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Where to Draw the Line
- How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In the perennial favorite Boundaries, Anne Katherine introduced the concept and importance of personal limits. In Where to Draw the Line, she takes the next step with a practical guide to establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries in a wide range of situations. With every encounter, we either demonstrate that we'll protect what we value, or that we'll give ourselves away. Healthy boundaries preserve our integrity. Unlike defenses, which isolate us from our true selves and from those we love, boundaries filter out harm.
This audiobook provides the tools and insights needed to create boundaries, which will free time and energy for the things that matter - and helps break down limiting defenses that stunt personal growth. Focusing on every facet of daily life - from friendships and sexual relationships to dress and appearance to money, food, and psychotherapy - Katherine presents case studies highlighting the ways in which individuals violate their own boundaries or let other people breach them. Using real-life examples, from self-sacrificing mothers to obsessive neat freaks, she offers specific advice on making choices that balance one's own needs with the needs of others.
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- Sandra
- 2019-10-21
Now part of my top 5 game changing books
This book has taught me the true value of boundries in a practical way I been searching for in countless other resources. An unexpected treasure that I also found invaluable in this book was the raw, specific acknowledgement of abuse not commonly brought to light. It spoke to the lesser known or talked about abuse such as emotional neglect, psychological control, erosion of self. All crucial yet notoriously difficult to see or put ones finger on as a brutal form of abuse. To have tools to protect myself from such abuse now is something I know has shifted my course in life. Thank you so much for such an incredible book.
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- Kali R
- 2021-03-15
A grounded reference guide for boundaries.
Each chapter is complete enough that they can be listened to independently, if some of the sections don't apply to you. Useful examples. Excellent narration. I learned how to identify and set a few new boundaries!
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- Olivia Aldridge
- 2019-04-28
Good book mostly but breaks an important boundary
Title aside, this is a very helpful book and well written. The author puts thought into describing various boundaries, gives interesting examples of people breaking them, and helps prepare alternate responses.
However. Late in the book there is a chapter on religious boundaries. I found this book looking for “secular boundaries” after subjecting myself to a most overtly Christian boundary book. In this one, the author leaps into how religion crosses many boundaries (which I agree with), and how god has most certainly intended for those boundaries to remain intact. As the author would say, “Can you spot the boundary violation?”
By assuming the listener believes god exists and continuing with that assumption with great enthusiasm, the author violates my boundary of free religious belief. I was very surprised and after giving her half of the chapter to recover finally skipped the rest of the chapter. I do not appreciate being spoken to as though there is but one answer, especially given the book’s therapy tone.
That said, I do overall recommend this book.
29 people found this helpful
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- Mary
- 2019-01-03
Would be great for some people.
This book delved into many areas deeply, such as sex, that were of no matter to me. There were other areas, such as managing manipulative in-laws and step-children, where I was really seeking much more guidance
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- Happy Mama
- 2019-05-10
Must read for the “super nice” people
As a Christian, often we try to be kind and nice and do not know how to put a hedge of protection around ourselves. This book teaches how to draw safe boundaries in all circumstances. I have been emotionally abused since my youth and have been violated in many ways, emotionally and physically. Now in my forties, I realize that I never learned how to create safe boundaries until reading this book. Thank you.
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- A Tough Critic
- 2020-10-19
Not helpful for me. More theory than action
Most of this book is filled with long, dialogue-based examples of boundary-breaking interactions, and then analyses each of them, and explain why they are boundary violations. A small percentage of the book actually provides actionable, immediate and simple tools to start building boundaries.
The cumulative effective of this book, therefore, is a deeper understanding of boundaries and the contexts where they happen, which is helpful, but it still does not enable you to effectively handle your next 5, 10 or 20 boundary violation situations. In such situations, you may analyze them in the aftermath and then realize, hey, that was a boundary violation just like the book explained. You are maybe better at analysis in such a manner, but no better at being able to immediately recognize and quickly fend of boundary violations. This book simply does not focus on such tools.
So, if theory and deeper context and some motivation is what you'd like, this book is for you.
However, if what you want are immediately effectively toolbox of particular phrases, say, to memorize and use, and other immediately actionable tips, this book doesn't really have them. Or, if it does, the tools get lost under the sea of theory and analysis.
3 people found this helpful
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- Sarah Couture
- 2020-04-21
Decent book, Very opinionated author
This book touches on a lot of really important topics regarding boundaries and is well done. The thing I did not like about this book is how opinionated the author is about certain subjects in which I do not believe she is correct about. Some of her views are very old-fashioned and outdated, thus inaccurate. A little too biased for me.
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- Danny
- 2020-11-09
a MUST READ for all humans
this book changed my life. especially all the examples of boundary violations and example responses to boundary violations.
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- Olivia Cook
- 2020-09-01
Great Book
A friend suggested this book and I am honestly impressed. The author gives so many examples for ways to build healthy boundaries in many areas of life. I will suggest this book to clients dealing with boundary issues.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-11-11
Boring
The points are spread all over hard to keep up with her ,
I tried twice , sorry not interesting
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- Camillionbux!
- 2019-06-14
Great Book, NOT a fan of the narrator.
Great Book and very plainly written and easy to understand. I will listen to it again.
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- Stephanie martin
- 2023-09-06
Learn boundaries to be free
To learn about boundaries was a freeing experience I hope everyone will feel the same