Life Lessons for Busy Moms: 7 Essential Ingredients to Organize and Balance Your World (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hanson, Dorothy K. Brieninger, Debby S. Bitticks, Lynn Benson
HCI (2007)
ISBN 9780757305573
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (3/07)


“Life Lessons for Busy Moms,” is divided into 7 chapters.  Each chapter is filled with wisdom, humor, advice, quotes, tips and stories.

  • “Make Time To Nurture Yourself.”

The emphasis of this chapter is taking care of you, creating boundaries, cultivating your relationship with your husband and creating balance in your life.  As a mother you wear many hats and you need to recognize how important your roles are. 

  • “Take Charge of Your Parenting Style/Philosophy.”
  • “Implement Creative Solutions (with an Organized Approach)”
  • “Feed Your Soul.”

As a mother what do you need?  What are your goals?  What do you see as your future?

  • “Keep an Organized Home.”

This is my favorite chapter.  Organization!  Our lives are less stressful is we have detailed schedules, systems and a good calendar.

  • “Solicit Help.”

We all need assistance at sometime or other but many of us refuse to ask for it.  No matter how hard you try you can’t be Supermom!

  • “Make Time to Slow Down”

When we slow down we come to appreciate “the small things in life” those little moments that later we wish we hadn’t rushed through.  We come to cherish what’s happening right now instead of worrying about what might happen, “the what if’s.”

I wish I’d had this book years ago when my three children were little.  Looking back on those precious years I wish I’d been more organized, more stress free.  I wish I’d taken more time to enjoy those special moments as they happened rather than stressing out over unimportant things.

This is a delightful book with sound, sensible advice and suggestions written in a humorous style.  The stories are sure to bring a smile to the faces of mothers and grandmothers.  This book would make a fantastic gift for a new or expectant mother.  I highly recommend “Life Lessons for Busy Moms” to all mothers and grandmothers.  My daughter and daughters-in-law will each be receiving a copy.

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