Are you finishing unappetizing food because “mom said so”? Are you putting up with what’s unbearable because “all women put up with it”? Are you afraid to say “no” and feel guilty for no reason? Congratulations: you’ve landed in a family script. The good news is that the script can be rewritten.
This book is a practical guide to giving up dysfunctional family traditions. Without severing ties, without scandals, but with you staying true to yourself. You’ll learn how to stop being a victim (“mom endured—and I will too”), how not to repeat your father’s cruelty, how to refuse violent methods of upbringing, how to stop looking over your shoulder at “what will people say,” and how to reclaim holidays, money, and the right to your own “no.”
“Not necessarily to live someone else’s life. You have the right to your own script.”