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Courage and Croissants
A Story and Guidebook for creating a Joyful Life for You and Your Family
Suzanne Saxe-Roux, Ed.D. and Jean-Pierre Roux, Ph.D.
Growing up we were told we could have it all, the American Dream—challenging careers, a rewarding marriage, financial success, increasing amounts of leisure time and even children if we wanted.
Much has changed since 1931 when "The American Dream" was first coined by James Turslow Adams in his book, The Epic of America. Over the past 40 years, the American Dream slowly evolved into devoting your life to your work at all costs. By 2005, the catalyst organization reported that 83% of households had two working adults earning income outside the home and approximately half of those households have children under 18, a 63% increase since 1950. This shift in lifestyle alone has drastically changed how Americans spend their time. Life has become about developing one’s career, living and breathing work, and doing household chores.
Courage and Croissants is the story of one couple’s search for balance, and clarity in a hectic modern world. Reeling from the stress of life as a dual career couple with a young daughter, we decided to give up a life that was full of status but lacking in sanity. We left the housecleaner and gardener behind, along with our SUVs, moving instead to a small village in the South of France. We would take time to live simply, reassess, learn and grow as a family, be invigorated for the next phase of life and to create a foundation for a new American lifestyle that was worth living.
Courage and Croissants is the story and a guidebook of a mid-life, dual-career couple with a young daughter who took the risk to go in search of what was truly important to them. At its heart is a love of family and the desire for a better quality of life. It is a story for anyone who has ever wondered—is there more to life? It's a story and a guidebook about knowing when it is time to compose a different life experience, having the courage to make dreams happen, embracing the simple joys of living, and focusing on what is important in life.
Courage and Croissants is aimed at the over one hundred million career professionals between 40-60, in English speaking countries, who are thinking that life needs to shift—whether they need a break from the stresses of modern living, are nearing retirement, yearn for time with their family, or are just tired of the rat race. Not only does it take the reader on the journey of one family’s life transition, it provides guided tips, inspiration and education for those looking to make small and big changes in their lives. It is a narrative guidebook appealing to 40-60 year old career professionals who love to grow and learn, adventuress parents, pre-retirees, armchair travelers, and those who love to travel and experience a different side of life.
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The authors, Suzanne Saxe-Roux Ed.D and Jean Roux MFT, Ph.D., are successful entrepreneurs who have spent the past twenty-five years educating and developing corporate America. Their life work focuses on helping people to develop personally and professionally. Suzanne is founder and past-president of Advance Consulting, Inc, a management consulting and training company and coauthor of The Consultative Approach: Partnering for Results! published by Jossey-Bass, a contributor to Building Bridges, From Writers to Readers, and a SF Examiner.com columnist. Not only are they experts in helping other people through life transitions and transformations and experienced public speakers, they have first hand experience of successfully navigating that process themselves and millions of stories to tell.
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Like, Why French Women Don't get Fat, this book inspires all of us to reexamine how we are living and how we want to live in order to regain balance, good health, and joy. Suzanne and Jean bring to us ideas, how-to's and a fantastic story on how busy urban families can make simple choices on how to live their lives. As a result, stress is reduced, mental and physical health improves, leisure time is truly leisurely and life becomes enjoyable again.
Click here to read a few excerpted chapters from the book.
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