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Setting Boundaries

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Setting Boundaries by Dr Rebecca Ray explores how establishing personal limits is essential not only for saying 'no' but for nurturing what truly energises us. Drawing on her expertise as a clinical psychologist, Ray offers science-based advice to help readers recognise when their boundaries are crossed, challenge unhelpful patterns, and communicate with strength and self-compassion. This practical guide encourages reclaiming one’s life, protecting mental wellbeing, and cultivating authentic relationships.
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Ideal for individuals seeking personal development, anyone struggling with people-pleasing tendencies, and readers wanting to enhance their emotional resilience and relationship health.

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Setting Boundaries is not just about saying 'no'.

It is about pursuing the things that set our soul on fire, loving deeply without losing ourselves, and better resisting the demands and expectations of others.

Dr Rebecca Ray, Australian clinical psychologist and author, shows how boundaries are the key to many of the emotional and practical difficulties we encounter in daily life.

Many of us, raised to be people-pleasers, find ourselves giving in to draining colleagues, friends, partners, and relatives.

In Setting Boundaries, Dr Ray shares science-based advice and tools to help you:

  • identify your boundaries and when they have been crossed,
  • recognise the patterns and habits that have failed to support you to feel empowered,
  • engage in difficult conversations from a place of strength and self-kindness,
  • set clear, intentional boundaries and become your most loving, fulfilled, and authentic self.

Accessible, inspiring, and deeply practical, Setting Boundaries ignites us to rethink our relationships, reclaim our lives, and protect our mental health and wellbeing.

Praise for Setting Boundaries

'Within the first two pages I found myself exclaiming, She's so brilliant. That's exactly how it is!' - Dr Libby Weaver

'Yet another valuable contribution from Dr Rebecca Ray and one I can genuinely and sincerely recommend.' - Dr Tim Sharp

'I will return to this book over and over again when I'm feeling lost and need a comforting voice of support.' - Alison Daddo

'This book has changed my life so much. I think it's Beck's style of writing and connection to her audience. It's real, relatable, and doable! I have radically seen shifts in my life from reading Beck's words.' - Tanya Hennessy, Sexy

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Praised as "brilliant" and immediately relatable, Setting Boundaries is celebrated for its clear, supportive guidance. Dr Libby Weaver describes it as exactly capturing the complexities of maintaining one’s sense of self amid external demands.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760982423

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 June 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: Macmillan Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 440g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Dr Rebecca Ray is a clinical psychologist, author and speaker. She uses a science-backed, heart and hard truth approach to help big-picture-thinking womxn entrepreneurs and creators live a life that's fulfilling, unapologetic, and free. Rebecca has been a clinical psychologist for the best part of two decades and is the author of four books including The Art of Self-Kindness and The Universe Listens to Brave. Rebecca can be found interacting with her community online about using courage and brain potential to make a meaningful difference in the world, while going gently on ourselves. Instagram @drrebeccaray Facebook @drrebeccaray Twitter @drrebeccaray Pinterest @drrebeccaray

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