Life Lessons For Women: 7 Essential Ingredients for a Balanced Life
Life Lessons For Women: 7 Essential Ingredients for a Balanced Life
This brand new series adds practical life lessons to the classic model of heartfelt storytelling.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Add heaping handfuls of caring, love and charity–serves all
This book is in the format of the beloved “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series and consists of stories from the lives of women; women who work on the PTA, women who have an extraordinary child named Joel who makes flag safety pins for everyone in the post office after the anthrax scare moved him to action. And also women who have had to stay calm while removing handfuls of peanut butter from the cat or toilet seat. There is a check list about life and what you really want from it–a helpful exercise for anyone to sit down and take stock of things that matter. This is a perfect Mother’s Day or birthday or anniversary gift for any woman on your list. And a fun read, too. Enjoy.
5 Stars A Great Book!
I love this book. I’ve never read any other “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books before, but this one caught my eye. I absolutely relate to the 7 essential ingredients for a balanced life. I also found the quotes in each section to be really meaningful. If you’re a stressed out woman, trying to figure out what happened, this book will help you explore your needs, thoughts and feelings.
5 Stars No Regrets
I’ve been reading self help books for 25 years but this one is the one that changed my life. The stories combined with practical tools and exercises helped me to make the changes I’ve wanted to make forever, but simply couldn’t until this book.
I’ve always tried to be what you OTHERS wanted me to be. That is a lot of work, and not very satisfying. The *Questions Worth Asking* were wonderful. The one that really made me stop and think was: When I’m 80, what will I regret having done or not done? My answer, which shocked me — was to dance. So, at the magic age of 45, I started salsa classes, and I’m having the time of my life!
This book taught me how to be fearless and how to live my dreams. Thank you, Stephanie!
5 Stars Life’s Lessons Dor Women: 7 Essential Ingredients for a bala
I love this book. As always the Chicken Soup stories are wonderful and in
this new book they perfectly relate to each topic they introduce. But
what’s incredible about Life Lessons for Women is that it presents a simple,
do-able plan to simplify and enrich your life. Somehow Marston
makes you feel as if this is the book you’ll truly incorporate into your
life. The vision of what your life will become is believable. Looking at
issues like “Recognize What’s Important” and making a “Top Ten Values You
Use to Define Yourself” and evaluating whether they are reflected in your
everyday life immediately changes your perspective and gives you the
nudge needed to rearrange priorities. Through reading this book,
you will give yourself permission to put yourself at the top of your “to do
list.” This is a well-balanced, complete guide for changing your life,
presented in a way that you can immediately start applying it and reap the
benefits from the get go. A must for anyone from a stressed-out professional
to a frazzled mom!
5 Stars Hotter and More Nurturing than Chicken Soup
Listen, I’m not your average Chicken Soup reader. (The books are fine. They’re just not my particular cup of…tea, soup, or what have you.) But I have two other wonderful books by Marston on my shelf, namely her parenting book, “The Magic of Encouragement,” and her book for midlife women, “If Not Now When,”—both of which I love and return to often. So, on impulse, I picked up Marston’s Chicken Soup/Life Lessons book last night, and I’m already a happy grrrllll as a result. (A good self-help book that’s also fun to read is truly a thing of beauty—and all too rare.)
Okay, opening at random, page 201, “Create a Passion Kit,” to bring “a sense of joy, creativity and playfulness back in your life..” Hey, which one of us wouldn’t benefit from a little of that?! (And the book is packed with delightful stories to illustrate Marston’s suggestions.)
Page 194: “It’s time to be outrageous. What do you have to lose?” What indeed?
In short, it’s a smart, charming, useful, extremely entertaining book. Buy it. You won’t be sorry. I’m here on Amazon because I’m planning to buy a few more copies as gifts for friends.
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