About the book
Nedra Glover Tawwab, a therapist and the author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, treats every relationship as a balance between giving too much and holding back too much. Give too much and people lose themselves; hold back too much and they end up isolated, unable to get their needs met. Her guide to codependency and enmeshment explains how boundaries differ from walls, describes anxious and avoidant attachment, questions hyper-independence and the idea of the self-made person, and draws on parts work, among other therapy tools, to look at the different sides of a person. She also stresses community, loose social ties and a varied circle of friends, with ways to handle conflict with partners, friends and family.
Adam Grant put it on The New Books to Refresh Your Thinking in 2026 as a guide to balancing boundaries with staying open to others.
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Walking the tightrope between setting boundaries and staying open.
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