Great tools to help set boundaries

This book explains really well what boundaries are, we get multiple examples of what breaking boundaries or setting boundaries are. The narrator was however not good with pronunciation, has an accent and says "aks" instead of "ask" and that kept bugging me, so I wish the book was read by a professional instead. The book itself however is really great and I can really recommend it! I love it. It's thorough throughout and you can tell that the author understands and has a vast knowledge about the subject.

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A Very important book.

Finding freedom in setting boundaries I wish was on the national curriculum, I will be passing on what I didn’t know & have learned in this book & hope to model to my child.

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Fabulous book

Brilliantly written, clear, concise, practical, helpful. Really useful scripts and suggestions. I also felt empowered and reassured about my boundary setting. Thank you Nedra.

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Great examples and stories

great examples and explanations to make us understand more about our behaviours in certain situations. I truly enjoyed it and have learned a lot about myself :)

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Really brilliant and easy to follow

This is a very helpful guide to boundaries. I follow the writer on Instagram and she's the therapist I wish I had! Highly recommended book and will be very useful to me from now and going forward.

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Well worth it!!!!

Loved it,lots of advice on your boundaries at work as well as family and friends. Will definitely return to this book ...its a must buy!!!!

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Read About Myself in Chapter One

Honestly can’t praise this book enough. Nedra has helped me recognise the impact poor boundaries has had on my relationships, and the part I played in relationships that have been lost. For context, I got a full house on pourous boundaries. I’m a chronic people pleaser and worrier. I kept stopping the audiobook to go apologise to my husband, haha! This book has helped me to be more assertive and say what’s on my mind, though I don’t always get the delivery right! I need to do more work on myself, particularly around finding the line between assertion vs aggression, but I can recognise where in past conversations I made a demand instead of a request, or didn’t set a boundary at all and only hinted at what I wanted in hopes my husband picked up on it. Definitely going to give it another listen, but first I’m going to work through Nedras exercise book that goes hand in hand with this one. My husband says my communication has gotten much better since listening to Nedra. I’m more likely to remain calm during a disagreement while stating what I want, rather than angrily expressing frustration or inwardly spiralling about how my marriage is falling apart because we are fighting. I’m not perfect and still have a lot to learn, but this was an excellent and much needed journey. Thank you x

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Thought provoking

I found this book to be very insightful and it made be re-evaluate my boundaries or lack off..

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What an amazing book!

Nedra Tawwab really nailed this one. This is the kind of book anyone anywhere should be reading. In terms of outtakes, Nedra presents multiple scenarios in which relationships are unhealthy because of the lack of boundaries. From family, romantic relationships, work, friendships, technology & social media, to your own relationship with yourself, how not setting healthy boundaries can affect your daily life, falling into frustration, anger and/or feelings of Inadequacy. The bottom line of her message is that is not selfish to take care of yourself, and that it’s 100% worth it to hold uncomfortable conversations with others to preserve your mental, financial, physical and emotional well being. After all, burnout is the result of unhealthy boundaries. We need to learn to communicate them assertively, but most of all, we need to learn to sustain them by being coherent with ourselves. Setting boundaries help you improve your life, not harm others.

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Needed a moment to get used to the Southern accent

Essential content, so happy to have come across this book! Looking back at my life I now see where I failed where I blamed the outside world, and know how not to repeat that in the future.

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