Boundaries - Jennie Miller and Victoria Lambert

Description

A four-step programme to help develop self-esteem, create time to do the things that nourish and fulfil you, discover a deep sense of calm, and achieve healthy control over your life, home and work, co-written by psychotherapist and relationship expert Jennie Miller and award-winning journalist Victoria Lambert.

The need to understand where to draw the line has never been more acute, with new online trends seeping quickly into our consciousness often before we’ve had time to consider what personal boundaries they might require. Covering email etiquette, office politics, healthy parenting, dating among the over 50s, oversharing, relationships and more, there is no other book that deals effectively and practically with the embryonic and ever-evolving relationship codes of today.

Discover how to set personal boundaries in the most important aspects of your life: from sleep to fitness, diet to social media and computer usage, and build the self-confidence that results from learning to care for yourself. Then you can progress to applying that knowledge to all aspects of your life including work, home and relationships.

With anonymised cases from Jennie’s clinical practice, Boundaries contains exercises, motivational quotes, statistics, and clearly signposts when exactly you need to bring in the boundaries.

Review

I'm always looking for enlightenment into personal development so when I received this book I dived right into it. I found it very easy to read and understand with well laid out headings across the four steps. 

Step 1 Me, myself, I

Step 2 The workplace

Step 3 Love and intimacy

Step 4 Your family and other animals  

The most noticeable thing about this book is how very up to date it is with dealing with issues like social media boundaries both at home and in the workplace. I've never personally read anything in a book like this before and if you are starting out in the world of work (or indeed aren't sure about protocol) then this is a good guideline to set you on the right path regarding how to behave on social media. It also tackles the subject of bullying at work - again I haven't seen this met head on before and am pleased to see this advice.

Throughout the book there are real life case histories so you can relate to how the advice works in real life. There are also little insights which make it seem like the book is a bit of a mind reader! How did you know I just thought that when I read the heading "Fitness"???

I found the first step the most useful for me. This is a book you can refer to again and again at different points in your life and you will find some sound guidance and advice.

I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars. I received a paperback copy of the book from HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review.