For contemporary women facing complex role-juggling challenges.
Self-Care for the Superwoman: Composing a Balanced Life
By Mary O. Sotile, MA, LPC
This compassionate workshop with an authority on women’s health teaches small changes that make big differences. Drawing material from her recently released book, Letting Go Of What’s Holding You Back and her popular Marriage Skills for Busy Couples: How to Avoid the Supercouple Syndrome, Mary Sotile teaches practical coping strategies gleaned from her more than 30 years of counseling women. Learn what the latest research says about the personal and family effects of multiple roles. Mary shares the real-life solutions discovered by women from all walks of life and in various stages of their journeys. This inspiring presentation will help you to avoid or move beyond the anxiety-guilt-anger triad that so many women report.
Topics include:
- The Truth About Multiple Roles
- The Effects of a Mother’s Work on Her Children
- Is Sequencing the Key?
- Balancing Self-Care with Other-Care
- Resolving Role Conflicts
- What to Do When Your Partner Has a High-Powered Career
- Dealing with Guilt and Anger
- Truth, Power and Wisdom: Women at Midlife
- Finding Your Own Voice
Learning Objective
Following this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the primary determiner of work/life satisfaction for working women
- List at least two findings from research on the effects of a mother’s work on her children
- Discuss the pros and cons of sequencing career involvement in rhythm with family life development
- List at least three characteristics shared by women who report high levels of health and happiness