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Little Miss Perfect
Are you still stuck with the dysfunctional coping strategies you learned as a child?
Adults who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home often adopt behaviors to deal with the Chaos and neglect around them -- behaviors that no longer work for them as adults. Repressing spontaneity, over-controlling, reacting impulsively from fear, and rejecting our own playfulness are just some the coping mechanisms that become obsolete and destructive when carried into adult life.
Author Megan LeBoutillier grew up in an alcoholic home, and in Little Miss Perfect she shows how any Adult Child can move from the of helpless victim into a healthier, empowered stance of independence and self-love. Her guide to self-healing offers hands-on exercises that
-- Journal writing
-- Special stress management for ACOAs
-- Dream work
-- Body awareness
-- Affirmations and Visualizations
Filled with these and other recovery tools and insights, Little Miss Perfect is a compassionate handbook for recovering people who are ready to refashion the world of the past to suit their present needs.
Adults who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home often adopt behaviors to deal with the Chaos and neglect around them -- behaviors that no longer work for them as adults. Repressing spontaneity, over-controlling, reacting impulsively from fear, and rejecting our own playfulness are just some the coping mechanisms that become obsolete and destructive when carried into adult life.
Author Megan LeBoutillier grew up in an alcoholic home, and in Little Miss Perfect she shows how any Adult Child can move from the of helpless victim into a healthier, empowered stance of independence and self-love. Her guide to self-healing offers hands-on exercises that
-- Journal writing
-- Special stress management for ACOAs
-- Dream work
-- Body awareness
-- Affirmations and Visualizations
Filled with these and other recovery tools and insights, Little Miss Perfect is a compassionate handbook for recovering people who are ready to refashion the world of the past to suit their present needs.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 13, 1990
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December 15, 2013
I had never felt so understood, as when I read this book. I found this book very insightful!
May 31, 2015
Never in my life have I felt so understood. As an adult child of a former/recovered substance abuser, this book really spoke to me and helped me to understand why I revert to self-destructing behaviors. This book gave me exercises to practice as often as I want as I continue to go through my healing journey. My only regret is that I didn't read it years ago. I would highly recommend this book for any ACOA/ACODA (Adult child of an alcoholic/adult child of a drug addict). I know I will continue to use the exercises and journal prompts for the rest of my life.
March 11, 2016
I read this book many, many years ago, but it still sticks in my mind as one that helped me see some things about myself in a very vivid way in the beginning of my recovery from drinking and drugs. It launched a search of self-discovery for me that hasn't really ended even now.
If you have ever struggled with perfectionism, I highly recommend this book as a place to start in recovering from it.
If you have ever struggled with perfectionism, I highly recommend this book as a place to start in recovering from it.
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