Never Enough: Separating Self-Worth from Approval (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781737127444)

YOU DESERVE TO BE YOU-EVEN IF OTHERS DISAGREE

Do you dream of feeling confident in your own skin? Of no longer worrying what people think of you and whether they will approve? Can your day turn on a dime with a look or a comment? Do you feel like what you do is never enough-that you're never enough? Has all of that pressure left you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or depressed? Maybe turning to food for comfort? This book is for you.

Despite what you may think, I doubt you are weak, disorganized, codependent, a people pleaser, or that you lack motivation or willpower. Nor are you alone.

Over my many years working with women in therapy, it would be hard to count the number of bright, capable, successful women who have shared their fears of not being "good enough", or how easily they are derailed by disapproval. And I have yet to meet a woman who feels her body is as it "should" be.

So, why is it that so many women feel they don't measure up or find themselves constantly scrambling for approval or to be "good enough"?

Never Enough explores,

• the external factors, including our history as women, that keep us looking outside of ourselves for how we "should" be, while abandoning our true selves, our internal wisdom, and all that we were meant to be in this life

• how the brain, in an effort to protect and help us, often makes change difficult and knowledge insufficient in changing patterns of behavior

• the specific skills that have helped women turn this around

My gift, as a licensed psychologist, is helping women celebrate their unique beauty and truth and to step out of the no-win struggle to gain approval and be "enough."

• be yourself and trust your yourself, even when facing disapproval
• deal with uncomfortable feelings like fear and guilt when speaking up
• feel confident and comfortable in your body
• celebrate who you are-your wisdom and beauty
• know what you need and be able to ask for it in an effective way
• finally get to the place where you can relax