{"product_id":"the-courage-to-need-ruth-chew-9781764736855","title":"The Courage to Need: Practical Reflections for Speaking Your Needs, Building Connection, and Letting Yourself Be Met","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the ones who seem strong, capable, and self-sufficient - yet quietly long to feel seen, supported, and met.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of us learn to survive by needing less.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe become responsible. Capable. Independent. We achieve, hold everything together, and become the person others rely on. From the outside, our lives may look successful. But inside, we may feel tired, lonely, disconnected, or quietly unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Courage to Need\u003c\/b\u003e is a reflective self-development book for high-achieving, self-sufficient people who have learned to hide their needs, silence their longing, and mistake being useful for being loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough warm reflections, practical questions, and gentle exercises, Ruth Chew explores the hidden cost of always being strong. She invites readers to understand how self-sufficiency can begin as protection, how achievement can become armour, and how difficult it can feel to ask for what we truly need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a compassionate path back to emotional honesty, deeper connection, and a more alive way of being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you will explore: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy needing may have started to feel unsafe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe emotional cost of over-functioning and self-sufficiency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe difference between being chosen, admired, needed, and truly valued\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow to recognise and speak your needs with more clarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy vulnerability is not weakness, but a doorway to connection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow to stop postponing the life, love, and intimacy you quietly long for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in an intimate, accessible, and emotionally honest style, \u003cb\u003eThe Courage to Need\u003c\/b\u003e is for anyone who has ever felt admired but not known, needed but not held, successful but not fully alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, this book is an invitation to stop performing strength and begin returning to the tender, human truth beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Chew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764736850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764736855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Held \u0026amp; Human\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.16d","brand":"Ruth Chew","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173814575359,"sku":"9781764736855","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-courage-to-need-ruth-chew-9781764736855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}