Things Will Get as Good as You Can Stand: (When You Learn That It Is Better to Receive Than to Give): The Superwoman's Practical Guide to Getting as M

By Laura Doyle

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of The Empowered Wife and The Surrendered Wife, comes an empowering guide that teaches women to embrace what they've been unconsciously rejecting and how to ask for help in relationships.

Intimacy. Validation. Romance. Nice things. More time. Most women wish for these every day.

In Things Will Get as Good as You Can Stand, bestselling author and intimacy expert Laura Doyle says that all of these things are available but receiving them makes women feel uncomfortable. Women will dismiss praise at work, turn away help with the house, and reject expressions of admiration so that they can appear to be in control, independent, and strong. They believe accepting help would be perceived as weakness. The result is a Superwoman Syndrome--women who are overworked, exhausted, and lonely.

In Things Will Get as Good as You Can Stand, Doyle provides steps for overcoming the Superwoman Syndrome and explains why:

-If you act like you don't deserve something, everyone else will agree
-Saying what you want makes you more beautiful
-Grateful women have better romantic relationships
-You should let your partner support you
-You must be vulnerable to get emotional help

With her trademark practical approach, Doyle explains why it is "better to receive than to give." She guides you to accepting what you are offered with ease and kindness, which is the expressway to having what you want.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743245156
• ISBN13: 9780743245159
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read for those who over-do

When you do too much and aren't used to being the receipient of good things, you only enjoy so much of life. Balance is key and although cliche ... very important. Being receptive to life is about recieving what it has to offer. A great book to start balancing out the affairs of the heart for a healthy give and take approach to love.

This is the only book you should ever buy!

I can't tell you how wonderful this book was! It helped me see how I was rejecting all the gifts I am in fact, always surrounded by but just couldn't see because I didn't know how. It wasn't about what was outside of me, I just needed to learn how to change my perception. I am astounded by how much abundance is coming my way, now that I can see it. Thanks Laura Doyle, you are great!

This is the only book you should ever buy!

can't tell you how wonderful this book was! It helped me see how I was rejecting all the gifts I am in fact, always surrounded by but just couldn't see because I didn't know how. It wasn't about what was outside of me, I just needed to learn how to change my perception. I am astounded by how much abundance is coming my way, now that I can see it. Thanks Laura Doyle, you are great!

Simple Path to Success, Simplicity, Serenity

This book literally leaped its way into my hands because I see it over and over and over again: people have not learned how to receive well - and tend to get really caught up in an "unworthiness" trap which blocks all sorts of wonderfulness to circulate to them AND from them. An unwillingness to receive BLOCKS people who WANT to give: even such simple gifts like a compliment or a simple act of service. Doyle gently teaches the readers how to get over this hurdle of "secretly believing we would only succeed by suffering."She sends a newsflash: "The difference between people who achieved billionaire status and mere millionaire status is that the billionaires LOVE what they do".This topic is critically important for all, men and women alike and across faiths. I didn't pick this up because I was a fan of Doyle's, although I can see she likes to be controversial from the other titles she has written. I am grateful to see this topic is being addressed: may we give and receive bountifully starting with the simple lessons contained here. Being willing to gracefully receive WILL pave the way to success. It is as simple as that.