Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents : Honor Your Emotions, Nurture Your Self, and Live with Confidence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibson, Lindsay C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-confidence in adolescence.

Self-help techniques for teenagers.

Adult children of dysfunctional families--Mental health.

Adult children of dysfunctional families.

Emotional maturity.

Dysfunctional families--Psychological aspects.

Dysfunctional families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

Place of Publication:

2021.

Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2021.

Summary:

From the author of the self-help hit Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, this essential guide offers daily tips and tools to help readers heal the invisible wounds caused by growing up with immature parents. Readers will learn how to nurture self-discovery, trust their emotions, and stop putting others' needs ahead of their own, so they can improve their relationships and build confidence in handling life's challenges..

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction: Life Skills You Were Never Taught

PART I: Protecting and Caring for Yourself

Be True to Yourself

1. Build a Better Relationship with Yourself

2. You Have the Right to Be Here

3. A Case of Mistaken Identity

4. Be Proud of Yourself

5. Listening to Your Soul

Practice Emotional Self-Protection

6. Loosening the Ties That Bind

7. The Purpose of Boundaries

8. Why You're Emotionally Fatigued

9. Healing from Emotional Injuries

10. Debug Your Mind

Honor Your Inner World

11. Pick Your Right Inner Voice

12. What Emotions Are For

13. Why You Feel Dread

14. Don't Be Undermined into Depression

Nurture YourEmotional Health

15. Self-Care Instead of Self-Indulgence

16. The Importance of Emotional Safety

17. Use Your Health-O-Meter

18. Writing Therapy

19. Learning from Nature

PART II: Dealing with People

Relationship Issues

20. The Relationship Economy

21. The Gumby Effect

22. The Café of Love

23. Mr. and Ms. Right Now

24. Should I Stay, or Should I Go?

25. Be a Relationship Leader

26. Why Emotional Maturity Matters

Difficult People

27. Dominating Types

28. Tyrannical Talkers

29. The Cold Shoulder

30. Such a Nice Person

31. The Empty Mirror

32. Relationship Wolves

33. Struggling with Forgiveness

34. Don't Blame My Parents

35. Meeting Your Maker

How It Feels to Be Treated Well

36. What Mr. Rogers Loved in You

37. The Dalai Lama Wants You to Be Happy

38. Kindness Lessons from a Dentist

39. Finding a Spiritual Teacher

40. Pets Who Love Us

Emotionally Mature Parenting

41. The Truth about Children

42. Best-Kept Secret in Parenting

43. Focus Your Praise

44. How to Comfort an Extrovert

45. How to Comfort an Introvert

46. Ungrateful Children

47. Here Come the Zoomers.

48. Accept Your Teen's Immaturity

49. Why Einstein Didn't Play Soccer

50. Evolution in Our Children

51. Graduation for Parents

PART III: Coping with Challenges

Meet Life on Its Own Terms

52. It's a Wild World

53. The Realm of the Required

54. Cultivate Your Mule Mind

55. When to Back Off

56. Appreciate Your Threshold Guardians

57. Football Lessons

58. Life's Tuition

Lower Your Stress

59. The Stressaholic

60. Ninety Seconds to Feel Better

61. Try the Judgment Diet

62. Overcoming Social Anxiety

63. Master Your Machine Mind

64. Stopping Self-Criticism

65. Seeking Perfection

66. Find Your Pace

Take the Right Approach for You

67. How to Approach Problems

68. Focus on the Outcome You Want

69. Challenge Your Negativity Bias

70. Live Your Own Story

71. Life Coaching from Technology

72. Crossing the Fear Boundary

73. Don't Call Yourself Lazy

74. Make Room for Space

75. The Art of Living

76. The Rest of Your Life

Afterword

Acknowledgments

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781684039838

1684039835

9781684039845

1684039843

OCLC:

1263026577