Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

A weekend to change your life, find your authentic self after a lifetime of being all things to all people, Joan Anderson

eng

no index present

non fiction

A weekend to change your life

61821957

Joan Anderson

find your authentic self after a lifetime of being all things to all people

After years of focusing on the needs of others as a wife and mother, Anderson devoted a year to rediscovering herself and reinvigorating her dreams. The questions she asked herself and the insights she gained became the core of the popular weekend workshops she developed to help others like her. This book brings Anderson's techniques to women everywhere, providing a step-by-step path readers can follow at their own pace. Drawing on her own life and the experiences of the women she meets at her workshops, Anderson shows women how to move beyond the roles they play in relationship to others and reclaim their individuality. She illuminates the rewards of nurturing long-neglected talents, revitalizing plans sacrificed to the demands of family life, and redefining oneself by embracing new possibilities.--From publisher description

Pre-weekend : Understand your need for change. Wake up, sister, it's your turn -- Friday : The importance of retreat. Selfhood begins by walking away -- Friday evening : Retrieve your raw material self. Put yourself back together, piece by piece -- Saturday : Repair body and soul. Turn up the silence, turn down the voices. Body and soul -- Sunday morning : Regroup by finding balance and boundaries. Surrender everyone else's expectations -- Sunday afternoon : Regenerate by embracing your second journey. Gather your strengths and sponsor yourself -- Post-retreat : Return. Decide to be new in an old place. Afterword : Connecting the dots