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Marisa G. Franco

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Stop Shaming Yourself For Not Being Healed Enough

I can’t believe that I am writing this, but today is publication day! Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment is officially out! I have worked so hard on this book over the past two years, and I cannot be more thrilled to share it with you all.

Today, I’m sharing one of the core ideas from the book. Enjoy!

Stop Shaming Yourself For Not Being Healed Enough

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Marisa G. Marisa G. said: " This book will change your entire life; it already has changed mine.

What Rhaina Cohen does so well is remind us just how dysfunctional our social scripts are around friendship and romance and she offers us so many new possibilities.

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The Instigators by Atima Omara
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At a time when Black women are being targeted in public life, we need The Instigators more than ever. It has so many inspiring and untold stories of young progressive Black women who have changed the game for everyone. An inspiring read!
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How to Not Know by Simone Stolzoff
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In times like these, we need to know how to not know more than ever.
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Once Upon a Stranger by Gillian Sandstrom
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Full disclosure: I blurbed this book.

Even though I study connection, I learned so much more from this book. Sandstrom does a great job debunking the idea that interactions with strangers are "lesser" than conversations with intimates, or that the va
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Once Upon a Stranger by Gillian Sandstrom
"A great guide for folks who are trying to work on small talk.
I'm more of an extrovert so some of it doesn't work for me but I will use some skills and concepts for work. "
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"The People We Keep Mistaking for Scenery
On Gillian Sandstrom’s “Once Upon a Stranger,” and the ordinary encounters that make a life feel less mute, less private, and more human
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Rules of Estrangement by Joshua Coleman
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I think Coleman had some really good points and a lot of direction for parents- writing the letters of amends and finding the kernel of truth in what your kid is saying, but I couldn’t help but feel like these skills are manipulative if you’re not en ...more
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“What we try to suppress defines us (more on this in the vulnerability chapter), or, in the words of one of my psychology supervisors, “Anything unspeakable to you is affecting you.” That’s why we don’t heal shame by hiding it.”
Marisa G. Franco, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

“For our life to feel significant, we crave someone to witness it, to verify its importance.”
Marisa G. Franco, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

“Our friends advertise the kaleidoscope of ways we can live. They expose us to new ways of being in the world, showing us another life is possible.”
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