A full life requires cultivation. The minute we take our
hands off the plow, fail to reseed, forget to fertilize,
we've lost our crop. And yet, most women I know, while in
the service of some greater good have let their very lives
wilt on the vine.
Having been taught the fine art of
accommodation, most of us have developed a knack for
selfless behavior. We've dulled our personal lives while
propping up everyone else's, and we're no longer able even
to imagine having any sort of adventure, romance, meaning,
or purpose for ourselves. In short, we've gotten way off
track and taken the wrong road to self-satisfaction,
foolishly thinking that after all of the doing, giving,
trying, and overworking someone will offer us a reward. But
Prince Charming was a bad joke and all the fairy godmothers
are dead. Instead of happy ever after, most of us end up
with the ache. We wake up each day with an inner
gnawing, a hunger for more, a craving for an overhaul, but
we are too listless, tired, or depressed to do anything
about it. We have spent the greater part of our lives
pouring ourselves out like a pitcher. No wonder we feel so
empty. But we lack the necessary energy, a helpful roadmap,
and any type of guidance and support. Well, it's time to
change all of that.
---From A Weekend to Change
Your Life
New York Times bestselling author
Joan Anderson gives women practical advice and inspiration
for building creative, independent, and fulfilling lives
through discovering who they truly are and who they can
be.
Like Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way,
Joan Anderson's bestselling A Year by the Sea
revealed a far larger than expected constituency, in the
form of thousands of women struggling to realize their full
potential. 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 Anderson developed to help
women figure out how -- after being all things to all
people -- they can finally become what they need to be for
themselves. A Weekend to Change Your Life 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 on 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. Through
illustrations and gentle instruction, 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.
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