Boundaries: Say No Without Guilt, Have Better Relationships, Boost Your Self-Esteem, Stop People-Pleasing

Boundaries: Say No Without Guilt, Have Better Relationships, Boost Your Self-Esteem, Stop People-Pleasing
Jennie Miller

Victoria Lambert

- Discover how to set personal boundaries in the most important aspects of our lives with psychotherapist and relationship expert, Jennie Miller, and award-winning journalist Victoria Lambert.- Regularly published in The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Gu

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Ebook Edition © December 2017 ISBN: 9780008240837

Version: 2018-07-10

CONTENTS

Cover (#u96e46cc8-5482-54a6-9471-37fefdbe74ef)

Title Page (#u888d8ef3-464e-5978-a077-02c2b9ba57e4)

Copyright (#u6a2a90e3-ae75-554c-ae20-3a78a2e2525d)

Introduction (#ulink_02b5ddaa-7d4e-5c60-9772-99e028422b19)

STEP ONE: ME, MYSELF, I (#ulink_30f7d012-7182-517b-82b9-d4125e1a3878)

How to develop personal boundaries to improve your self-confidence and help you make better decisions in the most intimate aspects of your life.

Sleep (#ulink_43b9306f-8f3c-5d25-99de-085e925924fe)

Fitness (#ulink_d663b4e3-31f0-5e97-ac43-3c069f348b74)

Eating Habits (#ulink_3008f8d0-b30c-53aa-9fd5-aa595d92b2b1)

Unhealthy Habits (#ulink_dbe6778d-7a75-5088-85a0-5c4b472111b1)

Social Media and E-mail Protocol (#ulink_1c0ae7d7-6f30-56df-ae54-fee11febee97)

Your Self-Boundaries and Others (#litres_trial_promo)

The Drama Triangle (#litres_trial_promo)

STEP TWO: THE WORKPLACE (#litres_trial_promo)

Building on your new skills, you will learn to navigate the workplace and those within it.

Employment Tribes (#litres_trial_promo)

The Workplace Culture (#litres_trial_promo)

Office Romances (#litres_trial_promo)

The Family CEO (#litres_trial_promo)

The Winner’s Triangle (#litres_trial_promo)

STEP THREE: LOVE AND INTIMACY (#litres_trial_promo)

Having learnt to negotiate your position in the workplace, now’s the time to apply boundaries to your emotional life.

Love Limits (#litres_trial_promo)

Staying In Love (#litres_trial_promo)

Love Leaving (#litres_trial_promo)

Looking For Love (#litres_trial_promo)

Friends and Frenemies (#litres_trial_promo)

STEP FOUR: YOUR FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS (#litres_trial_promo)

Possibly the most challenging section, in this step you will learn how to use boundaries in connection with those who shaped you first: your parents or other caregivers in particular, before gathering the skills you need to bring up your own children and interact with your wider family.

Parents/Elders (#litres_trial_promo)

Children (#litres_trial_promo)

Adolescents (#litres_trial_promo)

Blended Families (#litres_trial_promo)

Siblings (#litres_trial_promo)

APPENDIX 1 (#litres_trial_promo)