Empowered Boundaries

Speaking Truth, Setting Boundaries, and Inspiring Social Change

De: Cristien Storm

Narrado por: Cristien Storm

Strengthen relationships, build more resilient communities, and develop a stronger emotional toolbox

Explaining power and privilege and the links between individual safety and community safety, Cristien Storm shows readers how to set emotional boundaries that build vibrant social movements and a better world for all. As there have been increases in violence against women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQI-identified people, there has been a corresponding demand for individual and community self-defense, boundary setting, and bystander trainings. Boundary setting can be used not just as a means for personal safety but as form of solidarity, resistance, and inspiration.

From saying no to a boss who always asks you to work late, to setting a boundary with a loved one, to navigating an uncomfortable situation at the bus stop, Cristien Storm offers a new approach to verbal boundary setting that is accessible for all bodies and identities. Practical in scope, the book includes tools, tips, and strategies from Storm's decades of experience leading boundary-setting workshops. Grounded in resiliency and trauma-informed theory, Storm pays particular attention to the experiences of women, people of color, immigrants, and LQBTQI-identified people, making this necessary reading for anyone looking to create healthier relationships and build stronger communities.

Narration was terrible

I've wanted to read this book for a year and a half, and was delighted to find it as an audiobook. Ufnortunately the narrator is reading every single sentence, no matter what the sentence is about, in the same melody. This makes the listeining experience as a whole monotone. The narrator also talks too fast, jumbles words together, and sometimes do not pronounciate the whole word. I really struggle to grasp and focus on what is being said rather than how it is said, but it is difficult work, and I don't think I'm up for all that work. This being said, I've only listened to the forword and the introduction, so I guess it could change. I'll return this and read it in paperback instead, as I'm all for the book and the content, just not the way it is narrated.