Author Description

Today, more than ever, women are under pressure to perform both at work and at home. While trying to be everything to everyone, we are putting our health at risk. Stress, over a prolonged period of time, can result in the breakdown of the body's immune system. Charmaine Saunders examines the most common causes of stress among women and explains strategies for dealing with them. She invites all of us to become aware of the role we play in our own health, and discusses choices, risks, self-knowledge, independence and goals.