Enough as She Is

How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives

By: Rachel Simmons

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of Odd Girl Out, a deeply urgent audiobook that gives adults the tools to help girls in high school and college reject "supergirl" pressure, overcome a toxic stress culture, and become resilient adults with healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives.

For many girls today, the drive to achieve is fueled by brutal self-criticism and an acute fear of failure. Though young women have never been more "successful" - outpacing boys in GPAs and college enrollment - they have also never struggled more. On the surface, girls may seem exceptional, but in reality, they are anxious and overwhelmed, feeling that, no matter how hard they try, they will never be smart enough, successful enough, pretty enough, thin enough, popular enough, or sexy enough.

Rachel Simmons has been researching young women for two decades, and her research plainly shows that girl competence does not equal girl confidence - nor does it equal happiness, resilience, or self-worth. Backed by vivid case studies, Simmons warns that we have raised a generation of young women so focused on achieving that they avoid healthy risks, overthink setbacks, and suffer from imposter syndrome, believing they are frauds. As they spend more time projecting an image of effortless perfection on social media, these girls are prone to withdraw from the essential relationships that offer solace and support and bolster self-esteem.

Deeply empathetic and meticulously researched, Enough as She Is offers a clear understanding of this devastating problem and provides practical parenting advice - including teaching girls self-compassion as an alternative to self-criticism, how to manage overthinking, resist the constant urge to compare themselves to peers, take healthy risks, navigate toxic elements of social media, prioritize self-care, and seek support when they need it. Enough as She Is sounds an alarm to parents and educators, arguing that young women can do more than survive adolescence. They can thrive. Enough as She Is shows us how.

©2018 Rachel Simmons (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

must read for parents

as a therapist who works with teens and families, I highly recommend this book. she identifies in a clear, concise way. would I see in my office on a daily basis. My only request is that she would update the book for all because I think boys have similar issues with unique spins on it. I would rather have the parents of boys read this than nothing and my next book is in search of the boy version of this book

Need different narrator!

I was fortunate to Rachel Simmons speak during her book tour. She is an amazing speaker. I do not find this narrator’s voice pleasant to listen to - I had to turn it off. While I’m sure she’s great for academic topics, she packs none of the punch that Rachel has. Rachel had so much personality in her voice and brought the content of her presentation to life.

Powerful

The book is powerful. I hope it reaches not only parents and educaters but also girls themselves.

By the way, I think this is recorded not with the final version. Some parts like people's names don't match with the ones in the printed version.

I still enjoyed it a lot.

Insightful and Informative

As a father of two young girls, 17 and 21, I loved the book. I found it insightful and Informative, without being boring. I realized I was doing so many things incorrectly. I'm going to have to sit down with my wife and retrain myself, so as to think before I speak so I can answer with much more empathy. I left so many bookmarks for my wife to check out and you should checkout the whole book, great read if you daughter's. Thanks.

Typical non help book

Spends all its time saying how online personas are dangerous and detrimental but zero time encouraging getting away from it. Typical help book written for women, no help at all just enabling the childish selfish life of the permanently depressed. Read Jordan Peterson at least he’ll tell you to change yourself not that everyone is just perfect as they are🙄

Better to buy this book and read it rather than listening to the audible version

The content of the book is important, but there were times when I couldn’t tell if the narrator was a human or a robot. Very monotone and sleepy.