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Lindstrom Family Auto Wash Not valid with any other offers. Lindstrom Family Auto Wash PROFESSIONAL DETAIL SERVICES Engine Cleaning • Dress (top only) • Express Shampoo Express Wax • Leather Cleaning Conditioner • Complete Interior Exterior Over Spray Removal ARCADIA NEWS ARCADIA NEWS ARCADIA NEWS Page 50 June 2015 BOOK CLUB By Amanda Goossen In Susie Orman Schnall’s second novel, The Balance Project , she tackles the topic of working moms trying to find balance between family and career. Lucy Cooper accepts a job after college that is far from what she expected. With her sights set on a Digital Media position, Lucy has settled to be the assistant to Katherine Whitney, the owner of a multimillion-dollar health and wellness lifestyle company as well as the author of the smash hit, The Balance Project. Katherine’s book is a guide for women on how to have it all, and Lucy is working overtime to help Katherine obtain her own balance. When Lucy’s own life begins to fall apart from her nonstop dedication to her boss, and it becomes obvious that Katherine Whitney might actually be a women teetering on the edge of unbalance, Lucy must make a decision. Does she help the women who she once admired, or does she create a life of which she can truly be proud? The Balance Project , like Schnall’s other novel, On Grace , is heavy in dialogue and incredibly approachable, based on real-life situations you can imagine yourself living. Schnall’s novels are vulnerable, authentic and enjoyable to read. On June 17, author Susie Orman Schnall is coming to Phoenix to meet with the Arcadia News Book Club. We will meet with Schnall at dinner at 5:30 p.m. before her 7 p.m. book event at Changing Hands Book Store in Phoenix. The book event will include readings, an interview and book signing. The book event is open to the public. To get information about the dinner or book event, email Amanda@arcadianews.com. Recently we also had the honor of asking Susie Schnall a few questions about her work. Enjoy her following interview. AN: The Balance Project tells the story of a working mom who seemingly has it all. As a working mom, do you think balance is a myth or can it be accomplished? SS: It depends. Not the most helpful answer, but the truth. I think that many women can achieve balance in their lives; it just has to be a priority for them. I’ve come across many women at all points on this balance spectrum. The women at the pinnacle of high-powered careers and the women just scraping by have, in my opinion, the least opportunity to achieve balance. For them, balance is a luxury they have no time to even contemplate. For everyone else, it’s a matter of owning your choices, embracing your life situation, defining your priorities and then architecting the life that works for you. Sure it’s hard and, sure, we all feel like we’re stretched too thin and there’s not enough time for anything, but if you are committed to being thoughtful about your life and getting unstuck from behaviors that don’t serve you, I absolutely believe you can achieve the form of balance that works for you. I’ve also come across women who don’t actually want balance, it stymies their professional goals – but that’s a whole other story! AN: Along with the book, you’ve created another project centered on balance. Can you tell us a bit about that? SS: I started The Balance Project interview series in January 2014. These interviews, which are at susieschnall.com, ask inspiring and accomplished women for their thoughts on balance and how they deal with the demands of their lives. My goal is not to perpetuate the media’s idealized image of the superwoman having it all. My goal is to show that all women make sacrifices and there’s not a woman out there who is perfectly doing it all, all the time. I’ve interviewed more than 80 women and the response has been incredible. Interviewees tell me they learned so much about themselves from answering the questions. And readers tell me the interviews made them feel much better about themselves because they realize that other women are dealing with the same issues they are. It’s comforting. And it helps to make women feel less inadequate and more empowered. AN: With kids and work, we’ve all found ourselves in one of those completely unbalanced moments. Can you tell us one of your most memorable moments of unbalance? How did you recover? SS: How much time do we have here? There are so many incidents! It’s a swirling, chaotic composite of regrettable – but understandable – moments of me yelling at my kids, toast for dinner, rumpled sweatpants, feeling monumentally overwhelmed and particularly nauseated, and then, ultimately, getting through it. And that’s the thing, I know in the back of my mind that the unbalance only lasts so long and then I get to that magical place where I get enough sleep, I’m kind to my children, the bills get paid on time, the garbage gets to the curb, and there are green (un-raw) vegetables on the table at dinnertime. It’s all about realizing that life happens in phases so I try not to get too down on myself when I’m in a tough phase because I know it won’t last forever. AN: Finding balance has recently become a hot topic. Why do you think women are talking more about this topic? SS: I think we just reached a critical time in our country. The dialogue on this issue from companies, the government, the media, Sheryl Sandberg, feminists and female celebrities all contributed to us feeling like we’re hearing about work-life balance all the time, from all corners. That’s a great thing because it’s so top-of-mind, and it’s forcing decision makers to take it all very seriously. There are also some not-so-great elements because at some level, it becomes noise and people find it easy to tune it out. But I’m happy it’s such a part of the national conversation because I think only good can come of it. And it is abundantly clear that work-life balance is an issue with which every woman struggles. As we all know, once you get us ladies talking about things that we struggle with, we like to keep talking about it! AN: If you suddenly had five hours of freedom (no deadline, children were being expertly cared for) what would you do? SS: I just gasped a little. That sounds dreamy. I’d take an hour-long hike. Then I’d eat ice cream: coffee chip. Next, I’d see an uplifting movie and then I’d fill the rest of the time reading while drinking tea and eating dark chocolate on a lounge chair looking out at the sea. Online interview project leads author to novel idea BOOK OF THE MONTH The Balance Project BY SUSIE ORMAN SCHNALL Changing Hands Book Store 300 W. Camelback Road June 17, 7p.m.

Page 51 June 2015 By Nicholas Smith The Arcadia High School baseball team has made big strides under Troy Gerlach. This year was Gerlach’s third season with the team and he believes the program is in a much stronger place than it was when he got there. “I thought we did a great job this season,” said Gerlach. “We lost a couple games in the middle of the season and that really brought us together as a team. We had our backs against the wall and knew that we had to win out to make the playoffs. The kids had razor-sharp focus.” Gerlach believes that one can see the changes in the team in the way that they prepare and push each other. When he first took over, Gerlach had to stay on top of the kids, motivating them to work hard in the offseason and to play hard each practice. This year, his job has gotten a little easier. “When I first got the job, we’d have a couple good practices a week and a few where we lacked focus,” noted Gerlach. “Now, the kids are holding each other accountable. They know when to buckle down; they’re in the weight room in the offseason. When the coach doesn’t have to be the one disciplining each guy, you know you’re going in the right direction.” Another sign of the change in Arcadia baseball is the amount of kids who are securing college scholarships. Gerlach recalls being told when he first got to the school that he wouldn’t have one kid who would play college baseball. “And we didn’t have one. We had five kids this year,” he said. “It’s been a fun thing to watch the kids get their school paid for and also to see their sense of pride when schools start coming around.” The team has kids going to Gateway Community College, Cornell and Occidental College this season, while some of the younger players have seen interest from Grand Canyon University and Louisiana State University. The attention from schools is clearly a byproduct of the success the Titans have had on the field. The team had three All-City players last year, eight All- Section players and the Section Player of the Year in third baseman Josh Arndt. “These seniors – I’ve been around them almost every day for three years,” said Gerlach, “You get attached to them. This group came in with me three years ago when I was hired and they went up to varsity. They’re a special group and the program is in much better shape now due to them buying in to our coaching and the way in which they led the younger kids.” College scholarships for five Arcadia High baseball players Troy Gerlach coached Arcadia High School varsity baseball for a successful third season.