The 10 Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make After 40

By Tina B. Tessina

Book Overview

The longtime psychotherapist and bestselling author of The 10 Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make Before 40 now turns her attention to the special challenges and opportunities available to women over forty. In midlife, many women find themselves in new circumstances. Mothers whose children are grown discover more free time and consider the option of a return to school or a new career. Movers and shakers may want to consider the possibility of setting up their own businesses. Women of all sorts will find themselves thrust into the role of caretakers to their parents and grandparents. This practical and effective book provides help in mapping out options and outlining strategies for taking complete control of life.In a clear, step-by-step style, Dr. Tessina demonstrates how a woman over forty can make her own best decisions in taking on a new role in the family, caring for aging parents, revitalizing a career, revitalizing friendships and personal relationships and building new ones, staying fit and healthy, managing finances to plan for the future, and discovering and accepting a new mature self.The Ten Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make After Forty is a reference guide and handbook for getting the most out of the second half of life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580631819
• ISBN13: 9781580631815
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Smartest Decision to Write This Book

I read this valuable book and healing tool as part of my annual supplementary reading of a wide selection of creativity-enhancement materials on how to make better decisions--good decisions that don't blindside careers early on or in the golden years. What goes into making a good choice or better decision? It's a fresh approach to recharging plans and purpose using practical applications that solve real problems and get measurable results. What I loved best about reading this book is the section on discovering your dreams, that there's still time to be all that you are able to be, that it is "never too late to be who you might have been." This truth can be explored as readers discover old dreams and new ones. The book defined reality for me as a connoisseur of dream interpretation books. To allow dreams to be be aspirations for me as a reader, led to a plan. And once I had a plan, then I could take steps to make the plan happen, to create something unique. Reading this wonderful book has been a life-enhancing, creativity-enhancing choice. The material in the book is practical, satisfying, and a great healing tool in learning to believe in yourself. It helped me most in prioritizing instead of juggling. #

Fantastic book!

This is a must-read book, especially if you're over 40 or dreading turning 40. Dr. Tessina helped me see that reaching this milestone age is actually an opportunity for a new beginning by viewing life from a new prospective. "The Ten Smartest ecisions A Woman Can Make After Forty" is a most inte guide and handbook for getting the most out of the second part of one's life because Tessina turns her atto the special challenges and opportunities available to women over 40. She believes that by grabbing the reins and taking back control of you'll remove the fear that comes with passing forty and then on a new vista of freedom and opportunity for yourself. After reading this book over and overagain, I can confirm that all women, whether you're just approaching 40, recently turned forty, or have been 39 for years, will find this practicial and informative book filled with mapping options and outlining strategies for taking control of one's life. I can't wait to read her other books because this one is so terrific.

Practical and Empowering

I just turned 40, so with this title I had to read this! I liked that the book focuses on what you can do rather than where you may have gone wrong. The author rightfully stresses that the decisions we make directly affect the quality of our lives, and encourages us to reevaluate our choices according to what we now know. Her advice is both useful and empowering. This is a great gift for anyone facing 40!

Puts Your Life and Your Dreams in Good Order

Tessina tells you exactly how to pull the pieces of your life together the way YOU want them to be. Whether you're a touch over 40 or in your 60s,helpful guidelines explain how to make the hard decisions women face--be they about your health, your friends, finances, your values or your responsibilities. The advice on how to research and think through life changes is most valuable for executing personal decisions and achieving your dreams. She's given me the tools and confidence to go after my dreams. The book energizes you and will alter how you think about yourself and the direction of your life-all for the better.

Great wisdom for women

The big 4-0 can either level us or lift us up. Tina Tessina's book shows us how to embrace our life experiences, use our accumulated wisdom, and create more with the lives that we have. At forty, we're beyond the ego-centric focus of youth (or at least we should be) but we know enough to care for ourselves and make ourselves a priority. I found myself showing passages from this book to my aunts, my 40+ friends, my mother, and anyone else who would listen to me. This book helps us get our priorities in line so that we can walk up through our 40s with strength, not with shame or fear. Now, any friend of mine who's turning 40 is getting a copy of this book.