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  • Where to Draw the Line

  • How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day
  • By: Anne Katherine MA
  • Narrated by: Donna Postel
  • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (185 ratings)

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Where to Draw the Line

By: Anne Katherine MA
Narrated by: Donna Postel
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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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This is a good book for anyone in any type of relationship. I hope that includes us all.

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very helpful

l loved it. I learned so much about myself and others. I highly recommend this book.

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Essential read or listen

This is a great book for people working to become whole and to recover from…. the many trials we face in modern life.
Good examples and hints descriptions of situations we face in relationships with people, food, money, family, physicians and therapists.

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This book...is... AMAZING!

The author is incredibly knowledgeable and wise. Her examples were very relatable because they are real. There were also moments of humor where I literally laughed out loud!

The narrator was also a very good choice. The inflection in her voice really sounded as if the author were speaking to me.

On the subject matter: the whole book was illuminating and provided an enlightening experience.

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Informative

Helpful in recognizing boundaries and their violations. good examples
would have liked more examples of how to set boundaries.

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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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Comprehensive

What most impressed me about this book was the breadth of situations and specific examples the author gives. I also really appreciated the secular nature of the book. Other books on boundaries I've read often take a religious approach that does not speak to me.

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I found this book to be quite empowering.

This book is a very powerful tool that can be especially helpful for any of those who grew up with selfish or narcissistic caretakers.

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When and how to set and maintain healthy boundarie

Clear descriptions of why and how to set and maintain healthy boundaries.
Well written. An easy read.

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10/10 listening experience

I never would’ve thought boundaries were so important and meaningful. I learned so much about myself and the people around me. I love this book and recommend to all.

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