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.
From what’s assertiveness to discontinue a relationship with people that ‘should’ be in one’s life if it’s necessary. THE ASSERTIVENESS GUIDE FOR WOMEN brings up a topic that I don’t take lightly, how to communicate your needs, wants, thoughts, feelings, and set healthy boundaries to create strong relationships are really important.
I have been wanting to get better at confidently stating my preference or opinion sooner My problem is that I bottle things up .. until I explode. I have been wanting to get better at confidently stating my preference or opinion sooner, so that when it comes out it’s not an explosion. This book helped me identify some key things to work on to help me improve. The author lays out the information in a very accessible and practical way. As I read the book I had ideas, and the author suggested, concrete things I can do to approach my style of communicating. I have already…
I AM WOMAN – HEAR ME ROAR Wow if there was ever a book that was supposed to serve as a guide for women for gain any sort of assertiveness in their lives – THIS BOOK IS IT !!!