Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much (Paperback)

by Anne Wilson Schaef (Author) "We women who do too much find the ending of an old year and the beginning of a new year to be a diffi time..." (more)
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"Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much should be at the top of the stack." -- --New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much speaks directly to the hearts and minds of the millions of women who do too much of everything: work, worry, organize, and take care of everyone in their lives…except themselves. With wisdom, humour, and insight, these meditations – paired with quotations from women of many ages, cultures, and perspectives – help women recognize and change their patterns, slow down, and take the time to listen to their own needs.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco (June 14, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062514377
• ISBN-13: 978-0062514370
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #629,337 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful book for women of all ages., November 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - 10th Anniversary (Paperback)

As a university student I often find myself loaded with work, worries, and rushing. I read a few passages from this book every night to clear my mind, center my thoughts, and see that there is more to life than always being busy. It is wonderfully written and compiled. It applies to many aspects of a woman's life. You don't have to be religious, a mother, or a working woman to get great value from this book.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You need this book., November 14, 2002

By	L. A. Curley "Editor and Indexer" (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much - 10th Anniversary (Paperback)

We women are raised to take care of the world instead of ourselves. Kids, spouses, jobs, parents, organizations, volunteerism all take precedence in our lives over looking out for number one. What women don't realize that if we don't cut back some and take care of ourselves, we will crash, and who will be there to take care of all that we take care of now?

I bought this book after I coordinated a mini-convention, discovered my mother has cancer, my older cat had breast cancer surgery, and I was attending a class on how to deal with my husband's diabetes. With the holidays coming up, my stress levels were raising more than my cholesterol. Something had to give.

Every night this little gem of a book tells me that it's okay to let go, which was the same advice my best friend gave me the night I purchased it. I am not Wonder Woman, so why am I trying? Why do I feel the need to fix everyone and everything in my life except myself? This book will helps me uncover the behaviors affecting my life and then helps me change them.

You need this book. I'm buying three more copies for other women who need them.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why are you overworked?, December 18, 2003

By	"webuffy" (Redondo Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This little day-to-day book may help explain to us why as women we often make life choices that leave us over-worked and feeling bitter and unfulfilled. Using a combination of quotes, questions, and tough-love talk, Anne Wilson Schaef's book sheds some 12-step spiritual-style and common-sense light into the dark corners of the busy-rushaholics- work-aholics life. Give this book to a woman you love or admire who "does too much" and then buy a copy for yourself.