When Business Meets Baby

Having run my own business around my children for the last 9 years, I was interested to review the book: When Business Meets Baby. Written by Rachel Allan, When Business Meets Baby is designed to offer mums currently running their own business: advice, tips and the lessons learnt by both Rachel and other successful mums through their business. By combining knowledge and lessons learnt from a range of mums; this book can help a new mumprenuer gain a quicker path to a work-life balance by understanding what is normal, important and to determine the key priorities for yourself.

The book begins with Rachel’s story; dealing with having a baby and how this changes the person. This sets the tone for the book in helping the reader understand the authors experience and how having a baby impacted on them. This along with other snippets of experiences from the other contributors helps the reader grasp the concept that everyone has a different experience and there isn’t one right way. This helps to set a non-judgemental tone and build a connection with the reader.

Many of the issues covered within the book such as Searching for Marital and Domestic Bliss, the Pressure Cooker Effect and more are in line with the issues that all working mums I know are struggling with. A key point Rachel tries to emphasise throughout the book which I agree with and hope that many readers will take away from the book, is that you are not alone, nor are you the only mumpreneur experiencing this. I too am a big believer in that “you can have it all, just not at the same time” and identify with the way Rachel has covered this point and like that she is helping other mums to realise this and start to question “what can I do about making it better” and then offer tips on what she has found helpful.

I found a number of useful tips within the book, throughout the different chapters. As I read through the book, I marked pages that I knew I would want to come back to for information or to read quotes from again at a later stage, so the book can then become a tool you refer back to as you struggle with a new challenge.

There are certain things within the book that I don’t completely agree with or that are different from my experience or way of thinking, however as this is a self-help book, I believe you should read it and treat it like everything else in life; deciding what is suitable for you and your situation. Overall, I feel that this book offers useful advice and can help mumpreneurs starting a business or struggling to attain a work-life balance

When Business Meets Baby sells for $30 (RRP) and it is available from www.rachelallan.com.au