I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power

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Kniha I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power:Brown offers insights and strategies for understanding shame and overcoming its power over women. … An interesting look at a debilitating emotion that stunts the potential of too many women. –Booklist Brown is clearly passionate and knowledgeable about her subject and has a smooth writing style. –Library Journal aShame is a profoundly debilitating emotion. It drives our fears of not being good enough. We can learn to feel shame about anything that is real about us — our shape, our accent, our financial situation, our wrinkles, our size, our illness, or how we spend our day. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME is an urgent and compelling invitation to examine our struggles with shame and to learn valuable tools to become our best, most authentic selves. Grounded in exceptional scholarship and filled with inspiring stories, this is one of those rare books that has the potential to turn lives around.a –Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger