The Overfunctioning Woman's Handbook: Uncommon Sense to Dal with Impossible Jobs and Impossible People

by Rosalynn Rivkin and Sally Park Rubin

Book Overview

A practical guide addressing such issues such as anxiety, saying NO, choosing not to do things, how to make anger a tool for constructive change, and how to best define success on one s own terms. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979680700
• ISBN13: 9780979680700
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Oinfroin Media
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An Important Topic in this Special Book

Mothering is probably the most important job most of us have ever done, in this new fast culture we don't have many models of how we go out to hunt buffalo in the modern world. This book is a balance that is constantly bringing us home to base with tons of information about alternative routes to keeping it all together and getting everyone's needs met. I found this book to be a lighthouse of such pertinent information. It will save you from looking back after all is said and done and wishing you had done it a different way, or done more. Thank you for this gem of support.

Great advice delivered with alacrity and humor, a super read

The ideas and tips in this funny, crisply written book really really help a modern woman cope with all the wonderful, yet still overwhelming responsibilities she faces day in and day out. Self confidence and peace of mind when things get tough are two of the primary gifts of this book.

Best Handbook for Women

I love this book. Even after reading it cover to cover, I frequently pick it up and go right my dogearred pages. This book proved to me that there are Impossible People all around us and it's okay to set boundaries for yourself. Also, because of these Impossible People and our various different upbringings, we tend to overfunction. If you tend to be a "yes" woman, work harder and harder to please, then this book is for you. Find out about unchoosing Impossible People in your life and learn how to internally raise yellow or red flags when being introduced to these people or these situations.

Who me???

> "A good friend of mine gave me this book - I thought it was a joke until I read the first 3 pages .... I read it and realized like everything else I was pushing through it - I have since stopped after a few pages to absorb what I have read ... it's like looking in a mirror . <br />Now, I'm getting copies for my daughters, sisters, and some of my friends." <br />And I am still overfunctioning but I am now paying attention - and who knows what may happen next? <br />

Amazing just amazing

This is to all the people who are females or who know a female they care about or are married to or whatever their situation is. This book is a must read. Once you start reading it, you can't put it down. It is an awesome book. You will see things differently after reading it. Even guys could learn a thing or two on why woman do what they do.