In one of the best sections of the book, Ms. This book's strength is mixing research and anecdote in a lively, accessible way, with a reporter's eye for detail ( Guardian) by turns a pop science explainer, self-help guide and subtle feminist polemic - aims to discover why some of us feel there simply aren't enough hours in the day. I couldn't agree more ( Janet Street-Porter, Daily Mail)Įngaging. She says we turn leisure into work, thinking we are lazy if we're not 'doing something'. Brigid Schulte takes to takes our headlong descent into multi-tasking madness ( Daily Telegraph) Schulte's honesty is appealing ( Irish Daily Mail) The very real and sometimes moving book is a masterly combination of social observation, interview, statistics and riveting human stories. May well do for time-poor workers that Lean In has done for guilt-ridden working mums ( Evening Standard) Overwhelmed is a passionate, funny, very human book ( William Powers, author of Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age)įeatures the author's personal search for balance alongside her advice for busy women ( Red) Why is life so insanely busy? What happened to 'leisure' time? Tired of the modern hamster wheel, Brigid Schulte set out to find a better way to live. She now serves as the founding director of The Good Life Initiative at the nonpartisan think tank, New America, and director of The Better Life Lab, both of which seek to elevate the conversation, explore transformative solutions and highlight how work-life and gender equity issues are key to excellence, productivity and innovation, as well as a full, authentic and meaningful life for everyone.Every parent, every caregiver, every person who feels besieged by permanent busyness, must read this book ( Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Why Women Still Can't Have It All)

She was an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and The Washington Post Magazine and part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. If you think you don’t have time to listen, this is precisely why you need to hear this!īrigid Schulte is the author of the New York Times bestselling book on time pressure, Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time, which was named one of the notable books of the year by the Washington Post and NPR, and has won several other nonfiction awards. Instead of seeking status in busyness she encourages us to capture the value of leisure. She is rethinking how we work so that it’s effective and sustainable, and by re-imagining gender roles for a fairer division of labor and opportunity at work and home. Join Brigid Schulte, an award winning author and international speaker as she discusses time, productivity, the causes and consequences of our unsustainable, always-on culture, and how to make time for Work, Love and Play.

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