In many ways, writing a book is like giving birth. It's hard and scary, you go through many physical and emotional changes while creating it, and once it's "out," it feels like a part of you is walking around outside your body… at least, that's what it was like for me.
I've been a parenting editor for more than 10 years and did it in a way that may not make much sense. I started in the industry while I was eight months pregnant with my first child, with no real experience or training — just a dream in my heart and a figurative pen in my hand.
Over the past decade, I've managed to raise two boys, climb up the career ladder, navigate tricky relationships with loved ones, and survive to write about it.
This book is a compilation of personal stories, advice for moms on dealing with motherhood, ambition, and self-love, and excerpts of interviews I did on my podcast, The Breakdown With Bethany.
Writing this book has brought me joy and terror. But joy outweighs the terror when I think of the overarching message that this book hopes to highlight: What if we loved ourselves the way we loved our kids?
Think about a world where mothers offer themselves the same love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness they do to their children. This book aims to encourage that feeling in every woman who reads it. I certainly hope it does.
I wanted to share an exclusive excerpt from my book here. "Chapter 8: Raising the Bar and Your Kids" discusses the work and kids and everything that goes with it. It also includes a part of my interview with Reshma Saujani from The Breakdown with Bethany, so be sure to read it below, and if you're so inclined, you can buy the book here.
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