{"product_id":"having-it-all-isbn-9780470846872","title":"Having It All?","description":"We are so lucky; we can have everything: dazzling careers,financial success, happy and fulfilling emotional lives,well-adjusted children, a strong and supportive intimaterelationship, friends, a social life, be feminine and look lovelytoo. Can't we?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e No. Most women find themselves lacking somewhere and how much westruggle towards achieving all this depends on how much we'veabsorbed this 21st century myth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr Paula Nicloson is an expert on gender relations and reproductivehealth. She shows us how psychological theories explain women'sdesires and their experiences at home and work and offers solutionsto help us when the balance feels like it's tipping one way oranother. Easy to read and reassuring, keep it handy for when youhave to make decisions about home-life versus career, who you arenow and who you want to be in the future. About the author.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Who should read this book, and why?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1 Making Choices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Choices for today's Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Today's Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Identifying the pressures: what we want, what we don'twant.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exposing the myth of Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Being true to yourself: making your own choices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2 The Superwoman Syndrome.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The heart of women's psychology?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Historical background.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Women's minds and women's lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Who is a Superwoman?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The history of today's Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Superwoman Quits!!!' - reasoned withdrawal orbacklash politics?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The heart and mind of Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What women want.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Controlling women's bodies and minds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Superwoman rising from the ashes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3 Psychological survival and managing your 'self'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The psychodynamic approach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Presenting your self.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Choice and preference: clues to our self-awareness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What do we need? What do we want?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fulfilment and health.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Self-actualisation and psychological type.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Superwomen, choices and having it all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I know who I am.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What have feelings got to do with it?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mind the gap!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Self-fulfilment and the emergence of our personalSuperwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What others do to you.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Being confident in adversity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4 Myth, magic or just hard work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What type of Superwoman are you?: Are you sure you should bedoing this?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Describing Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Real and false choices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Beware of the false self.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The real self: understanding our drives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What about Superwoman?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What kind of Superwoman are you?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But really - who are you?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5 The rise of Superwoman\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From fear of success to emotional intelligence Women'smotives at work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fear of success: the myth of the passive woman?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Femininity and passivity: women's natural self?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Different bodies, different minds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Freud and femininity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Biology, genes, brains and gender.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From different psychologies to better psychologies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Emotional intelligence and female natures: are we the winnersnow?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Emotional competence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6 It is still a man's world!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Having it all at work: Having it all - at work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Real women's lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conflicts at work: challenges to having it all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Beware of hazards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mapping the territory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Barriers to success and the downfall of a Queen Bee.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Overcoming internal barriers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Overcoming external barriers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7 Motherhood versus the glittering career.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coping with the backlash Lifestyle choices for Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Expectations versus reality: what do you do when the babyarrives?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You can still find a pathway to success!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The emancipation of mothers: an oxymoron!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The role of fathers in the lifestyle choice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Superwoman and the backlash against feminism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: You don't need to do it all and youdon't need to lose it all!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8 Coping with stress.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Superwoman says 'no!' Juggle don'tstruggle!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Stress and Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Recognising stress in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How to cope with stress.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Breaking the stress\/burn-out cycle?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Assertiveness - saying 'no'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9 Challenging choices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Working with what you've got!: So who has problemsnow?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Women joining in.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Choices for today's Superwoman.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Further information.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes and references.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  \"…If you feel that you are about to make choices or are unhappy with your day-to-day life, then read Paula Nicolson's book…\" (familyonwards.com, 24 October 2002)  \u003cp\u003e\"...offers particularly reassuring advice...\", January 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…Easy to read and reassuring, keep it handy for when you have to make decisions about home-life versus career…\" (Rollercoaster.ie – Competition, 17 January 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Nicolson\u003c\/b\u003e is an expert on gender relations and reproductive health. Her work shows how psychological theories explain women's desires and their experiences at home and work.\u003c\/p\u003e  Can women really have it all?  \u003cp\u003eWomen today feel under pressure - from films, TV, magazines - to be great at everything they touch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking a fresh look at this idea of the modern Superwoman - fascinating career, model family, hectic social life - Paula Nicolson unravels the unattainable myth from workaday reality and so helps women take back control of their lives. Using self-tests to aid decision-making and identify areas of stress and anxiety, \u003ci\u003eHaving It All?\u003c\/i\u003e prompts women to ask themselves the right questions about their lives and examine the choices they face in order to learn what is really important.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaving It All?\u003c\/i\u003e takes you off the treadmill and helps you find your ways to win!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989347713253,"sku":"NP9780470846872","price":33.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470846872.jpg?v=1761783760","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/having-it-all-isbn-9780470846872","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}