Martha to the Max: Balanced Living for Perfectionists [Paperback]

Debi Stack (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000

Like the Martha of Jesus' day, so many women are preoccupied with being the perfect hostess, wife, mother, worker that it leaves many of them angry, frenzied, and depressed. In Martha to the Max, Debi Stack uses humor to bring great relief and encouragement to today's Marthas. This entertaining adventure will help readers view and use their abilities in a way that brings a smile to the face of God. Debi gives plenty of practical tips on slowing down and focusing on the 'one thing' Jesus said is needed.

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About the Author

DEBI STACK, with her crowd-pleasing style that is funny and fast, conducts workshops on writing and goal-setting.  She uses humor to address women who struggle with overcommitment, perfectionism, and stress.  Debi has been an editor, teacher, and ghostwriter, and her humerous essays or features have appeared in magazines such as Writer's Digest, Moody, Kansas City Family, and The Kansas City Star Magazine.  Debi, her husband Neil, and their children, Elizabeth and Andrew, live in Missouri.
c.2000

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Moody Publishers; New Edition edition (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802453899
• ISBN-13: 978-0802453891
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Humorous Help for Maxed Out Women Everywhere, October 27, 2000

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Alyeska (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martha to the Max: Balanced Living for Perfectionists (Paperback)

Boy, this woman is inside my head. Look in the dictionary under "Type A Personality," and you'll see my picture -- a stressed-out wife/mom/daughter/employee/volunteer/etc., etc., etc. Thankfully, Debi Stack understands people like me and has provided practical and FUNNY solutions for handling my perfectionistic madness! I really like the way she uses Martha of Bethany ("Lord, make my sister help me with dinner!") to put a non-threatening, spiritual spin on her insights.

I guess I should have known this was a great book. It's been endorsed by lots of famous Christian women authors and speakers, like Patsy Clairmont, Annie Chapman, Mary Whelchel and Bunny Wilson. They knew a good thing when they saw it, and you'll know it when you see this book, too!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Encouraged without condemnation, August 16, 2000

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"cojo580" (Overland Park, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martha to the Max: Balanced Living for Perfectionists (Paperback)

There is a little Martha in all of us. In her book Debi Stack has made me realize that Jesus loved Martha too! He wants us to learn to set the right priorites in our lives and not be MAXED OUT. The book brings issues to light with humor and Debi backs up her thoughts with Scripture. Her thoelogy is sound. Her humor is pure delight! I can not wait to see what Debi will do in her next book. This book brings to light those attributes that the world views as virtues, but in reality keeps us running so hard and so fast that we forget how to slow down, and rest ourselves in the Lord. Do not miss this eye opening, rib tickling look at our Marthaness. You will be so glad that you did.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectionism with humor, November 7, 2001

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S. dearing "sgfoods2" (los angeles, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Martha to the Max: Balanced Living for Perfectionists (Paperback)

I LOVED this book! Debi Stack writes with laugh-out-loud humor with a very compassionate approach to perfectionists. As a life long perfectionist, I felt so much better after reading this book. She is reassuring and non judgemental in discussing and analyzing what perfectionists do and why. She shares from her own experience, as a recovered perfectionist, and also from the experience of other female perfectionists and her humor is enough to make ANY perfectionist lighten up! A very well written analysis of the Martha/Mary styles. Even if you are not a "Christian" this book will delight you and help you to overcome those perfectionist tendencies.