AUSTIN, TX -- "As I look back over my 50 years, I can see how I've always been eager to call for a 'Do-Over!'" says Ann Daly PhD, a journalist-turned-women's-studies-professor-turned-life-coach. "And I'm not alone. Women are reinventing themselves with a frequency and intensity that could hardly be imagined by our mothers' generation."
Dr. Daly is author of Do-Over! How Women Are Reinventing Their Lives, a new audiobook scheduled for release in February 2010.
"But women make three common mistakes," Dr. Daly says, urging her readers to avoid these pitfalls:
1. Confused Purpose. These days, it's common to read or hear about a heroic woman who has quit her job to start a non-profit and save the world. That's certainly admirable, but it's not for everyone. Don't insist on finding a grand purpose that isn't yours, just because you think you "should." Make it authentic. Purpose isn't just about doing something. It's also about being someone.
2. Insufficient Passion. Similarly, you've got to find what's really yours to love, even if the rest of the world doesn't value it. No one gave a hoot about French cooking in America before Julia Child decided to share her passion for it. A Do-Over! challenges us to the core, so you need to have passion in abundance to get through the rough patches.
3. Poor Planning. You can't wing a Do-Over! Big or small, it needs to be thought-through ahead of time. Not only do you need to consider the pragmatics of change, but you also need to consider how you will handle the push-back you're likely to get from your family, friends, or co-workers.
Do-Over! is part memoir, part self-help, and part girl talk. It features 13 personal essays about all kinds of women who are reaching for something more. You'll hear about the rocket-scientist-turned-entrepreneur, the restless retiree, and the author's own mom.
To download a media kit or listen to sample audio tracks:
http://www.anndaly.com/do-over.html
Do-Over! includes a series of four free companion workbooks to help readers, wherever they are in life, create their own personalized reinvention roadmaps:
* Motherhood (for moms who do it all)
* Career (for working women with ambitions)
* Transition (for women who are reaching for something more)
* Prime Time (for women over 50 who know the best is yet to come)
Do-Over! How Women Are Reinventing Their Lives
by Ann Daly PhD
audiobook (70 minutes) with 4 companion workbooks (downloadable online)
ISBN 978-0-9797295-2-2
Running time: approx. 70 min.
Austin, TX: Wollemi Pine Press
$16.95
Release: February 2010
ANN DALY PhD (www.anndaly.com) empowers women to get clear about what they want and how to get it. Before reinventing herself as a life coach and consultant, she was a journalist and then a women's studies professor. She is the "Transitions" coaching columnist for Your Austin magazine and author of Clarity: How to Accomplish What Matters Most and A Year of Clarity: The Monthly Guide for Women. She has been featured on Oprah & Friends' "Peter Walsh Show" and in the Austin American-Statesman. Visit the Do-Over! web page at:
http://www.anndaly.com/do-over.html
To request a review copy or schedule an interview, contact Ann Daly at: 512/454-0531 or media (at) anndaly (dot) com.
Dr. Daly is author of Do-Over! How Women Are Reinventing Their Lives, a new audiobook scheduled for release in February 2010.
"But women make three common mistakes," Dr. Daly says, urging her readers to avoid these pitfalls:
1. Confused Purpose. These days, it's common to read or hear about a heroic woman who has quit her job to start a non-profit and save the world. That's certainly admirable, but it's not for everyone. Don't insist on finding a grand purpose that isn't yours, just because you think you "should." Make it authentic. Purpose isn't just about doing something. It's also about being someone.
2. Insufficient Passion. Similarly, you've got to find what's really yours to love, even if the rest of the world doesn't value it. No one gave a hoot about French cooking in America before Julia Child decided to share her passion for it. A Do-Over! challenges us to the core, so you need to have passion in abundance to get through the rough patches.
3. Poor Planning. You can't wing a Do-Over! Big or small, it needs to be thought-through ahead of time. Not only do you need to consider the pragmatics of change, but you also need to consider how you will handle the push-back you're likely to get from your family, friends, or co-workers.
Do-Over! is part memoir, part self-help, and part girl talk. It features 13 personal essays about all kinds of women who are reaching for something more. You'll hear about the rocket-scientist-turned-entrepreneur, the restless retiree, and the author's own mom.
To download a media kit or listen to sample audio tracks:
http://www.anndaly.com/do-over.html
Do-Over! includes a series of four free companion workbooks to help readers, wherever they are in life, create their own personalized reinvention roadmaps:
* Motherhood (for moms who do it all)
* Career (for working women with ambitions)
* Transition (for women who are reaching for something more)
* Prime Time (for women over 50 who know the best is yet to come)
Do-Over! How Women Are Reinventing Their Lives
by Ann Daly PhD
audiobook (70 minutes) with 4 companion workbooks (downloadable online)
ISBN 978-0-9797295-2-2
Running time: approx. 70 min.
Austin, TX: Wollemi Pine Press
$16.95
Release: February 2010
ANN DALY PhD (www.anndaly.com) empowers women to get clear about what they want and how to get it. Before reinventing herself as a life coach and consultant, she was a journalist and then a women's studies professor. She is the "Transitions" coaching columnist for Your Austin magazine and author of Clarity: How to Accomplish What Matters Most and A Year of Clarity: The Monthly Guide for Women. She has been featured on Oprah & Friends' "Peter Walsh Show" and in the Austin American-Statesman. Visit the Do-Over! web page at:
http://www.anndaly.com/do-over.html
To request a review copy or schedule an interview, contact Ann Daly at: 512/454-0531 or media (at) anndaly (dot) com.