The Stay At Home Survival Guide

Author : Melissa Stanton
Publisher : Seal Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-23
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780786745739

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The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide by Melissa Stanton Pdf

Melissa Stanton’s The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide is an all-encompassing, truth-telling how-to book that addresses the many practical and psychological issues facing stay-at-home moms today. How do you create time for yourself? Is there really time to do it all (feed the kids, keep them busy, clean the house, balance the checkbook, and take a shower)? How do you deal with the absence of the “professional you"? An invaluable resource for mothers, The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide includes interviews with stay-at-home moms, discussions with experts (family therapists, educators, medical specialists, career counselors), checklists to help you make the most of your time and keep you balanced, and Melissa Stanton’s own experiences leaving a career as an editor for People magazine to become a stay-at-home mom herself.

Author : Anne Voelckers Palumbo
Publisher : White-Boucke Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1888580054

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The Stay-at-home Mom's Survival Guide by Anne Voelckers Palumbo Pdf

Author : Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Publisher : Wmg Publishing
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0615756298

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The Freelancer's Survival Guide by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Pdf

Most people become freelancers without any idea of how to run a business. They learn in the school of hard knocks. Kristine Kathryn Rusch has taken the school of hard knocks and made it into one of the most useful business books written in years. Included are these indispensable topics: How to negotiate anything; Online networking; The Importance of -- and the difference between -- goals and dreams; How to survive failure -- and success. Rusch explains how to turn your failures into successes-and how to optimize the success when it finally happens.

Author : Christina Tinglof
Publisher : McGraw-Hill
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0809226766

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Stay-at-Home-Parent's Survival Guide by Christina Tinglof Pdf

Each year thousands of parents, yearning for more time with their children, put away their briefcases and laptops in favor of baby gear and Legos. Yet being home with the kids all day isn't easy! Some of us need a little extra help with the transition. The Stay-at-Home Parent Survival Guide not only helps Moms and Dads survive the occasional stressful day--something every parent experiences now and then--but also inspires them with new ideas for indoor and outdoor activities, great places to take the kids, starting a playgroup, building a support system, and keeping connected in the adult community. Even if you're a parenting pro, The Stay-at-Home Parent Survival Guide is a useful resource that offers unique ways to handle the day-to-day tasks of stay-at-home parenting, such as helpful tips for finishing the housework with the kids underfoot, meal and naptime strategies that work, skills for building a stronger marriage, managing your time effectively, beating the stay-at-home blues, and balancing household finances on a single income. In addition to the expertise of author Christina Baglivi Tinglof and other stay-at-home parents, The Survival Guide includes valuable insights from a variety of experts, including: Kathy Kristof, syndicated columnist, on how to set and reach financial goals Arlene Rossen Cardozo, author of Sequencing, on the evolution of the stay-at-home mom Dr. Sylvia Rimm, "Today" show parenting expert, on positive discipline Dr. Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute, on homeschooling Elaine St. James, author of Simplify Your Life with Kids, on just that Ellen Parlapiano and Patricia Cobe, authors of Mompreneurs, on starting your own business from home Christina Baglivi Tinglof is a stay-at-home mom of three young sons and the author of Double Duty: The Parents' Guide to Raising Twins. She and her family live in Los Angeles.

Author : Kristin Helms
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781632658814

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From Boardroom to Baby by Kristin Helms Pdf

From Boardroom to Baby provides emotional encouragement and practical guidance for career women who are opting out of the workforce to stay home with their children. A recent Gallup poll concluded that stay-at-home moms were significantly less likely than working moms to consider their lives “thriving” and experienced higher rates of depression. Even so, millions of mothers are choosing to put their careers on hold and stay home with their children. From Boardroom to Baby shatters the stereotypes associated with “staying home” and empowers new moms to blaze their own unique paths through motherhood and beyond. Along with a thoughtful map and modern-day tools to help moms carve out meaning and purpose in their new roles, From Boardroom to Baby offers: Heartfelt stories of the author’s own journey from a Fortune 500 company to life on the home front. Mindful exercises that prompt soul searching and self-discovery. Expert advice from a mental health counselor. Meaningful affirmations that promote grace and strength throughout motherhood.

Author : Bear Grylls
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780062857125

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How to Stay Alive by Bear Grylls Pdf

The ultimate survival guide from Bear Grylls, former Special Forces soldier and #1 world-renowned "King of Survival" (Outside) For more than a decade, Bear Grylls has introduced TV viewers to the most dramatic wilderness survival situations, through his hit shows such as Man Vs. Wild. Now, with How to Stay Alive, Bear reveals to readers his full toolkit of survival tactics, from everyday basics like avoiding blisters to once-in-a-lifetime events like surviving a kidnapping. Opening with the most essential survival skills—assembling your survival kit, making a fire, building a shelter—and then moving on to more specific situations, such as escaping fire, dealing with harsh terrain, and handling medical emergencies, Grylls is a sure guide for any type of disaster situation. Readers will learn how to survive in a life raft, land a helicopter in an emergency, treat hypothermia and frostbite, escape from quicksand, and numerous other lifesaving tips. Richly illustrated with diagrams throughout, How to Stay Alive will be the definitive outdoor survival tome for years to come.

Author : Laura Keogh,Ceri Marsh
Publisher : Appetite by Random House
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780449015742

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How to Feed a Family by Laura Keogh,Ceri Marsh Pdf

**Breakfast**Brunch**The Lunch Box**Snack Attack**Dinners**Desserts** What could be more important to parents than a healthy, well-fed family? As two urban, working moms, Ceri Marsh and Laura Keogh learned quickly how challenging healthy meal-times can be. So they joined forces to create the Sweet Potato Chronicles, a website written for, and by, non-judgemental moms, packed full of nutritious recipes for families. In the How to Feed a Family cookbook, Laura and Ceri have selected their very favorite recipes, to create a collection of more than 100 for all ages to enjoy. These are recipes that are tailored specifically to families: they are simple, fast, easy-to-follow, and use ingredients that are readily-available at your local grocery store. Ceri and Laura unveil their tried, tested and true tricks for turning nutritious, sophisticated dishes into kid-friendly masterpieces, that will guarantee you success at meal-time, time and time again. Interspersed with the recipes are parenting tips and advice to encourage happy meal-times for the whole family: get ready to turn your picky eaters into enthusiastic kitchen helpers!

Author : Anna Perdue,Lauren Giannella
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1716743680

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Wish Upon a Starfish by Anna Perdue,Lauren Giannella Pdf

Wish Upon a Starfish is a story of true friendship and adventure that will spark your childs imagination and leave them knowing dreams really can come true.

Author : Christina Baglivi Tinglof
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-02-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0071433252

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Stay-at-Home-Parent's Survival Guide by Christina Baglivi Tinglof Pdf

Each year thousands of parents, yearning for more time with their children, put away their briefcases and laptops in favor of baby gear and Legos. Yet being home with the kids all day isn't easy! Some of us need a little extra help with the transition. The Stay-at-Home Parent Survival Guide not only helps Moms and Dads survive the occasional stressful day--something every parent experiences now and then--but also inspires them with new ideas for indoor and outdoor activities, great places to take the kids, starting a playgroup, building a support system, and keeping connected in the adult community. Even if you're a parenting pro, The Stay-at-Home Parent Survival Guide is a useful resource that offers unique ways to handle the day-to-day tasks of stay-at-home parenting, such as helpful tips for finishing the housework with the kids underfoot, meal and naptime strategies that work, skills for building a stronger marriage, managing your time effectively, beating the stay-at-home blues, and balancing household finances on a single income. In addition to the expertise of author Christina Baglivi Tinglof and other stay-at-home parents, The Survival Guide includes valuable insights from a variety of experts, including: Kathy Kristof, syndicated columnist, on how to set and reach financial goals Arlene Rossen Cardozo, author of Sequencing, on the evolution of the stay-at-home mom Dr. Sylvia Rimm, "Today" show parenting expert, on positive discipline Dr. Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute, on homeschooling Elaine St. James, author of Simplify Your Life with Kids, on just that Ellen Parlapiano and Patricia Cobe, authors of Mompreneurs, on starting your own business from home Christina Baglivi Tinglof is a stay-at-home mom of three young sons and the author of Double Duty: The Parents' Guide to Raising Twins. She and her family live in Los Angeles.

Author : Alana Morales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06
Category : Chores
ISBN : 1932279709

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Domestically Challenged by Alana Morales Pdf

When you decided to stay at home, you probably thought about the quality time you'd spend with your kids and the wonderful meals you would cook. Maybe you even thought you would do some decorating or take up yoga. Later you realized things would be different. Your house is messier. You still have days where the kids drive you crazy. And then you wonder - what did I get myself into? Relax. Domestically Challenged can help. Written as a humorous guidebook, this book will show new stay at home moms how to: . Keep the kids entertained without hiring a circus . Find ways to keep up with housework, short of hiring a housekeeper (though we'd like to!) . Deal with the emotional aspects of her new job (including boredom and every mom's favorite - guilt) . And do such outlandish things such as finding time for herself.

Author : Lloyd Figgins
Publisher : Portico
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781841658155

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The Travel Survival Guide by Lloyd Figgins Pdf

The rewards you can reap from exploring this amazing planet are incalculable. Every year, more and more of us are discovering the joy, the excitement, the sheer sense of adventure in roaming the world. But travelling, particularly to the more remote and volatile corners of the globe, can be a dangerous business. If you don't prepare properly - by looking for potential hazards and learning how best to deal with them - you may wish you'd never started out. Written by international security expert Lloyd Figgins, using his experience of over 80 countries, The Travel Survival Guide is a unique new travel guide and essential reading for anyone planning an overseas trip, whether on business, as a tourist or gap-year traveller. If you want no-nonsense, easy-to-follow, practical advice on how to recognise the warning signs, how to prevent problems and cope with emergencies (should they occur), this is the book for you.

Author : Jim Cobb
Publisher : Ulysses Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781612432731

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Prepper's Long-Term Survival Guide by Jim Cobb Pdf

A STEP-BY-STEP, DON'T-OVERLOOK-ANYTHING WORKBOOK OF DIY PROJECTS THAT PREPARE HOME AND FAMILY FOR ANY LIFE-THREATENING CATASTROPHE The preparation you make for a hurricane, earthquake or other short-term disaster will not keep you alive in the event of widespread social collapse caused by pandemic, failure of the grid or other long-term crises. Government pamphlets and other prepping books tell you how to hold out through an emergency until services are restored. This book teaches you how to survive when nothing returns to normal for weeks, months or even years, including: •Practical water collection for drinking and hygiene •Storing, growing, hunting and foraging for food •First aid and medical treatments when there’s no doctor •Techniques and tactics for fortifying and defending your home •Community-building strategies for creating a new society

Author : Tim MacWelch,Joseph Pred
Publisher : Weldon Owen
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781681886138

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The Essential Pandemic Survival Guide | COVID Advice | Illness Protection | Quarantine Tips by Tim MacWelch,Joseph Pred Pdf

Over 150 practical tips and guides that will help safeguard your family during a pandemic. COVID-19 has changed the world and touched the lives of millions. Yet this may be just the first of a potentially terrifying wave of new and lethal pandemics that Governments are ill equipped to handle. New York Times Bestselling author Tim MacWelch and emergency management expert Joseph Pred provide expert and proven advice that can save you and your family when no-one else can. Learn how to create your own facemasks, stock your pantry, and quarantine safely in your own home. With over 150 clearly illustrated survival tips, The Essential Pandemic Survival Guide is the best way that you can protect your family from the lethal impact of a global pandemic. Topics include: • Masks and gloves: What you need to know. How to use properly, common do’s and don’ts • DIY clean suit • Hand sanitizer • Your ultimate first-aid kit • Create an isolation room at home, if you must (and how to make that decision) • How to stock up sensibly for a potential lockdown. • The Ultimate Pandemic Checklist: Food, water, medical supplies, pet care, toiletries, personal items, and more • Help others deal with stress and anxiety • Manage your own mood and mental state • Care for pets in a pandemic • Make a family emergency plan • Help your local community prepare for disasters • 12-month schedule for checking on plans and preparedness with family • Put together your toolkit • Disinfect water • Chart your survival priorities • Pack your bug-out bag

Author : My Medic
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 057851821X

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The Stay Alive Guide by My Medic Pdf

First aid & survival for those who want to stay alive!

Author : Brian D'Ingillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798684706318

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The Quick and Dirty Survival Guide for the Stay-At-Home Dad by Brian D'Ingillo Pdf

Thinking of becoming a Stay-at-Home Dad? Know someone in your life that would make a great Stay-at-Home Dad? Do you want to put a renewed focus on family values and efficiency over the rat race? This is the book for you. This is a story of a man whom went from never even holding an infant in his life to navigating being the sole caretaker at home with a 3-month old and continuing through his first five years of life. Here you will learn how he navigated getting ready for the baby, taking care of the baby, entertaining the baby, taking care of the domicile and preserving some level of sanity and order for himself and his significant other. Chock full of practical advice, humor and insight into this new world of a Stay-at Home Dad. Start your journey now!