The Assertiveness Guide for Women
The Assertiveness Guide for Women

Author: Julie de Azevedo Hanks

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1626253390

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Isn’t it time you took a stand? Many women struggle with assertiveness, but if you’re prone to anxiety and avoidance, it is especially difficult. Grounded in attachment theory, this essential guide will help you identify your thoughts and feelings, balance your emotions, communicate your needs, and set healthy boundaries to improve your life. When you’re assertive, you’re able to communicate your needs and wishes clearly while respecting yourself and anyone else involved in the interaction. But when you aren’t assertive, you may stop yourself from saying anything when your needs aren’t being met, or end up lashing out in hostile or hurtful ways. People with different attachment styles struggle with being assertive for different reasons, and even women with a secure attachment style may have difficulty expressing emotion when faced with challenging circumstances. Using strategies based in mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), The Assertiveness Guide for Women can help you understand the attachment styles that keep you from asserting yourself. You’ll learn about the three communication stances—from the passive Doormat to the aggressive (or passive-aggressive) Sword to the assertive Lantern—and find practical examples that show you how to apply your new communication and emotional awareness skills in your own life. Rather than being caught in a cycle of rumination and regret when you’re unable to express yourself or even acknowledge your own needs, you’ll be ready to assert yourself and get what you want. Whether you’re anxious and overwhelmed by the intensity of your emotions, avoidant and struggle to identify your emotions, or otherwise have difficulty expressing yourself, this book will help you become more aware of your own thoughts and feelings, and empower you to ask for what you need, set boundaries, and speak your truth for a more fulfilling life.

The Assertive Woman
The Assertive Woman

Author: Stanlee Phelps

Publisher: Impact

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781886230491

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This classic bestseller, revised and updated, is an original and lively self-help resource that's packed with tested exercises, step-by-step guides, and solid advice on how to express oneself with co-workers, authority figures, lovers, family, and friends.

The Assertive Woman
The Assertive Woman

Author: Stanlee Phelps

Publisher: Price Stern Sloan

Published: 1975-06-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 9780843103960

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Attacks the self-denying life-style that many women have been conditioned to accept and teaches women to develop assertive skills to complement an increased awareness of changing social values and roles

A Woman in Your Own Right
A Woman in Your Own Right

Author: Anne Dickson

Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780704372696

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"This book has become the core assertiveness training handbook, recommended in confidence building and personal development courses, coaching and mentoring programmes, as well as counselling and therapeutic contexts throughout the UK and, with subsequent translations, in many parts of the world. Most importantly, Anne Dickson's work has helped millions of women who have been inspired and empowered by this book."--Publisher.

Self-Assertion for Women
Self-Assertion for Women

Author: Pamela E. Butler

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1992-03-13

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0062501259

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The bestselling assertiveness guide that shows women how to get what they want--reissued with a new preface by the author. Self-Assertion for Women offers practical advice with realistic sample dialogues and step-by-step exercises showing women how they can: learn to communicate clearly and effectively protect themselves from misread signals in public, as well as intimate, situations maintain professional authority without becoming aggressive deal appropriately with sexual harassment express positive and negative feelings without anxiety set boundaries and assert themselves freely while maintaining loving relationships idenify "assertiveness blind spots" Butler's strategies can be applied by all women in any situation that requires direct, effective, and positive action.

Wander Woman
Wander Woman

Author: Marcia Reynolds

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2010-06-14

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 160509840X

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Presents fresh research and powerful stories to give voice to a new generation of women driven by challenge and change Offers compelling advice on how to make wandering a life strategy, not just a series of unplanned events Includes probing questions and thought-provoking exercises to help readers find peace in life's chaos and confusion 2011 Axiom Award Gold Medal winner in the category of Women in Business There’s a new generation of high-achieving women today—confident, ambitious, accomplished, driven. And yet, as master coach Marcia Reynolds discovered, many of them are also anxious, discontented, and frustrated. They’re constantly questioning their purpose, juggling multiple roles, and reevaluating their goals. As a result they’re restless—they move from job to job, from challenge to challenge, almost on impulse. They’re wander women. Existing personal growth books, so focused on empowerment and encouragement, can’t help these women. They don’t need to find their voice—they know how to roar. They don’t expect balance in their lives—but they long to find peace in the chaos. They aren’t necessarily focused on gaining a seat in the boardroom—they want projects that mean something or businesses they run on their own. Reynolds helps wander women understand the roots of their restlessness and make their wandering a conscious strategy, not a reaction. Drawing on extensive research and interviews she illuminates the needs that drive their decisions and the core assumptions that lock them into rigid perfectionist patterns. She offers a wealth of exercises and practices that will enable wander women to reset their mental programming, discover new ways of finding direction, and thoughtfully choose and plan their futures, whether they climb the corporate ladder, find satisfaction below the glass ceiling, or set out on their own. For every woman plagued by frustration and self-doubt—“Will what I’ve done ever feel good enough?”—Wander Woman sets the stage to uncover the answers to life’s tough questions about meaning and purpose, significance and value, and the legacy you can leave from a life lived well.

Take Back Your Power
Take Back Your Power

Author: Deborah Liu

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2022-08-09

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0310364868

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You can't make the world fair, but you can take back your power. As a woman in Silicon Valley who worked her way to the top of the corporate ladder--she's a former VP at Facebook and the current president and CEO of Ancestry--Deborah Liu knows firsthand the challenges and obstacles in the workplace that keep the deck stacked against women in the workplace . . . and the ways to overcome them. For every woman who grew up competing on the uneven playing field, who is told she is too aggressive, assertive, dramatic, or emotional, this book is the battle cry you need to learn to thrive within the system that exists today, even if it's not the one we wish it were. Take Back Your Power presents both hard data and Liu's personal experiences from twenty years as a woman leader in the male-dominated tech industry to help you: Find your voice, learn how to ask, and achieve what you want in a system that isn't fair and wasn't created for you Debunk the negative connotations of "power" and harness it for your own success Discover how to be heard, seen, and taken more seriously at work by getting out of your own way Overcome the lie that success is only achieved alone by finding the four types of allies you need to reach your goals Become a great leader without losing yourself in the process You have the power to change the future of work for yourself--and for women everywhere.