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Avg. Customer Rating:(based on 5 reviews) Sales Rank: 171853 Category: Book
Author:Beverly Engel Publisher:Wiley Studio:Wiley Manufacturer:Wiley Label:Wiley Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 256 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1
Product Description Overcome to pressure to please other people with the tools and guidance in The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused ? and Start Standing Up for Yourself. Renowned author and therapist Beverly Engel, who has helped thousands of women recognize and leave emotionally abusive relationships, can show you how to take control of your life and take care of yourself. Filled with true stories and practical advice, this book will show you how to identify your ?nice girl? identity, confront your beliefs and behaviors and show you how to adopt a healthier attitude.
Customer Reviews:
Can't put this down! Feeling very empowered. November 24, 2008 I'm only on chapter 3, but this book is changing my life. I am way too nice and have had a host of people take advantage of me, and this book is giving me the strength to fight back. I even just dumped my boyfriend who was emotionally abusive. I feel horrible because I waited so long, but I now know that I was being way too nice and he was using it against me. Thanks to this caring, honest author I am learning the key principles to keeping myself safe and sane. Highly Recommended!
I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar! November 15, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best books about developing assertiveness in women that I have EVER read. I would heartily recommend this to everyone. Men also will benefit from reading this book as it will empower them to help women who want to change the self-defeatist patterns that being a Nice Girl can only bring. Men will also recognize changes and hopefully be ready to support new, assertive behaviors.
Engel does an excellent job of defining "The Nice Girl," the woman who has developed self-defeast behavior patterns of going along with others at the expense of her voice, her identity and her self. Each chapter itemizes the behaviors; provides excellent examples of clients who have fallen into these traps and tools of empowerment to recognize and break out of them.
The payoff is great - not only does a person's self esteem rise with assertiveness, they gain greater respect from others. Absolutely NOBODY can respect a sycophant and this book provides helpful tools to dodge the Sycophantic False Agreement Syndrome.
Just reading this book is an uplifting experience. Readers will want to reclaim their voices ("John here, speaking with his voice! -- John Lennon, 1963) and their dignity. Helen Reddy's 1973 song, "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar!" could be the soundtrack of this book.
This book is not only a Tool of Empowerment; it is the key to a whole lifestyle change.
the Quintessential nice girl November 1, 2008 I thought this book was awesome! I couldn't put it down because I needed to know more and learn more. As a quintessential nice girl, this book helped me realize how some of the things I was doing to be "nice" to protect myself from being hurt were actually putting me in a position to be hurt more often. You can tell the author really has a caring perspective and even responded personally to an email I sent her. Whether you're a woman who's always trying to be "nice" or just someone looking for a great informative book, read it!
good book August 26, 2008 This book was very helpful to me. Being too nice is not really a good thing.
a much needed book July 16, 2008 3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I haven't read this book cover to cover (or received it YET) but I have been going to the bookstore and sitting down and working my way through until my copy arrives from Amazon. After reading only a few pages, I knew that this was a "must have" in my library of Feminine Empowerment. Females are conditioned in this society to be "nice" at all cost and to avoid standing up for ourselves out fear of that we may not be seen as the very thing that is harming us. At first I was unsure if this was a purchase I should make. Some of the case stories in Beverly Engel's book are heartbreaking and can leave you feeling vulnerable, angry and just plain disgusted. Yet, at the same time, I know that these are our stories and they need to be told in order to empower future generations to break the cycle.
I've currently given this title 3 stars because I have not read it fully. But the ovrerall message is excellent and once I've read it completely, will evaluate this again and judge accordingly.
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