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‘Set Boundaries, Find Peace’ should be a required reading before we reach adulthood! Whether it’s through family or social conditioning, the vast majority of us have incorporated poor boundaries into some or all areas of our lives. The cost for us not having healthy boundaries is great! This book w Leggi tutto

Well written, engaging book with lots of useful information and helpful journaling exercises. I appreciate that the author covered the ways trauma and abuse impact our ability to set boundaries, but I felt like I needed a deeper dive and this book just offered an overview. The main shortcoming is th Leggi tutto

0.5 stars. The half is because writing a book is hard. As a therapist I cannot in good conscience recommend this book. This book is NOT trauma informed, rather it blames trauma victims for their struggles with boundaries. She is also often abelist, classist, makes sweeping statements about fat peopl Leggi tutto

Imagine that someone is talking to you about something interesting and helpful, but in a monotone voice with no enthusiasm and with examples so boring they almost seem lazy. That’s how this book reads. It’s not that it was written in an academic style—the language is easy— but the author just reads Leggi tutto

I follow a bunch of therapists on Instagram because I find their aesthetically pleasing, easily digestible posts really accessible and they come in handy in my work (usually with parents more than young people). Nedra is one of the better ones so I thought I’d check out her book. Set Boundaries, Fin Leggi tutto

Since when are instagram polls considered acceptable evidence for a psychology book?!

*I was lucky and got to read this book early. I, like hundreds of thousands, follow Nedra Glover Tawwab's successful instagram and eagerly jumped at her listserv's opportunity to pre-read. I was neither forced nor guilted to review the work.* Aptly titled, this book explores how setting boundaries in Leggi tutto

This book will definitely cause you to think about the boundaries you have and which ones you need to make less rigid. I like that there was a self-assessment at the end of the book, it allows you to think about which boundaries you need to work on. As I was reading, I became aware of the boundaries Leggi tutto