Good Girl Detox

You said yes again, didn't you?If you have spent your whole life as the woman who keeps the peace, who shrinks her own needs to make room for everyone else, who apologizes for things she did not do and wears herself out trying to be liked, this book is for you.The Good Girl Detox is a fifteen-chapter, thirty-day recovery plan for women who are done abandoning themselves. It is not another book about boundaries in theory. It is a practical, research-backed program for the woman who is finally ready to stop.Over three parts and thirty daily practices, you will learn how to:- Recognize the seventeen specific symptoms of chronic people-pleasing, and trace them back to where they started - Pause before the automatic yes that has cost you your time, your energy, and your sense of self - Say no as a complete sentence, with no justification, apology, or alternative on offer - Draw lines you actually keep, and survive the discomfort of finally disappointing people you have spent your life appeasing - Reclaim the anger you were taught to swallow, and turn it into clear requests instead of slow-burning resentment - Recalibrate the relationships around you, and see which ones can grow with the new youDrawing on attachment theory, polyvagal nervous-system research, and the work of Pete Walker, Pia Mellody, Lindsay Gibson, Bren Brown, and Nedra Glover Tawwab, The Good Girl Detox gives you a step-by-step framework that meets you exactly where you are.Thirty days, thirty practices, one reclaimed life. For every woman who learned to make herself smaller so someone else could be bigger, this is your permission to take up space again.