete with exercises couples can do to enhance their marriage. |
Dealing with Fear, Change and Transitions |
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Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes (25th Anniversary Ed.) An excellent book for helping you understand the transition process and navigating through any kind of life change. |
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Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway A book for helping you get “unstuck” and facing the fears that are holding you back. |
Nurturing Your Creativity, Following Your Dreams |
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The Artist’s Way If you’re looking for a book to help you get back in touch with your creative self, this is it! |
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The Alchemist This is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who travels in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain, he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, above all, following our dreams. |