cover image I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke: Six Power Solutions for Women with Too Much to Do

I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke: Six Power Solutions for Women with Too Much to Do

Mary LoVerde. Fireside Books, $13.95 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-684-85419-9

For women particularly working mothers who are trying to manage their way out of chaos, former Hypertension Research Center director Mary LoVerde (Stop Screaming at the Microwave) offers a different approach: instead of struggling to organize one's environment, one can give up the need for control and find more energy and contentment. Written with wit and down-to-earth style, I Used to Have a Handle on Life but It Broke: Six Power Solutions for Women with Too Much to Do includes suggestions for using ""microactions"" to accomplish goals and to anticipate one's Achilles' heel the vulnerabilities that lead to anxiety and controlling behavior. (Apr.)