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cubadianmom3's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
katenetz's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
Turns out that reading this book the week before you head off on a self-imposed retreat weekend is a really great idea. Like many "self-help" books you can pick and choose which parts work for you, but I highly recommend this book for people checking in on their own wellness. Two years into parenthood and 11 years into marriage, I would have said I had a clear grasp of myself. But I do not. This book helped me see myself more clearly and give me a direction to move in as I learn about who I am and what I need again.
saunteringvaguelydownward's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
mchelle_muses's review against another edition
3.0
The concept is excellent. The intended audience seems to be women who are experiencing the life change that comes with children leaving home or retirement. The author speaks from a place of overwhelming privilege. However, if you can look past that, the book offers a lot of wisdom and good advice, even for younger women.
liz_germany's review against another edition
3.0
This was an ok book but it seemed like the author focused too much on quoting other authors and too little on her own message. Although it had some good information I didn't think most of it was relevant to where I am currently in my life.
msccrawford's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't agree with a lot of what she said to do and a lot of it was about her. I wasn't that into it and didn't finish reading it.
javalette's review
2.0
The concept of this book intrigued me but I found it pretty boring and trite. Bummer!
rvingdebra's review against another edition
3.0
As a self-help book, this is a good sequel to her memoir, Year by the Sea. If you enjoyed that and wanted to have something similar in your life, this book gives you the steps to take to do it. I liked how she encourages women to make time for ourselves and to spend time considering what we need and want. The exercises are very do-able and in some cases similar to others in other books. It was a great refresher on those things we know to be true but still find hard to do sometimes. You certainly can read the book without doing the exercises and get some good nuggets of information and great quotes I have taken from it, but why not try to work though it as well and perhaps learn even more. I gave it three stars as I felt she didn't always go deep enough to help us understand better to get even more from the exercises. She assumes you have read Year by the Sea and references it often without giving detail. I would have liked to hear more about her own changes, and even her husbands, to gain more insights like one would if attending one of her retreats.
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