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Wander Woman: How high achieving women find contentment and direction

I just finished reading this fabulous book that made me feel like the author had been following me around and getting to know me better than I knew myself.  I kept finding myself saying, “Aha, so that’s why I do that!” and “So, I’m not crazy after all – other women feel this way, too.”  And stuff like that. 

Author Marcia Reynolds, PhD, has described me to a tee. 

And I believe that she may have your number, too. 

Check out her insightful book about women who want more out of life and who feel like it’s out there for them if they could only put their finger on what’s missing. 

Boy do I know that feeling!  That’s the reason I’m a life coach today – I had that feeling, found my own path to fulfillment, and now want to help other women find their path.

I had the good fortune to speak with Dr. Reynolds on a conference call just the other day along with a handful of other “wander” women. 
What a wonderful experience – to have a dialogue with the author of such an inspirational work!  Her energy and enthusiasm for spreading the work about all of us Wander Women seems to be limitless. 

Read it yourself and let me know what you think!
~Margie

I have this girlfriend who spends quite a bit of our time together being critical. 

If I share something cool that I’ve done or am getting ready to do, she’ll remind me that I’m probably not as successful as I think.  That always gives me pause.  Which is probably good for me, right?  She’s usually willing, when I ask, to tell me the ways I haven’t met my goals and high standards (which she shares, too), despite my efforts.  She can be relentless in her pursuit of perfection.  And I find myself buying right into it, even though it usually feels kinda yucky.

But all in all, she isn’t unkind.  We are seriously bonded friends and I think that for the most part she has my best interest at heart. 

Besides, we’ve been dear friends for as long as I can remember. 

It isn’t so easy to just stop being friends with someone like her.  She’s very cool and popular, she makes me laugh, and she’s always there for me.  Really, she is.  There were many times I felt like no one was on my side and she would be the one who was there for me.  Still, she tends to be critical and judgmental.  Always with an eye towards self-improvement and doing what’s best (supposedly). 

Do you know the kind of friend I’m talking about?

I can’t be the only one who has a friend like that, can I?  I don’t think I am.  But guess what?  Read the rest of this entry »