Becoming Super Woman: A Simple 12-Step Plan to Go from Burnout to Balance

Written by Nicole Lapin

Narrated by Nicole Lapin

Is working like crazy driving you crazy? Do you feel daily pressure to keep pushing yourself even when you’re stressed and exhausted?

It's time to stop putting yourself at the bottom of every to-do list and start taking care of yourself first. It's time to leave Superwoman in the movies, where she belongs, and say hello to being a super woman—the best, most productive version of the hero you already are.

For years—maybe your entire life—you’ve been told that success means having it all and doing it all. But the pressure to work more and harder at "it all" is holding you back, not moving you forward. In Becoming Super Woman, New York Times bestselling author Nicole Lapin redefines what it means to be a woman who “has it all”—and shows you how to find lasting success by your own definition, on your own terms.

Nicole candidly shares her own story of career burnout and the diagnosis that prompted her to take her mental health seriously, for the first time ever. Along the way, she discovered that not only was this priority shift not a defeat, it was the key to unlock even greater accomplishments.

In her third book, Nicole lays out an actionable, 12-step plan to guide you in taking control and becoming the she-ro of your own story, with the skills it takes to be a real super woman—skills we should (but often don't) learn growing up, from emotional regulation and boundary setting to interpersonal effectiveness and self-care. Reading this book is like getting a pep talk from your whip-smart, no-nonsense best friend (who also happens to be a megasuccessful businesswoman).

Entertaining, honest, and truly life-changing, Becoming Super Woman shows you that it's not success that brings you happiness, but the other way around.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Sep 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9781978691728

Nicole Lapin

America's go-to money expert Nicole Lapin is the only finance expert you don't need a dictionary to understand. She got her start in the business world at age eighteen, reporting from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for First Business Network. Nicole went on to become the youngest anchor ever at CNN and then to claim the same title at CNBC, where she anchored the only global finance show on the network, Worldwide Exchange, while contributing financial reports to MSNBC and Today. She has served as a business anchor for Bloomberg TV and a special money correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. Nicole is currently the host of the business reality competition show Hatched on CBS and contributes regular financial reports to Good Morning America and The Dr. Oz Show, among others. She also co-hosts a podcast on iHeartradio with the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, Jason Feifer, called Hush Money, which tackles taboo money topics.

Reviews for Becoming Super Woman

[Rebecca Jeffries · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Some good exercises and advice. I appreciate the view on mental health and removing the stigma and shame associated with mental illness.

[Eve · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I tend to start books and never finish them. This is the one of VERY few I did finish. I LOVED it, the messages in it and the presentation. It was like talking to a best friend over coffee. Invaluable ???

[victoria eloho · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book with practicable steps. Thanks Nicole. I'd love to have you as a mentor ?

[tytania-2 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Every now and then I cave and buy a shamelessly silly self-help book. It's just kind of brain candy. Nowadays, I've beyond aged-out of their target demographic, so I have to take the advice with more and more grains of salt. I did get a couple of good ideas out of this one, which I've already forgotten.