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Book Review
Who Cares What You're Supposed to Do?
Breaking the Rules to Get What You Want in Love, Live, and Work
by Victoria Dickerson, Ph.D.
Publisher: Perigee Books
Published: August 2004
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About the Book
What are you doing with your life?
Have you hit a quarter-life crisis? Is the Big 3-0 looming large? Are you hearing from friends, family, and everyone around you that you're "supposed to":
- Have a fabulous career
- Be financially independent
- Be married with children
- Have your own home
- Enjoy a busy social life
- Have a great body
- AND do it all right?
You are not alone. Women in their twenties and early thirties face greater pressure to succeed than ever before. And those who don't "have it all" can be left feeling guilty, full of doubt, and resentful.
In Who Cares What You're Supposed to Do?, nationally acclaimed clinical psychologist Victoria Dickerson lifts the pressure to "fit in" by showing you how to:
- Decide what you -- rather than society, family, or friends -- really want out of life
- Say "no" to self-doubt -- and diminish its power over you
- Challenge the cultural expectations that pressure you to conform
- Acknowledge and take pride in your unique abilities and accomplishments
- Create a support community that shares your values and accentuates your strengths
Who Cares What You're Supposed to Do? shows women how to put pressures and expectations into perspective and see them as the wonderful options and opportunities they can be.
This book is available from Amazon.com
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About the Author
Victoria Dickerson, Ph.D., has been a nationally acclaimed clinical psychologist for more than twenty-five years, specializing in working with women in their twenties and early thirties. She presents workshops and lectures extensively throughout the country.
The Review
I think that Victoria Dickerson snuck into my home, read through my diaries and said "A ha! OK - this girl needs help. She's on the right path, but I think I'll write her a how-to manual for life to keep her on track." At least that's how I felt when I read Who Cares What You're Supposed To Do?. Much of what is talked about in the book I had already discovered, and had been trying to change in my own life. She gave some pointers on how to do things a bit easier perhaps. But most of all, she took away any remaining guilt I felt in making some of these changes. Great job!
~Trixie, September 2004
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