Title: Excellent counsel
Product review: Not only have I read this book, but I have purchased additional copies to hand out to friends. This book is so empowering in a society of women so dragged down by patriarchal views and expectations from everyone. As women, we are taught from day 1 that it is our job to take care of everyone around us: our siblings, our parents, our friends, our spouses, our children. And this "care" is far beyond what is realistic. It is as if we are to carry everyone else's problems and woes and struggles on our own shoulders as if they are our own.This book is tremendously eye-opening to the fact that carrying everything for everyone else is UNHEALTHY for both you AND them. You are cheating both yourself and everyone you "help" from establishing their own self-confidence and self-esteem. Another great book on a similar subject is "Codependent No More".
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