Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too?

Today I'm guest posting over at Carrie with Children. I'm the featured "Tuesday Traveler", talking about my wonderful home on the Gulf Coast - Fairhope, Alabama. Although my post is geared toward visiting, it's also a great place to call home. Be sure to head over there and check it out. But before you do, take a few minutes to see what I have to say below about Mandi Ehman's new e-book How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too.





This blog is a labor of love. As nice as it would be to be able to make money from blogging, my efforts here are - first, foremost, and always - about inspiration, encouragement, education, and advocacy. When I was contacted recently about reviewing Mandi Ehman's new e-book, How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too, I was initially a little bit hesitant, as I wasn't sure that either reading or reviewing her book "fit" with my purpose. However, I've had her website, Life...Your Way in my Google Reader for awhile now, and I've gained so much from it that I decided to go ahead.

First, Mandi's description of the book (emphasis mine):

It’s not a list of work-at-home opportunities.
It’s not about the tax or legal implications of working at home.
It’s not a hyped-up self-help book that’s going to leave you excited without a realistic picture of what working at home entails.

What it is is encouragement that pursuing your passion is worth the hard work and effort it takes. In fact, I believe everybody in the family benefits when Mom pursues her passion, despite — or maybe because of — the sacrifices that are made along the way.

It’s a handbook to give you the tools to juggle your many responsibilities and to do it with intentionality rather than living under the burden of mommy guilt.

Although the book is geared toward aspiring "mom-preneurs" who want to build work-at-home businesses, most of the lessons to be learned from Mandi's book can be universally applied. How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too, at its core, isn't really about business at all - it's about managing your family life while pursuing your passion.

I wasn't sure if Mandi's book would be terribly beneficial to me, but it absolutely was. On the one hand, Mandi talked about finding your passion in a way that was both inspiring and realistic. However, she also provided real world tips for managing your home and family while doing so. Inspiring and practical are adjectives that rarely mesh well together in books of this type, so it's refreshing and it works. If you have any interest in becoming a work-at-home mom or just simply want to learn how to pursue your passion without sacrificing your sanity (waving hand wildly in the air!), I'd encourage you to check it out.

The e-book is priced at $12, but you can use the link below to learn more and (bonus!) receive a coupon code for the book for $3 off:

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Disclosure: I was provided with a free copy of How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too for review. The opinions expressed here, however, are mine alone, and this review was not read or edited by anyone else prior to posting. If you purchase a book through the links provided on this page, I will receive a portion of the purchase price.