The Book of Boundaries
by Melissa Urban
Urban offers more than a hundred and thirty scripts, in green, yellow and red escalation levels, for setting limits with family, friends, coworkers, partners and yourself, from food talk at holidays to work emails after hours. It is practical to the point of being a reference, and it is honest that boundaries will disappoint some people.
Read it if…
you know you need boundaries and freeze when it is time to say the words.
Skip it if…
you want the psychology; Tawwab's book covers that better.
Three things you will actually use
- Start at the gentlest level; escalate only if needed.
- Say it clearly, without apology or essay.
- Expect pushback; it is not evidence you were wrong.
Do this first
Find the script for your most pressing situation and say it out loud three times before you need it.
Our verdict
A practical script book; useful when words fail you.
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