From Burned Out to Fired Up: A Woman's Guide to Rekindling the Passion and Meaning in Work and Life

I found Leslie's book accidentally a year ago in an airport bookstore. I had no idea what the book was about, only that I was burned out working in a small job in a toxic work environment. It was so inexpensive, I bought it. When I began to sift through it, I wondered how these little simple worksheets would be able to do anything like the cover promised - rekindling the passion. I could not have been more wrong. Once I started reading the book, so simple in language, and did my first worksheet - I realized in just a few questions- deeper issues that I was unaware of that were driving my passion and also fueling my fear. I had a lifelong dream but was hiding out as a passionate workaholic in smaller jobs. Leslie's book not only gently and simply will dig things out at the root but will inspire you to get up, take step by step, and will make sure that this time, you will do it with BALANCE. This book is so incredibly healthy, and it has become my companion over the last year. The worksheets are a wonder (especially the Synergy Plan worksheet). I recommend making an electronic version and updating it as you progress (and you will progress through those steps with Leslie's help). Because of this book, I left my old toxic workplace and opened my horizons to being on my path. I am now in a new position I love for the timebeing, have balance, and am pursuing my lifelong dream career in parallel. I carry the Synergy Plan Worksheet with me in my organizer and refer to it regularly to take the next steps. Step by step, this book will lead you there. It's worth every penny and more!

Without a doubt this book has changed my life for the better. I have gone from deadend job to deadend job for the past 15 years now, but while reading this book it was like the fog finally lifted. I realized I needed to find the job I loved, not the job that simply paid the bills. Now I am on my way - finally. The exercises seem simple and I really didn't see how they would help me, but they did. They get right to the point and you discover things you didn't even know were an issue for you. I would reccommend this book to anyone who is in this situation.

Leslie Godwin's advice will hit home for so many of today's women, and, I believe, inspire them all. With case studies, e-mails, and lessons from a variety of women of different ages and in different careers, Leslie shows how to deal with the burnout that so many of us experience in different phases of life. From parenting issues to workplace challenges, there are many parts of the book that may speak to you. Her exercises and worksheets show you how to take action and point you in the right direction to find the path to your passion. Her insightful comments will make you stop and think about things that you may never have reflected on before, and get you to see things in a new and productive light. I highly recommend this book, and am confident you will find it worth many times its price! This is a book to keep, savor, and refer to again and again as you reach for your goals, even as those goals change over time.

I picked up my wife's copy of this book and she let me keep it for myself a few days. Thanks Debi! What a help to anyone who has lost the spark of their career and/or personal life is floundering while trying to find it again!Ms. Godwin demonstrates in simple, common sense examples how easily we can become derailed from a more fulfilling life and career, even with the best of intentions toward finding a healthy balance between and within both. She then supports these insights with dozens of practical questions and suggestions that help us see where we made wrong steps and guide us toward correcting the mistakes.This book has made a big differnce in how I approach my professional life, to the benefit of both my own happiness and the care of my patients. I now keep a copy of "From Burned Out to Fired Up" in my waiting room where many people are immediately drawn to it. I guess burnout is everywhere.Thanks you Ms. Godwin!

The cover grabbed me and the content kept me! I am a wife, mother, teacher, educational consultant,... Leslie Godwin gave me the tools to center all of them! I've read MANY "woman's self help" books, the tools Leslie gives, helped me find the energy, passion, and interest in life I had many years ago. I've been experiencing professional loneliness, feeling as if I would get on and chair more committees, get more degrees, lead more workshops I'd be fulfilled; I was searching for something that was missing. But the something missing in my life was my true self. Leslie's journal exercises helped me rediscover my meaning and passion, and get my life back. The truth in this book comes directly from the reader - I got so much out of it because I put myself into it.