A game-changing approach to modern stay-at-home motherhood
Real stories and practical strategies to grow your confidence, expand your network, and unlock your full potential in this chapter.
*AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE ON JANUARY 14, 2025“The Power Pause presents an original and game-changing way for a new generation to think about career shifts and family life as one part of a long and thriving journey.”
Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
ABOUT THE BOOK
Who is it for?
✶ Mothers who have the privilege to choose to stay home
✶ Mothers who stepped into stay-at-home life with reluctance
✶ Mothers who have downshifted their careers
✶ Mothers in the thick of raising little kids
✶ Mothers who want to transition back to work outside the home
✶ Mothers in between stay-at-home and working motherhood
✶ Expectant mothers weighing all their options
✶ Women hopeful to one day be mothers trying to understand how to navigate their future
What’s inside?
→ PART ONE: PERMISSION TO PAUSE
1. Discover Who You Are Without a Job Title
2. Work Out the Finances and Feel Empowered
3. Trust Your Career Isn’t Over and Resign Smartly
→ PART TWO: FIND YOUR FOOTING
4. Redefine Success for Right Now
5. Create a Daily Rhythm to Maximize Joy
6. Get Help Without Guilt
→ PART THREE: GROW AND LEARN THROUGH YOUR PAUSE
7. Discover the Limitless Value of Mom Friends
8. Pursue New Passions and Find New Strengths
9. Return to Paid Work (If You Want!)
ABOUT NEHA
After working for a decade in brand strategy, Neha Ruch put her career on pause when her first child was born. She’s been working to rebrand the stay-at-home mom ever since.
The Power Pause is a first-of-its-kind, interactive guide to approaching stay-at-home motherhood or a downshifted career as an enriching chapter — the opposite of a death knell for a woman’s professional life.
Support and community are two of the biggest gifts we can cultivate and nurture in motherhood.
As you read this book, here are tools to help make the experience meaningful to your own journey.
The Power Pause Workbook
A collection of practical exercises in the book for you to fill out as you read.
Book Club Guide
Conversation starters, a curated playlist, and everything you need to host your own Power Pause book club.
