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The Assertiveness Guide for Women
- How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Transform Your Relationships
- Narrated by: Rebecca Roberts
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Isn't it time you took a stand? Many women struggle with assertiveness, but if you're prone to anxiety and avoidance, it is especially difficult. Grounded in attachment theory, this essential guide will help you identify your thoughts and feelings, balance your emotions, communicate your needs, and set healthy boundaries to improve your life.
When you're assertive, you're able to communicate your needs and wishes clearly while respecting yourself and anyone else involved in the interaction. But when you aren't assertive, you may stop yourself from saying anything when your needs aren't being met, or end up lashing out in hostile or hurtful ways. People with different attachment styles struggle with being assertive for different reasons, and even women with a secure attachment style may have difficulty expressing emotion when faced with challenging circumstances.
Using strategies based in mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), The Assertiveness Guide for Women can help you understand the attachment styles that keep you from asserting yourself. You'll learn about the three communication stances - from the passive Doormat to the aggressive (or passive-aggressive) Sword to the assertive Lantern - and find practical examples that show you how to apply your new communication and emotional awareness skills in your own life. Rather than being caught in a cycle of rumination and regret when you're unable to express yourself or even acknowledge your own needs, you'll be ready to assert yourself and get what you want.
Whether you're anxious and overwhelmed by the intensity of your emotions, avoidant and struggle to identify your emotions, or otherwise have difficulty expressing yourself, this book will help you become more aware of your own thoughts and feelings, and empower you to ask for what you need, set boundaries, and speak your truth for a more fulfilling life.
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- Kelly
- 25-08-2018
Insights and key ah-ha moments immediately
I keep returning to this book because it delivers huge concepts in a very clear and easily understood manner. It gives clear examples, personable confessions, clear strategies and then reviews each chapters key points- finally, it encourages pausing and analyzing where our own life’s patterns might fit with these theories. 3rd time reading it and have gained even more insights. Thank you Julie!
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- Anonymous User
- 27-11-2018
Good and useful
Good, useful info.Well written and practical. Enjoyed it. It is long and can drag a bit but overall a good listen and worth it.
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- Loopy
- 05-05-2019
no chapters?
It's a great book to have, but without chapters marked within the book makes it difficult to go over material you find helpful, exercises etc.
the narration was a bit stiff. I'd suggest buying a real life or ebook version instead
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- Anonymous User
- 24-02-2020
So helpful and empowering
This book is amazing. It delves into why assertiveness can be so challenging for some women and then provides a clear path to overcoming these obstacles. Insightful. Practical.
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- Tammy Bolton
- 06-12-2021
Life changing
The themes in this book resonated with me. The way that Julie has thoughtfully woven together decades of empirical research from the field of psychology and applied the principles to concrete examples and stories is brilliant. Julie, all your hard work and dedication to this book has made an impact in my life. Thank you for sharing.
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