About this book: Why Now, for Whom, How Different?

More and more achieving women are not waking up inspired, and beginning to ask “Is this all there is?” How will women’s search for meaning become the new story for the 21st century? Do we have a healthy revolution brewing?

• It’s time for a new conversation about how we create success. More professional women are ready to redefine success to prioritize well-being, spirituality, and meaningful work rather than sacrifice these while trying to climb and compete in ways that are often out of sync with her true nature.
  
  
• Imagine the draw of a purpose-driven life tailored to the needs and sensibilities of today’s white collar woman who values fulfillment and flexible choices for her own version of feminine achievement.
  
  
• We need to go beyond the tired, ineffective tips about work-life balance. It’s time to learn how we actually can pursue both a healthy, joyful spirit and real world ambition with an integrated approach.
  
  
• Where most people get stuck is, “How can I actually create a more inspired life and still pay my bills?” (Parables and platitudes are not enough.) They need pragmatic help with integrating spiritual growth, healthy habits and professional accomplishment. This is not taught in school or on the job. This book equips readers with a toolkit and compelling roadmap with 10 stations on a Life Fitness Trail.
  
  
• In spite of our accumulation of stuff and technology, we are experiencing a poverty of inspiration. Lack of inspiration is expensive. It’s a threat to our personal, career, economic and global health. We are at the threshold of redefining success and reclaiming true prosperity.
  
  
• Wall Street Journal writer, Sue Shellenbarger was so deluged with emails from one column that she responded with her book, “The Breaking Point; How Female Midlife Crisis is Transforming Today’s Women.” She reports that 69% of women are searching for ways to gain control over their lives. An AARP survey reports that 88% of midlife women say spirituality is extremely important to them. (Younger professionals are also more interested in mind-body-spirit principles and quality of life.)
  
  
• Rather than view this as a crisis, Wake Up Inspired applauds the healthy restlessness of these “Seeker-Achievers” as good news.
  
  
• Time magazine quips “There has never been a better time to have a midlife crisis than now.” Fast Company magazine is now saying that women aren’t opting out of business so much as they are choosing to create their own version, or what author Marian Baker calls the new story of Inspired Success.
  
  
• The blend of mind-body-spirit fuel and strategic pragmatism (and not too much esoteric woo-woo) is especially salient for this audience. The reader will gain validation that she’s among millions of other bright achievers who share her aspirations and challenges. (Author Marian Baker coaches many professionals who still ask, “Am I your only client who feels this way?”) We want to offer each reader real hope and relevant action steps.
  
  
• The book also challenges self help myths, expanding on why goal setting doesn’t work, how balance is not a math problem and having a plan is not the answer--- and what does work, based on decades of study and hundreds of clients’ real life experiences.
  

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