AFTER YEARS OF COACHING HIGH-ACHIEVING WOMEN, MASTER COACH AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERT MARCIA REYNOLDS STARTED NOTICING SOMETHING TROUBLING: MANY OF THE CLIENTS WITH WHOM SHE WORKED WERE PLAGUED BY ANXIETY OVER THEIR OWN RESTLESS RESPONSES TO THE WORLD. THESE WOMEN WERE JUMPING JOBS REGULARLY, DEFINING AND REDEFINING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MARKETPLACE, CONSTANTLY QUESTIONING THEIR ROLES AS WIVES AND MOTHERS AND SISTERS. DUBBING HER SUBJECTS ""WANDER WOMEN,"" REYNOLDS FOUND THAT THE MENTORING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DON T ADDRESS THIS AUDIENCE S NEEDS. THEY DON T WANT TO BALANCE THEIR LIVES; THEY WANT TO FIND PEACE OF MIND IN THE CHAOS. THEY DON T NECESSARILY WANT TO LEARN HOW TO GAIN A SEAT IN THE BOARDROOM; THEY WANT PROJECTS THEY CAN RUN WITH OR BUSINESSES THEY CAN RUN ON THEIR OWN. THE PROBLEM ISN T THEIR LEVEL OF STRESS; IT S ABOUT KNOWING WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS ONE LIFETIME. WANDER WOMAN EXPLORES HOW GENERATIONAL SHIFTS AND CHANGING EXPECTATIONS OF WORKING WOMEN HAVE FOSTERED A NEW KIND OF RESTLESSNESS AMONG MANY. THROUGH REAL-LIFE STORIES SHE REVEALS THE HOPES AND DREAMS, DISAPPOINTMENTS AND CHALLENGES THIS GROUP OF HIGH-ACHIEVING WOMEN ARE FACING. AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE PROVIDES EXERCISES AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR READERS AS THEY MAKE THEIR JOURNEY TO PEACE AND FINALLY COME TO REST WITH A STRONG SENSE OF IDENTITY AND PURPOSE. या प्रश्नांचा शोध घेताना मार्शिया यांच्या असं लक्षात आलं की, मुळातच या स्त्रिया त्यांच्या आत अशांत असल्याने त्या आतल्या कोलाहलातच धडपडत राहतात. त्यामुळे त्यांच्या तणावाचं व्यवस्थापन हा मुख्य प्रश्न नसून त्या कोण आहेत, आणि त्यांना आयुष्यात काय करायचं आहे, हे प्रश्न त्यांच्यासाठी महत्त्वाचे आहेत. या शोधातूनच या पुस्तकाची र्नििमती झाली आहे. या पुस्तकामध्ये अशा स्त्रियांच्या आशा-आकांक्षा-इच्छा यांचा शोध घेण्याचा प्रयत्न केला आहे. तसेच खरी उदाहरणं देऊन त्यांच्या आधारे, स्त्रीदेखील कशी यशस्वी होऊ शकते हे पटवून दिलं आहेत. सर्वांत महत्त्वाचं म्हणजे, आपल्या आतली शांतता आणि स्व-ओळख प्राप्त करण्यासाठी वेगवेगळे मानसिक व्यायाम आणि प्रत्यक्ष करून बघायचे कृती-कार्यक्रमही यात दिले आहेत. त्यामुळे हे पुस्तक स्त्रियांना उद्देशून लिहिलं असलं, तरी ते पुरुषांनीही मर्मदृ
