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            That’s because in addition to showing women the way to transform themselves from victim to victor, SADDLE UP YOUR OWN WHITE HORSE: 5 Principles Every Woman Needs to Know (TILIS Publishers, May 2008) contains valuable information that men may not know—but should. Especially if they want to remain near the top of the “new priority list” that author and life coach Saundra Pelletier emboldens her readers to create. And in a “first” for many women, that list is not created to help others but to help themselves.

            While other self-help books may offer “tips and tricks,” SADDLE UP YOUR OWN WHITE HORSE not only talks the talk, but it walks the walk and provides five easy-to-follow principles that every woman can use to create the life she truly wants. No princes (charming or otherwise) required.

            Although the winning principles Pelletier developed for herself and her successful corporate career may seem self-evident, they have rarely been stated so frankly or with such gentle good humor. Pelletier’s message may be tough love, but it’s also empowerment for the women who’ll use these lessons to their advantage. Pelletier pulls no punches as she teaches her readers how to:

• Become a Deliberate Creator
• View Multitasking as a Blessing, Not a Curse
• Take the Lead with Their Money
• Create Their Own Cavalry; Recruit Strategic Allies
• Master the Three Cs of Confidence, Credit and Comfort with Success
• Realize That the Best Way to Get a Hero Is to Create One

            Understanding and adapting these precepts, based on the core values in their lives, will give women the ability to better know themselves and others and to more finely balance their relationships with men, other women and success. Once mastered, the art of “putting yourself first” (for a change) will let women have, if not “it all,” a lot of what they most truly desire.

            As Pelletier boldly states:

            It is our responsibility—not only to ourselves but to our children if we choose to have them—to be our own breadwinner. That is the best way to attract the kind of man who will be able to support us to our deathbed. The difference is between choosing to be financially supported and needing to be. Need shifts power and control away from us and eliminates our choices. And when that happens, we find ourselves accepting less than we deserve because we feel trapped. Our self-respect erodes when we operate from a position of desperation instead of one of control. Fortunately, we have many ways to build and maintain our self-respect. One crucial way is to retain control over our own money.

            Written for every woman who’s tired of living by other people’s agendas and who wants to finally be free of her martyr’s mantle, SADDLE UP YOUR OWN WHITE HORSE is a timely and indispensable book for the rapidly changing society women live in but aren’t always able to control. Happily for women (and their men, if those men are clever enough to read it first), this book provides the key.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: SAUNDRA PELLETIER is a writer and seminar leader, as well as a success coach and an expert on women’s healthcare from puberty to menopause. She successfully maneuvered her way from picking potatoes in Caribou, Maine, to living her passion—helping women get the results they desire both personally and professionally. Known for her dynamic leadership, she became a successful business executive (global new business director for Searle Laboratories and vice president of pharmaceuticals for Women First HealthCare) by playing and winning the corporate game brilliantly.

            She is a member of Team Women, the San Diego Professional Coaches Alliance, Women’s Global Network, the National Organization for Women, National Association of Women Business Owners, and eWomen Network. Saundra lives with her husband and son in Encinitas, California.

SADDLE UP YOUR OWN WHITE HORSE: 5 Principles Every Woman Needs to Know By Saundra Pelletier TILIS Publishers Publication Date: May 2008 Hardcover Price: $21.95 ISBN: 978-0-9797961-0-4 Distributed by Cardinal Publishers Group

For more information, a copy of Saddle Up Your Own White Horse, or an interview with the author, please contact Javier Perez at 312-228-9200 or pgturnerpub@aol.com, or visit www.saundrapelletier.com.