In addition to its smooth, conversational tone and frank honesty, the book is also entertainingly voyeuristic, as readers get to eavesdrop on Gottlieb’s therapy sessions with intriguing patients in all states of distress. Through Gottlieb’s stories of her sessions with a wide array of clients, readers will identify with the author as both a mid-40s single mother and a perceptive, often humorous psychotherapist. “Therapists…deal with the daily challenges of living just like everyone else….Our training has taught us theories and tools and techniques, but whirring beneath our hard-earned expertise is the fact that we know just how hard it is to be a person,” she writes. The intimate connection between patient and therapist established through the experience of psychic suffering forms the core of the memoir, as the author plumbs the multifaceted themes of belonging, emotional pain, and healing. Good Enough, 2010, etc.) chronicles the many problems facing the “struggling humans” in her stable of therapy patients. With great empathy and compassion, psychotherapist and Atlantic columnist and contributing editor Gottlieb ( Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. A vivacious portrait of a therapist from both sides of the couch. His latest book, a New York Times best-seller, " Lose the Resume, Land the Job ," shares the kind of straight talk that no one – not a spouse, partner, mentor or anyone else – will tell you. Gary Burnison is the CEO of Korn Ferry, a global consulting firm that helps companies select and hire the best talent. But when you make an effort to speak up, others will listen and connect with you. You are who you are, and no one is expecting a soliloquy out of you.
But I took a deep breath and spoke up anyway.)
And again feeling that way in a meeting with Britain's then-Prime Minister David Cameron. (I remember feeling self-conscious when I met with a four-star general at the Pentagon. Almost everyone is intimidated by others, especially those who outrank them. But if you say nothing in those moments before a meeting starts or when you and your boss are in the elevator, you run the risk of becoming invisible.įirst, give yourself a break.
For introverts, small talk can be painful.
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