The Distance That Hurts: A Working Mother's Journey Through Guilt, Fear, and Finding Her Way Back

You kiss your daughter goodbye, drive to the first signal, and cry without meaning to.By the time you reach office, your face is composed, your kajal is fixed, and nobody - not your colleagues, not your family at home - has any idea what just happened in that car.If this feels painfully familiar, you are not alone. And you are not failing.The Distance That Hurts follows Riya, a marketing manager in Bangalore, through the year after she returns to work following her daughter's birth - the guilt that shows up uninvited, the fear of falling behind at work, the invisible mental load she carries alone, and the slow, hard-won process of finding her way back to herself.This is not another book that tells you to "just stop feeling guilty," or asks you to choose between being a good mother and a serious professional. Instead, it sits honestly with the hardest parts of working motherhood - and then offers real, practical ways forward: - How to talk to your workplace about flexibility, without sounding like you're asking for charity- How to build genuine support at home, including the conversation that finally shares the invisible load- Small, realistic strategies to keep your career growing - even in the most demanding years- How to make peace with guilt that may never fully disappear, without it running your lifeWritten for working mothers navigating career and family in Indian households - joint families, unsupportive workplaces, and all - this book doesn't promise the ache will vanish. It promises you won't have to carry it alone, or in silence, anymore.If you've ever wondered whether you're the only one struggling with this - you're not. Start reading, and find out why.

Pagina's: 93, Paperback, Independently published