Drama Free
by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Tawwab's second book addresses family dysfunction specifically: enmeshment, favoritism, addiction, neglect, and how to set boundaries with parents, siblings and extended family without cutting everyone off, or how to decide when distance is the right answer. It is organized by relationship and full of scripts.
Read it if…
your family is the hardest part of your holidays and you want options other than endure or estrange.
Skip it if…
you want general boundary skills; her first book covers those.
Three things you will actually use
- You can love people and limit access to you.
- Change your part of the pattern; it is the only part you control.
- Grieve the family you wanted so you can deal with the one you have.
Do this first
Write one boundary for one family member, state it in a sentence, and plan your response when it is tested.
Our verdict
Specific and compassionate; a useful guide for complicated families.
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