Looks like your typical self-help book about work-life balance. And it is, but I was surprised it was also somewhat refreshing.
Stephanie Fitzgerald focuses on 4 pillars we should rework our approaches towards - being Happy, Healthy, Safe, and Engaged. Sounds simple, and it should be, but where this book is different from others: it doesn't tell you to do work on those and you are on your own to figure out how, but the author actually puts down questions for self-reflection across the book for you to go through. It seems like you visit a therapist and are being asked those questions, and that's the best thing about the book as you are not left alone to figure out what to do with all those smart suggestions you will never actually apply in another case because "easy to say, hard to do".

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A wonderful book. Highly recommended. You will enjoy reading it. Written in a very engaging prose. Nowhere would you feel being stuck or bored. Pick it up if you get a chance. Thanks to the author for a review copy.

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As with most non-fiction books, I’ve found parts of this book useful. I’ve taken some snippets to my leadership sessions at work, and it has given me ideas to think about.

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Great book on a lifelong perspective of work -- and keeping things in check for a healthy, happy life. This is the book I wish I'd had in my early 20s! The author covers the basics of stress, burnout, the value of work and money, psychological safety, teamwork and/or working alone, and being your authentic self at work. The chapters on burnout and stress are fairly cursory but are hallmarks of this day and age and I suspect the assessments surrounding happiness, health, safety, and engagement will resonate with many -- if not all -- readers since many, many people are dissatisfied with their jobs and life's work. Highly recommend!

Great book I can’t wait to talk to my work team about! It’s tangible and applicable to the real work world , and how to keep things in perspective personally. It teaches us in this day and age how to approach things , versus a traditional way.

I realized after finishing this book that the author is from the UK, and I feel like maybe that makes a difference because I know that the US workforce has very different standards for work. I thought that there was a lot of good information in this book, particularly around assessing your health and safety in the workplace, and I enjoyed reading about the strategies to manage your own responses to work stressors. However, for about 2/3 of this book it almost seemed like she was advocating to just practice self care and call it good enough, even if your workplace is toxic. I am glad that I read to the end and that realized that it wasn’t necessarily the case.