I’ve spent a good number of years researching the crises of working women today, and how we can overcome them.  In the process I’ve learned so much about what it means to craft a rewarding, fulfilling professional and personal life on your own terms. 

One fascinating trend I’ve observed in working women is something I call “overfunctioning” (a helpful concept I learned in my training as a marriage and family therapist).  Overfunctioning is doing more than is necessary, more than is healthy, more than is appropriate – for everyone around you at work and at home.  (For more on this tendency in women, see pages 180-1 of my book Breakdown, Breakthrough)

Why do we overfunction, and how can we step out the cycle, to reclaim our energy and our lives?

Please check out this recent great blog post, “How to Be a Super Woman Without Being Superwoman” on WorkIt, Mom! for more on overcoming our Superwoman tendencies.  It ain’t easy, but it’s definitely worth the effort to shed the cape and give it a rest.

Here’s to functioning that’s just right!