Women Confidential: Midlife Women Explode the Myths of Having It All

""Having it all"" was the battle cry of '70s feminists euphoric at the realization they could shape their own lives. But many are now facing the second half of their lives having found that work in the ""testosterone-fuelled corporate culture"" isn't all it was cracked up to be. And these days work is less a choice and more a necessity. Is this what women bargained for? And if it isn't, what to do about it? In looking at these questions, Globe and Mail columnist Moses tills no new ground on the issue of women's dissatisfaction at work and balancing it with all the personal roles. Nor does she offer solutions except for such overworked directives as ""know and act on what is really important to you"" and ""cherish and grow your friendships."" What Moses (Career Intelligence) does is give voice to some of the many women she's talked to over the years in her work as a writer and career coach and who have answered her online questionnaire-women who find themselves at midlife shaking their heads, muttering, ""Wait a minute, is this really what I signed up for?"" This may in and of itself be useful to some readers. As women in ""consciousness raising groups"" in the '60s found out, there is power in identification; just be careful what you ask for.