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germerica11's review against another edition
2.0
was honestly really disappointed with this book. Other than learning the definition of human giver syndrome, i didn’t really take much out of it. I have better book recommendations to come to peace with your self in life and work.
jlrowse's review against another edition
4.0
This is probably be a yearly re-read for me. Thought-provoking, and some of the pages elicited strong emotions (anger, sadness) but well-worth the time spent. I think it will be interesting to revisit it in several months and see whether I've made any progress.
lysmekah's review against another edition
4.0
I wanted to love this book.
The first part was great and I learned a lot. Then I got stalled. For years. I finally came back to finish it, it the last 2/3, while they had some interesting parts and points, felt a little disconnected. It was more like “did you know it’s hard being a woman?” Well - yes. I already knew that. I wanted more depth and meaning. Also still not sure what makes a conductor an expert on burnout and the patriarchy (or even a specialist in sexuality for that matter). So while there were some interesting ideas up front, in the end, it fell a little flat.
The first part was great and I learned a lot. Then I got stalled. For years. I finally came back to finish it, it the last 2/3, while they had some interesting parts and points, felt a little disconnected. It was more like “did you know it’s hard being a woman?” Well - yes. I already knew that. I wanted more depth and meaning. Also still not sure what makes a conductor an expert on burnout and the patriarchy (or even a specialist in sexuality for that matter). So while there were some interesting ideas up front, in the end, it fell a little flat.
sarahknits's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
mvindc's review against another edition
4.0
This was helpful in exploring ways to deal with stress and stressors (and even gave me the language to differentiate between them!). I appreciate that this book is specifically for people who were socialized as women, because there is so much extra bullshit that we have to deal with that leads to our special kind of empathy burnout. This book didn't change my life--there were sections that didn't click for me personally, and that's fine. But it does provide helpful tools for dealing with stress and stressors, for exploring how to find your big picture as a way to reconnect with what drives you, and I really liked the case studies as "real life" examples of how these can play out.
blainewajdowiczblinked's review against another edition
5.0
My therapist and I are reading this together as an exercise. Incredible tools and, more than that, names/conceptualizations/ explanations of how and why we feel the ideas/misconceptions/somatic sensations we do with caregiving role stressors. I will say (and this is my fault as the authors are completely transparent about this in the summary and introduction) we were a little caught off guard how gendered the information and research cited is; however, these tools can still be universally accessed. If anything, the focus on women and female identifying people is needed as there is such a dearth of material in this sphere, and it leaves me with more recognition of my male privilege and in awe and anger of all the roles/responsibilities society places on womyn
t1nys4turn's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
4.0
ccnolan's review against another edition
3.0
Everyone raved, I will not. It was fine. Presented a lot of already familiar info to me, nothing that earth shattering. A few bits of helpful info.
How I rate books:
5 Stars= I absolutely loved it, felt very moved. Extraordinary. Maybe I cried. I rarely give this rating.
4 Stars= Well done. I was well engaged.
3 Stars= I enjoyed it but wasn't wowed. My most common rating
2 Stars=Meh
1 Stars= The kind of book that I feel shouldn't have been published be it might discourage some from becoming readers.
How I rate books:
5 Stars= I absolutely loved it, felt very moved. Extraordinary. Maybe I cried. I rarely give this rating.
4 Stars= Well done. I was well engaged.
3 Stars= I enjoyed it but wasn't wowed. My most common rating
2 Stars=Meh
1 Stars= The kind of book that I feel shouldn't have been published be it might discourage some from becoming readers.
kierstyq's review against another edition
4.0
Relevant, practical, and gave me a great dose of it's not just me feeling this way. Will definitely re-read this one. Agree with others about the references, they were a bit much for me.