Women's Network October Luncheon 2012

Presented by

Gold Sponsors
University of Missouri Health Care

Silver Sponsors
Nancy Allison Agency LLC - Shelter Agency 

GOOD ENOUGH IS THE NEW PERFECT

Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood

Presented by Prof. Hollee Schwartz Temple

Women today earn more than half of all bachelor’s degrees, hold more managerial positions than men, are earning higher and higher salaries and doing all of this while having families on their timeline.  It would only make sense that this generation of girls born to Have It All would be the happiest in history. So why is it that study after study shows that women’s happiness levels have been decreasing—and what can they do about it?

Based on an exclusive study of more than 900 working mothers, more than 100 in-depth interviews, and the latest research, Good Enough Is the New Perfect builds on the growing “anti-perfection parenting” movement as the first book to present empirical evidence that this philosophy offers an advantage. Drawing on a groundbreaking original survey of 905 working mothers, Prof. Hollee Schwartz Temple will discuss a paradigm shift in modern motherhood: More and more mothers are losing their Never Enough attitude and embracing a Good Enough mindset to be happier, more confident and more successful.

About the presenter:

Hollee is a journalist-turned-lawyer-turned-professor at West Virginia University College of Law. After graduating at the top of her class with a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Hollee headed to Duke University School of Law. She graduated in 1999, and then began a four-year stint as a litigation associate at an international law firm. After her first son was born in 2002, Temple returned to her firm on a part-time basis before joining the WVU faculty the next year. Hollee lives in Morgantown, West Virginia, with her husband, John, an author and journalism professor, and their two sons, Gideon and Henry. She travels the country discussing work/life balance, and blogs about the topic at http://thenewperfect.com.

Cost is $18 for members and $21 for guests. Save $3 per person and register online today or contact Elizabeth Tate, 874-1132 or etate@ColumbiaMOChamber.com.