SET BOUNDARIES, FIND PEACE: A GUIDE TO RECLAIMING YOURSELF
We've all heard the advice: set better boundaries. But knowing you should do something and actually knowing how to do it are very different things. Nedra Glover Tawwab, a licensed counsellor and widely followed relationship expert, takes what can feel like a vague, overused concept and gives it genuine substance. The result is a practical, approachable guide to expressing your needs clearly, saying no without the guilt spiral, and holding your ground in relationships without burning them down. What makes this book worth your time is its grounding in cognitive behavioural therapy. These aren't motivational platitudes; they're techniques with real therapeutic roots, applied to everyday situations involving partners, friends, colleagues, and family. Tawwab writes in a warm, inclusive tone that avoids both preachiness and oversimplification. Short, readable chapters make it easy to absorb. The book also connects poor boundaries to a surprisingly wide range of struggles, including codependency, anxiety, burnout, and low-level depression, which helps explain why so many readers find something personally relevant here. It's not a perfect book, and some sections will resonate more than others depending on your circumstances. But as a starting point for understanding why your relationships feel draining, and what you might actually do about it, this is a genuinely useful read.
- Author: Nedra Glover Tawwab
- Publisher: Piatkus
- Genre: Family & Relationships
- ISBN: 978-0349426952
- Pages: 304 pages