Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Women (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series) - Softcover

Carlson, Kristine; Carlson, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786886021 ISBN 13: 9780786886029

Publisher: Balance, 2001

Synopsis

Featured in Don't Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine Carlson Story starring Heather Locklear, premiering on Lifetime

Examining the stresses and burdens that women are often confronted with--whether in the boardroom or the office bullpen, in relationships, or among friends--New York Times bestselling author Kris Carlson gives you proven strategies for balancing yourself within a chaotic world and finding ways do what you like best. Her insights reveal how to:

• Stop comparing yourself to the media measuring stick
• Keep your well-being intact
• Create memories for yourself and those you love
• Avoid getting over-committee-d

About this title

About the Author

Kristine Carlson is the author of Heartbroken Open, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Moms, and Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love, and coauthor with her late husband, Richard Carlson, of An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love and Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love. She was married to Richard Carlson and lives in Northern California with her two daughters.

Reviews

An easy-to-read collection of short essays meant to uplift and inspire soccer moms everywhere, this addition to the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series offers nothing more nor less than its predecessors. Carlson (whose husband, Richard, wrote the original book) joined him in writing Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love. This time, she relates many first-person stories from her own life and those of her friends in a just-between-us-girls tone that's based in part on gender stereotypes (e.g., "our gift of female intuition"; "our sensitive natures"). Her chatty pep talks cover such topics as comparing oneself to media images, overextending oneself, preventing and coping with stress and learning to say "no." Carlson advises women to appreciate their children's "fleeting" childhoods, to speak and listen from a place of love, to swallow angry words and gossip, to take time for themselves, to nurture friendships with other women and to keep tabs on their financial position and marketability in case they lose their spouse through death or divorce. Unfortunately, she misses a few good opportunities to offer important information, as in her breezy entries on PMS and mammograms. Aimed at people whose problems are mostly "small stuff," this small tome offers little to offend and much to calm and comfort. (Apr.)Forecast: Though probably destined to join the other Don't Sweat the Small Stuff titles on the bestseller list, this one faces more competition than the first books in the series did, and may not match their numbers in the long-term.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Balance
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0786886021
• ISBN 13: 9780786886029
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 289