90年代的职业妇女为了兼顾工作及家庭，在精神及体能上常濒临耗竭边缘。美国畅销书《今日职业妇女求生指南》的作者维多利亚·雷娜最近特别呼吁职业妇女正视这个问题。雷娜认为，压力过重的职业妇女往往会否认自己已经濒临“耗竭”的边缘。这些女性通常都有想克服困难的特质， In the 1990s, working women, on both their mental and physical levels, were often on the verge of exhausting to balance work and family. Victoria Reina, the author of the best-selling American book The Guide for Today’s Working Women Survivors, recently called on working women to face the issue squarely. Reina argues that over-pressured working women tend to deny that they are on the verge of “exhaustion.” These women usually have the qualities of trying to overcome difficulties,