WOMEN AWAKEN AND RECLAIM THEMSELVES NO LONGER SLEEPWALKING THROUGH MARRIAGE, MOTHERING, WORK, AFFAIRS…
Women today between the ages of 30 and 60 are ‘awakening’, and rediscovering their needs and desires in record numbers.
RECLAIMING OURSELVES: HOW WOMEN DISPEL A LEGACY OF BAD CHOICES offers solutions and methods for women to get themselves back and begin new lives in the process. “This pattern, of sleepwalking “ explains relationship expert Barash, “ can be perpetuated for a lifetime. Unless a woman is willing to soul search, reclaim herself, and begin again. The key is there in each of us.”
The areas in which women lose their way include:
- Marriage: This becomes the ultimate out-of-body experience for many women. The illusion fades and we are left consumed with loneliness.
- Mothering: Society encourages motherhood even as it reviles it. Women come to realize this role envelopes us without just rewards.
- The Lull of Love and Materialism: Women continue to be drawn to men as providers. Even as women achieve independence, they will search for a partner who is successful financially.
- Affairs: A timeless form of escape, women take lovers today with a striking absense of guilt. Women find lovers while immersed in unhappy unions and view these men as “ wake-up” calls.
- Divorce & Singlehood: Divorce, another form of a wake-up call, forces women to be stronger and more autonomous. Women break free in their ‘singlehood’ and discover what life offers.
- Remarriage: If a woman has not soul searched and experienced time alone, she is not ready for a second marriage. Only when we have reclaimed ourselves can we remarry with confidence and self- knowledge.
- Family Links: Mothers, brothers, sisters — whatever dysfunction exists in a family continues into adulthood and causes insecurity in our lives. It is only when women accept the limitations and qualities of these familiy bonds that they are free of them.
- Careers: Confusion sets in early with the mixed societal message. Those women who are successful in the workplace are often “asleep” when it comes to finances. Women who take charge of their careers and financial situation are the ones who thrive.
Barash provides women with proof of reclamation: a raised consciousness about themselves, insight, solace and guidance.