In this book, I'm going to talk about my husband and kids a lot, because that's the world I'm in (and because I love them). But I don't want this book to exclude you if you're not married, or don't have kids. For a while there I thought I was going to be a single mom—I was 29, in the middle of a divorce, and looking up sperm donors on the internet. So no judgment from me if you haven't followed the same path I have.

This book is for women who are doing big things in their careers, but also want to manage their personal lives well—whatever that means for you. So I've got chapters devoted to marriage and parenting, because this is what personal life looks like for a lot of us, and that's where gender roles mess with our heads the most. But I hope if you don't conform to the “husband and 2.5 kids” model, you still get a lot out of this book. If you're a woman who wants to rise without compromise, you're one of us.