Download Enough as She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives AudioBook Free
In the New York Times best-selling author of Odd Female Out, a deeply urgent audiobook that gives adults the tools to help ladies in senior high school and college or university reject "supergirl" pressure, beat a toxic stress culture, and become resilient parents with healthy, happy, and gratifying lives. For many ladies today, the drive to achieve is fueled by brutal self-criticism and an serious fear of inability. Though young women have never been more "successful" - outpacing boys in GPAs and college or university enrollment - they also have never struggled more. On the surface, girls may seem exceptional, but in reality, they can be restless and overwhelmed, sensing that, no subject how hard they try, they will never be smart enough, successful enough, really enough, skinny enough, popular enough, or sexy enough. Rachel Simmons has been researching young women for just two ages, and her research plainly demonstrates girl competence does not equal girl confidence - nor should it equal happiness, resilience, or self-worth. Guaranteed by vivid case studies, Simmons warns that we have elevated a era of young women so centered on reaching that they avoid healthy risks, overthink setbacks, and suffer from imposter syndrome, thinking they can be frauds. As they spend more time projecting a graphic of effortless efficiency on social marketing, these girls are prone to withdraw from the essential relationships offering solace and support and bolster self-esteem. Deeply empathetic and meticulously researched, Enough as She Is offers a clear knowledge of this disastrous problem and practical parenting advice - including instructing girls self-compassion as an alternative to self-criticism, how to control overthinking, withstand the constant craving to compare themselves to peers, take healthy risks, navigate toxic components of social marketing, prioritize self-care, and seek support when they want it. Enough as She Is does sound an alarm to parents and educators, arguing that young women can do more than survive adolescence. They are able to prosper. Enough as She Is shows us how.
