Dr. Braiker schöpfte aus ihrem umfassenden Hintergrund als klinische Psychologin und Beraterin und tauchte in ihrer Arbeit tief in die Komplexität der menschlichen Psyche ein, mit einem besonderen Schwerpunkt auf Stress und Frauenthemen. Ihre Schriften bieten aufschlussreiche Erkundungen der inneren Welt und schlagen eine Brücke zwischen zugänglicher populärer Psychologie und strenger akademischer Forschung. Sie besaß die einzigartige Fähigkeit, psychologische Konzepte in fesselnde Erzählungen zu übersetzen, was sie zu einer gefragten Stimme in den Bereichen Persönlichkeitsentwicklung und gesellschaftliche Dynamiken machte. Ihre anerkannte Autorität auf ihren Gebieten etablierte sie als bedeutende Beitragende zur Literatur, die Leser mit tieferem Selbstverständnis befähigt.
Offers a program to free yourself from manipulators - people who control through emotional manipulation, insults, and mind games. This book helps you end a destructive relationship, understand how it occurred and prevent you from getting involved in a manipulative relationship again. It includes self- assessment quizzes and action plans.
What's wrong with being a people pleaser? Plenty!People pleasers are not just nice people who go overboard trying to make everyone happy. Those who suffer from the Disease to Please are people who say "Yes" when they really want to say "No." For them, the uncontrollable need for the elusive approval of others is an addiction. Their debilitating fears of anger and confrontation force them to use "niceness" and "people-pleasing" as self-defense camouflage.Featured on NBC's "Today," The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that "people pleasing" is a benign problem. Best-selling author and frequent Oprah guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers clear, positive, practical, and easily do-able steps toward recovery.Begin with a simple but revealing quiz to discover what type of people-pleaser you are. Then learn how making even small changes to any single portion of the Disease to Please Triangle - involving your thoughts, feelings, and behavior - will cause a dramatic, positive and long-lasting change to the overall syndrome.As a recovered peoplepleaser, you will finally see that a balanced way of living that takes others into consideration but puts the emphasis first on pleasing yourself and gaining your own approval is the clearest path to health and happiness.