High-Octane Women: How Superachievers Can Avoid Burnout

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Overview

Today women hold half of all management and professional positions in the United States and female business owners represent one of the fastest-growing markets in this country. In business, as in many other walks of life, the achievements of women are unprecedented.
Unfortunately, there's another, perilous side to this success story. Many bright, ambitious, and highly driven women ultimately burn out. What causes them to give up, melt down, or just walk away when they seem to have it all? And more importantly, what can be done to prevent it?
In this authoritative, well-researched book, full of helpful insights and practical advice, psychologist Dr. ...
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Overview

Today women hold half of all management and professional positions in the United States and female business owners represent one of the fastest-growing markets in this country. In business, as in many other walks of life, the achievements of women are unprecedented.
Unfortunately, there's another, perilous side to this success story. Many bright, ambitious, and highly driven women ultimately burn out. What causes them to give up, melt down, or just walk away when they seem to have it all? And more importantly, what can be done to prevent it?
In this authoritative, well-researched book, full of helpful insights and practical advice, psychologist Dr. Sherrie Bourg Carter draws on her more than fifteen years experience and expertise in stress management to explore the unique challenges that high-achieving women face, including:

? A drive toward perfectionism-feeling that nothing short of perfection in all aspects of life is required for success.
? The increasing demands in the lives of high-achieving women. So they are often expected to do it all-handle a stressful job, maintain a committed relationship, bear children, and assume primary responsibility for the care of home and family.
? Limited or no resources or support.
? Technological innovations, such as BlackBerries and laptops, that have made it seem as if they're on the job 24/7.

To counter the negative repercussions of achieving success, Dr. Bourg Carter prescribes ways for high-octane women to refuel themselves. She emphasizes that women who thrive on challenges can't be asked to just slow down or enroll in a yoga class. Instead, she offers creative ways for women to find balance and rediscover joy in their lives. She charts a course that will enable these accomplished women to remain actively engaged in their professional and family lives, and to once again enjoy their lives more than ever.

Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D. (Coral Springs, FL), is a nationally recognized psychologist who specializes in extreme and traumatic stress in women and children. She has appeared on The Today Show, CNN Headline News, the Oxygen Channel, and Comcast News. She writes as a guest columnist for the Miami Herald's "Work/Life Balancing Act" and is also a featured writer at Excelle.com, a popular women's networking Web site with over 200,000 members. Dr Bourg Carter is the author of five other books and numerous articles in professional journals. She is codirector of the Institute for Behavioral Sciences and the Law and maintains a private practice in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her Web site is high-achievingwomen.com.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781616142209
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
  • Publication date: 11/1/2010
  • Pages: 250
  • Sales rank: 478,897
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.80 (d)
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  • Posted December 11, 2010

    An Amazing Book

    I used to feel strange and out of place when I worked 12 hours a day, six days a week, almost all year long. I felt even more out of place when a vacation for me was mountain-climbing and hang-gliding. My family just didn't understand how being an executive in the fashion business meant nonstop striving for high achievement day in and day out. Dr Bourg Carter's book taught me that there were others out there just like myself and that being a High Octane Women was not a bad thing. Moreover, she taught me how not to burn out by relazing the way I relax and not the way someone else says I should relax. High Octane Women also helpled my husband to better understand me and my style of experencing the world. Thank you Dr. Bourg Carter for writing about me... and a lot of others just like me.

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  • Posted December 9, 2010

    Must-read for all women!!!

    This is a great book for women of all ages who feel like they're juggling a hundred balls in the air and want to reduce the stress in their lives. It offers practical advice in an easy-to-read format. Chapters cover everything from workplace stressors to technolological stressors to personal and social stressors, and each chapter offers suggestions on how to reduce those stressors in our lives. It also would be a great gift for successful, on-the-go women who could use a quick, easy-to-read book to reduce stress and stay off the road to burnout.

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