Synopses & Reviews
Being caring and compassionate is important--but too many women allow the weight of others' needs to press so hard on them that they find they often fail to speak up for what they want and need. And women do this all the time. It's time for these women to stop worrying quite so much about everyone else--and start taking care of themselves. In Stop Giving It Away, therapist Cherilynn Veland utilizes her twenty-plus years of counseling experience to untangle what binds so many women to other people's needs, wants, and expectations, and to build a case for what these women can do to make changes that will help them live more fulfilling personal and professional lives. Illustrating her points with real-life stories of women who--to the detriment of their relationships and personal happiness--have given away too much at home and at work, Veland provides readers with a toolkit for recognizing and analyzing unhealthy behaviors, developing healthy relationship strategies, and setting good personal boundaries. Accessible, entertaining, and illuminating, Stop Giving It Away is a book for every woman who tends to put everyone else first--and herself last.
Review
"An insightful guide to navigating life's complexities."
—Melody Beattie, bestselling author of Codependent No More, The Language of Letting Go.
Synopsis
• National statistics on the twenty most common occupations for women and men show a huge gender disparity in the type of professions where women dominate: caring and service jobs are held predominantly by women. • The value that women provide in informal care to spouses, parents, parents-in-law, friends, and neighbors is estimated at $148 billion to $188 billion annually. • Women--even those who have full-time jobs--still provide the majority of childcare and housework care for their families. • Women are twice as likely to experience anxiety as men. • 1 in 4 women will require treatment for depression in their lifetime (versus 1 in 10 for men).
Synopsis
Winner of the National Indie Excellence Book Award for Women's Issues in 2015, Stop Giving It Away untangles what binds so many women to other people's needs, wants and expectations. Cherilynn Veland, a social worker, counselor and coach, builds a case for what women can do to make changes that will help them live more fulfilling personal and professional lives.
Stop Giving It Away illustrates real-life stories of women who―to the detriment of their relationships and personal happiness―have given away too much at home and at work. The book offers a toolkit for recognizing and analyzing unhealthy behaviors, developing healthy relationship strategies, and setting good personal boundaries.
Accessible, entertaining, and illuminating, Stop Giving It Away is a book for every woman who tends to put everyone else first―and herself last.
Synopsis
• Targeting Chicago radio and TV shows for interviews. • Contacting magazines and publications geared to women and their personal and professional development with excerpts/feature ideas. • Submitting to Publishers Weekly • Coordinated social media campaign on author's Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn, and Twitter • Promotion on author's website and on PsychCentral website
Synopsis
An empowering guide designed to help women break free from the trappings of the needs, wants, and whims of other people--and the self-imposed limitations that are keeping them from happiness.
About the Author
Cherilynn Veland has worked extensively in psychiatric settings, child welfare agencies, domestic violence, sexual assault, and substance abuse treatment programs, and has consulted for corporate and employee assistance programs. A clinical social worker licensed through the State of Illinois to