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The Book of Boundaries

Set the Limits That Will Set You Free

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Do your relationships feel one-sided or unbalanced? Do you wish you could say no-nicely? Are you depleted, overwhelmed, and tired of putting everyone else's needs above your own? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you're ready to set some boundaries.

Melissa Urban has already helped millions of people establish life-long healthy habits. Now, she shows you how boundaries are the key to better mental health, energy, and productivity, and more fulfilling relationships. Through more than 130 scripts, Urban helps you set boundaries with bosses, partners, family, friends, and even yourself, with tips for navigating guilt and pushback.

Practical and inspiring, The Book of Boundaries will empower you to prioritise your needs and lead a life that feels bigger, freer and happier.

©2022 Melissa Urban (P)2022 Penguin Audio Mental Health Awareness Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Self-Esteem Stress Management Health Mental Health

Critic reviews

"Ground-breaking...a must-read for everyone." (BJ FOGG, PhD, Tiny Habits)

"The Book of Boundaries is funny, direct, and smart, bringing you actionable tools and science-backed strategies for setting boundaries using language that feels kind, natural, and empowering." (Mel Robbins, New York Times bestselling author of The 5 Second Rule)

"If you've struggled to identify and establish healthy boundaries - with family, in romance, at work, or in life - Melissa Urban shows the way forward with clarity, vulnerability, and humour." (Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project)
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The scrips she offers are helpful, and the range of scenarios, although a little repetitive, really allow you to become familiar with her strategies. I wish I had read this years ago!

Great

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this book made me realise I wasted a lot of time and energy not setting clear boundaries in the past. Never too late

life changer

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This book gives great, actionable advice on how to set boundaries with compassion. Definitely worth a listen.

Excellent

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Great ideas for my practice! So many relevant topics covered & scripts to manage the many scenarios.

Super insightful - thank you!

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I liked the clarity of this book, and the fact it contains actionable advice. However, I would be very wary of taking the advice too literally as the book is full of “political correctness” in terms of what is “right” behaviour. It also takes a purely “mechanical” approach, without at all going into the human side of things, therefore missing out on how to understand our true needs, and therefore what would constitute healthy boundaries to protect those needs, rather than unhealthy walls or avoidance or withdrawal orb dehumanisation.

Clear and actionable advice - lacks humanness

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