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Mothers Matter Too

(Reed NZ 1983 ) (Nelson Australia 1985) ‘When in 1983 Jenny Phillips’s ‘Mothers Matter Too’ had appeared in bookshops, mothers at home responded instantly to its message, hoping for recognition of their neglected status and needs.’  Changing Times: NZ since 1945. Jenny Carlyon ‘Jenny Phillips has thrown a lifeline to women at home.’ The Dominion’. ‘This book is a classic,’ Unity Books bookseller Nigel Cox. ‘My daughter told me to tell you this is still relevant, and st...

The Mother Manual

(Reed Methuen) 1986 ‘Thank you for giving me a lifeline to sanity.’ Letter from reader. ‘This book is rare in that it takes mothers and their experiences seriously ..forget the presents for house and baby and give an expectant mother or new mother or any mother, this book. Get one for yourself too.’  City magazine. ‘Today’s mothers,’ read the book jacket for this book, ‘feel under pressure from all sides – ‘cabbages if they stay home, selfish and materialistic if they go...

The Mother Experience

New Zealand Women Talk about Motherhood (Penguin 1988) With this book Jenny Phillips threw open the doors to mothers, to write about their own experiences. The idea came after attending a workshop where women were asked to produce statements on what it was like to be in their situation and how they would like to be treated by other women. She was struck, for example, by the statement issued by women in voluntary work, asking others to recognize that ‘our time is valuable too.’ She sent over ...

When Women Mean Business

Penguin Books (MZ) Ltd, 1990 At the time this book was written, more women were entering the world of business than ever before. In fact the majority of new business owners were women.  By this time Jenny Phillips had been in business herself for nine years. This book was written for women just getting started. ‘When Woman Mean Business is both a resource book and an inspiration. Author Jenny Phillips is an award-winning businesswoman… She believes that going into business for ones...

Business Energy

Random House New Zealand 1996 ‘The business marketplace is changing dramatically. Customers are less predictable. There’s more competition. The old strategies for making a profit don’t always work anymore. Few of us survive to tell the tale if we just muddle along and see what happens.’ Jenny Phillips drew on 17 years in business and her experience as a management and communication consultant to provide easy-to-read practical advice and new strategies for today’s business entrepreneur ...

Finding the time

A pocket sized 90 page book on time management. Part of the Nahaani Business ‘Business in a Minute’ series 1998 with other small books written by other well known New Zealanders This series was well reviewed in the management section of The NZ Herald....

Doug Myers

What I’ve Learned in Business As told to Jenny Phillips Nahanni business books 1999 This book, which topped management book best seller lists at the time of publication, was written as the first of a planned series about business leaders in New Zealand, to compare different approaches to business. However the rest of the series did not eventuate....

New Millennium

7 personal strategies for success Tandem Press (1999) ‘All the signs were there – that the last two decades would bring tumultuous change to every aspect of our lives. But think back – did you stop to think about the impact of change on you? This book, released at the time of the changeover to a new millennium, offered a set of personal strategies to position ourselves for more rapid change to come, a more demanding workplace, and the ongoing challenge of changes in roles and relationships...

The Everest Within

Clarity Publishing This book was conceived and created by Jenny Phillips in response to a self-development course leadership challenge. After witnessing a friend and a client who had suffered brain injuries, she wanted to contribute by creating a space for people with brain injuries to tell their own stories – what happened to them, what helped, advice to others with brain injury, and advice on how others can be supportive. People with brain injuries were given the opportunity to contribute an...

Introducing Feminism

First published 1981 reprinted in 1983 This small 25 page book was Jenny’s first book and was written to bypass myths about feminists and feminism and communicate in plain English what the women’s movement was all about. ‘The aim of the women’s movement is to enable women to become free to make our own choices,’ she wrote. It was published by Clarity Publications....

Goodbye Campo 12

James Hargest Possum Books Longman Paul This is an adaptation for school children of New Zealander Brigadier General James Hargest’s book for school children about his escape from a Prisoner of War camp in the Second World War. After publication the Hargest family wrote to Jenny to thank her for her faithful adaptation....

Feedback from readers letters after publication of Jenny’s books about motherhood

‘I am finding your book most interesting. I wish I had read something like it years ago.’ ‘Saw you on TV. You have really captured the imagination of so many.’ ‘I dearly wish someone had been inspired to write such a book when I was ‘not coping,’ all those years ago.’ ‘Your book is something that is really needed.’ ‘I am currently reading your book and am finding it a great source of comfort and inspiration.’ (Mother of a young baby). ‘Top marks for a very good and much...