The Book of Boundaries
Books | Self-Help / Personal Growth / Happiness
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Melissa Urban
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE WHOLE30 • End resentment, burnout, and anxiety—and reclaim your time, energy, health, and relationships. “Melissa Urban shows the way forward with clarity, vulnerability, and humor.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of Life in Five Senses Melissa Urban has helped millions of people transform their relationship with food. Now, in this powerful and practical guide, she shows how boundaries—clear limits you set to protect your energy, time, and health—are the key to feelings of security, confidence, and freedom in every area of your life. In her famously direct and compassionate style, Urban offers: • 130+ scripts with language you can use to set boundaries with bosses and co-workers, romantic partners, parents and in-laws, co-parents, friends, family, neighbors, strangers—and yourself • Actionable advice to help you communicate your needs with clarity and compassion • Tips for successfully navigating boundary guilt, pushback, pressure, and oversteps • Techniques to create healthy habits around food, drink, technology, and moreUser-friendly and approachable, The Book of Boundaries will give you the tools you need to stop justifying, minimizing, and apologizing, leading you to more rewarding relationships and a life that feels bigger, healthier, and freer. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Mindful
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Author
Melissa Urban
Pages
384
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published Date
2022-10-11
ISBN
0593448715 9780593448717
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"I recently had a Net Galley reading of the Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban.<br/><br/>Like "It starts with Food" Melissa has written an easy-to-read practical guide.<br/><br/>I really appreciate the sample scripts that make it easy to visualize how to use boundaries in different contexts.<br/><br/>Even better I love that Melissa has included qualifiers for when setting a boundary might not be appropriate. ie. in the case of a friend bailing frequently - when they may - in fact be experiencing some difficulties like depression or some physical health challenges. I personally live with chronic pain and do find myself either cancelling or not making firm commitments to plans because of the uncertainty of how I'd be feeling. I really appreciate that when I use my clear and kind boundaries about staying home that my friends understand and still extend invitations again the next time.<br/><br/>Or how someone not respecting your boundaries could be red flags (i.e. in intimate relationships).<br/><br/>This book is a great tool for people who have difficulty establishing healthy boundaries in a variety of settings."
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