Success life coach Maxine Nwaneri shows women, no matter what age, how to escape the motherhood penalty, arrest ten time thieves, reduce family chaos and thrive in life. Well-intended workplace policies and initiatives have failed to successfully help mothers and mothers to be cope with work life balance. Every woman faces different challenges, motivations, and dreams. Leading readers through a tried and tested ten step process involving amongst others the following tips: decide to make a change, create a powerful and exciting vision for your life, and adopt the powerful C.R.I.S.I.S success plan created by Maxine. Using client testimonials and a journey that took Maxine from homelessness, addiction, academic failure in her teens, to becoming an award-winning student and Cambridge graduate, Maxine illustrates that time for what may seem like the most important commitments is gained by taking time to care first for oneself.