The Book of Boundaries

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'Ground-breaking ... a must-read for everyone'
BJ FOGG, PhD, Tiny Habits

'The Book of Boundaries is funny, direct, and smart, bringing you actionable tools and science-backed strategies for setting boundaries using language that feels kind, natural, and empowering'
Mel Robbins, New York Times bestselling author of The 5 Second Rule

Do your relationships feel one-sided or unbalanced? Do you wish you could say no-nicely? Are you depleted, overwhelmed, and tired of putting everyone else's needs above your own? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you're ready to set some boundaries.

Melissa Urban has already helped millions of people establish life-long healthy habits. Now, she shows you how boundaries are the key to better mental health, energy, and productivity, and more fulfilling relationships. Through more than 130 scripts, Urban helps you set boundaries with bosses, partners, family, friends, and even yourself, with tips for navigating guilt and pushback.

Practical and inspiring, The Book of Boundaries will empower you to prioritise your needs and lead a life that feels bigger, freer and happier.

'If you've struggled to identify and establish healthy boundaries - with family, in romance, at work, or in life - Melissa Urban shows the way forward with clarity, vulnerability, and humour'
Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project

© 2022 Melissa Urban (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

  • Funny, direct, and smart, bringing you actionable tools
    and science-backed strategies for setting boundaries using
    language that feels kind, natural, and empowering

    Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule
  • The rare book that manages to be practical,
    thoughtful, readable and even funny

    Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

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