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From the author of the self-help hit, Adult Children of Emotionally
Immature Parents, this essential guide offers daily, practical ways
to help you heal the invisible wounds caused by immature parents,
nurture self-awareness, trust your emotions, improve relationships,
and stop putting others' needs ahead of your own. If you grew up
with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you
probably still struggle with anger, sadness, resentment, or shame.
As a child, your emotional needs were not met, your feelings were
dismissed, and you likely took on adult levels of responsibility in
an effort to compensate for your parent's behavior. Somewhere along
the way, you lost your sense of self. And without this strong sense
of self, you may feel like your own well-being isn't valuable. In
this compassionate guide-written just for you, not them-you'll find
tips and tools to help you set boundaries with others, honor and
validate your emotions, and thrive in the face of life's
challenges. You'll discover how to protect yourself from hurtful
behavior, stop making excuses for others' limitations, forge
healthier relationships, and feel more confident in your life. Most
importantly, you'll learn how to stop putting others' needs before
your own, and manage daily stressors with competence, clarity, and
optimism. Self-care means honoring and respecting the self. But
when you grow up with emotionally immature parents, you are taught
that setting limits is selfish and uncaring. You are taught to seek
approval instead of authenticity in relationships. And you are
taught that empathy and emotional awareness are liabilities, rather
than assets. But there's another way to go through life-one in
which you can take care of yourself, first and foremost. Let this
book guide you toward a new way of being.
If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or
selfish parent, you may recall your childhood as a time when your
emotional needs were not met or dismissed-and you may have
lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, and abandonment
as a result. As an adult, you have fought hard to establish your
own sense of self, and heal the invisible wounds caused by your
upbringing. But what about other emotionally immature people (EIP)
in your life? EIPs are often unpredictable, volatile, and difficult
to handle. They tend to be me-first people, with little regard for
others. They may not respect you as an individual-which can be
isolating, hurtful, and lonely. As an adult child of an emotionally
immature parent (ACEIP), you may be particularly vulnerable to
EIPs. But you are not powerless! If you're tired of being
emotionally hijacked by EIPs, this handbook can help you avoid
common traps, build confidence, and stand strong in yourself. In
this must-have guide, author Lindsay Gibson provides everyday
solutions to help you manage relationships with any emotionally
immature person. You'll find practical insights and explorations
into the most common challenges ACEIPs face, and practical guidance
to help set boundaries and establish healthier relationships.
You'll also learn to handle difficult interactions with EIPs,
understand their responses, and transform your relationships to
build a happier life. It's time to disentangle from EIPs! As an
ACEIP, you have spent a lifetime compensating for others' behaviour
and putting your needs last. With this handbook, you'll find the
information you need to understand how EIPs function, shift your
own perspective regarding these relationships, and stand up for
yourself without guilt, shame, or fear
Are you one of the countless people who grew up with emotionally
immature parents? If you suffer from this troubling parent/child
dynamic, you may still recall painful moments from your childhood
when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were
dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of maturity in an
effort to "compensate" for your parents' behavior. And while you
likely cultivated strengths such as self-reliance and independence
along the way- strengths that have served you well as an
adult-having to be the emotionally mature person in your
relationship with your parent is confusing and even damaging. If
you are ready to gain the insight you need to move on from feelings
of loneliness and abandonment and find healthy ways to meet your
own emotional needs, this book will help light the way. You'll
discover the four main types of emotionally immature parents:
*Emotional parents, who may vacillate between over-involvement and
abandonment, leading to frightening instability and
unpredictability *Driven parents, who are often compulsively busy
and can't stop trying to perfect everything, including other people
*Passive parents, who may have a laissez-faire mindset and avoid
dealing with anything upsetting *Rejecting parents, who may
withdraw from any relationship with their child, showing either
detachment or anger as primary responses All emotionally immature
parents have one defining characteristic in common, even if they
differ in style-none of them puts their child's needs first. This
book will show you that you are not to blame for your parent's
behavior. It also offers real skills for handling difficult family
situations and moving on from the emotional wounds of your
childhood. If you are ready to gain a greater understanding of both
your parents and yourself, this book provides a much-needed guide.
In this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature
Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers powerful tools to help you
step back and protect yourself at the first sign of an emotional
takeover, make sure your emotions and needs are respected, and
break free from the coercive control of emotionally immature
parents. Growing up with emotionally immature parents (EIPs) can
leave you feeling lonely and neglected. You may have trouble
setting limits and expressing your feelings. And you may even be
more susceptible to other emotionally immature people as you
establish adult relationships. In addition, as your parents become
older, they may still treat your emotions with mockery and
contempt, be dismissive and discounting of your reality and try to
control and diminish your sense of emotional autonomy and freedom
of thought. In short, EIPs can be self-absorbed, inconsistent and
contradictory. So, how can you recover from their toxic behaviour?
Drawing on the success of her popular self-help book, Adult
Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson
offers yet another essential resource. With this follow-up guide,
you'll learn practical skills to help you recognize the signs of an
EIP, protect yourself against an emotional takeover, reconnect with
your own emotions and needs and gain emotional autonomy in all your
relationships. This is a how-to book, with doable exercises and
active tips and suggestions for what to say and do to increase
emotional autonomy and self-awareness. If you're ready to stop
putting your own needs last, clear the clutter of self-doubt, and
move beyond the fear of judgment and punishment that's been
instilled in you by emotionally immature parents, this book will
help you find the freedom to finally live your life your way.
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