Maybe Everything is Okay: A Parent's Guide to Less Stress and Worry

Parental stress has become a significant public health issue, as highlighted by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in his August 2024 report on the growing stress parents face. According to a recent study by the American Psychological Association, 48% of parents feel their daily stress is overwhelming, compared to 26% of other adults.

One of the most universal challenges parents confront today is the uncertainty of the future. From wars to pandemics, school violence, and terrorism, parents everywhere are searching for guidance as they navigate the unpredictable journey of raising children. But what happens when life doesn’t go as planned? When faced with illness, bullying, or academic struggles, how can parents stay hopeful? How do they sleep at night, knowing the world is full of threats, especially to their children? In the face of such overwhelming unknowns, it’s easy to lose hope and assume that if things are tough today, they won’t improve tomorrow.

Maybe Everything is Okay: A Parent's Guide to Less Stress and Worry(September 17, 2024; Tantor Audio Original; narrated by Kim Niemi), is both important and timely. It offers parents a powerful and uplifting tool called the "Maybe mindset" to help them navigate the unknown with greater ease and renewed hope.

Building on the success of her previous work, The Gift of Maybe, which AudioFile Magazine praised as “…inspirational, valuable, and practicable,” Allison Carmen introduces this simple yet profound mindset that has already helped thousands of parents face life’s unpredictability with renewed hope. Maybe Everything is Okay isn’t about giving parents more advice on what to do; instead, it offers a fresh perspective that reduces stress and worry and encourages parents to embrace uncertainty as a place of possibility, opening them up to new ways of helping their children through life’s ups and downs.

Whether your child is 2, 22, or has children of their own, this audiobook offers a resilient mindset to guide parents through every phase of their child’s life. Most importantly, Maybe Everything is Okay equips parents with the tools to pass this mindset on to their children, helping them face their own struggles with greater confidence and hope.

Discover how the concept of Maybe can change everything. For your children, and for you, Maybe the best is yet to come!

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Maybe is part of the “new and improved Dictionary to Enlightenment.” -Oprah.com

“If you want to stop worrying about everything that could go wrong for your child, this is the perfect book for you. A simple concept that goes a long way to more joy and peace for every parent.” -Dr. Catherine Birndorf, author of What No One Tells You: A Guide To Your Emotions from Pregnancy To Motherhood

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A Year without Men: A Twelve-Point Guide to Inspire + Empower Women

A road map to every woman's success.

Glass ceilings. #MeToo. Less than equal pay for equal work. After decades fighting to free ourselves from male-dominated social and economic structures, women still struggle. But many of us are poised to rise up with innovative ways to approach the many problems facing today’s world. A Year without Men is an essential guide to every woman's success and liberation.

Using the events of a very painful year in her own personal and professional life—her husband left her, her consulting business took an unexpected hit, and she faced a serious health scare—business consultant and life strategist Allison Carmen explores the forces in women’s personal and professional lives that hold us back. In A Year without Men, she offers twelve simple, practical tools to help us look within, find our own values, morals, and passions, work on our skills, call on other women, and forge new ways to do business. Together, we can create a new way to earn money, a new way to look at beauty, and so many other new ways to be in the world.

Take a stand and gain the power to overcome any obstacle with A Year without Men.

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“Allison Carmen shows us how learning to be ourselves is the key to creating a more balanced, more equal, and more successful workplace for everyone.”
—SHARON SALZBERG, author of Lovingkindness and Real Change

“This book empowers women to unlock their power and unapologetically share it with the world.”
—GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN, The New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back

“A brilliant and inspiring book for any woman looking to find the courage to express their voice in the world. Life might be uncertain, but Allison Carmen shows us that when as women we can be certain about who we are, we seize our full potential and can rightfully take our seats at the table. It’s about time!”
—CATHERINE BIRNDORF, MD, coauthor of What No One Tells You and The Nine Rooms of Happiness

The Gift of Maybe: Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times

Maybe: A simple yet powerful mindset for coping with stress and worry.

Allison Carmen spent many years fighting a powerful addiction. It wasn’t drugs, alcohol or fame. It was an addiction to certainty. If she didn’t know what the future would bring – and who does? – she felt anxious and afraid. This decades-long struggle followed her through college, marriage, parenthood, and a successful law career. While everything seemed fine from the outside, Allison was in a constant battle that was unwinnable, sapping her energy, attention, and spirit. Until the day she discovered The Gift of Maybe.

Maybe is a simple yet powerful philosophy that has transformed Allison’s life, and the life of her many clients (now that she has ditched her legal career and has become a successful life coach). The message is this: In the face of uncertainty, Maybe opens your mind and heart. It creates a little space for hope. It allows you to take a deep breath, stay in the present, and forge your own path.

Many things in life are beyond our control, but the mindset of Maybe presents a simple, powerful way to stay connected to what’s possible, and work to make it happen. It is just one change of perspective, but Maybe it changes everything!

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“A little gem of a book with a positive and powerful message.”
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