Well written, easy to understand, good case studies provided. ( )

I always enjoy Dr. Leman's work, and this was another great installment in his writings on women who do too much at the expense of their own happiness. While I didn't particularly relate to many of the specific situations he discusses are typical of 'pleaser' women (ie. bad relationships with men, poor father figure influence), I know that I tend to take on too much and then put huge expectations on myself to complete things perfectly. I definitely have pleaser tendencies, so the book was a bit of a wake-up in terms of helping to remind me that if taking on a task or doing things for someone comes at the expense of my own sanity or quality of life, it's not worth it.

As I said, parts of the book weren't relevant to my life, so I glossed over those (and I suspect they apply to more extreme 'pleasers', I don't think I fall into that category), but overall it's a good reminder for women that we don't have to make everyone else happy in order to be happy ourselves. We can't please everyone 100% of the time, so why not focus on the people and tasks that actually matter instead? ( )