{ "item_title" : "I Made Myself Smaller", "item_author" : [" Mara Ellison "], "item_description" : "What if the reason you keep saying yes, staying quiet, and making yourself easy to love is because somewhere along the way, you learned that being fully yourself came with a cost?Maybe you became the agreeable one.The easy one.The one who did not ask for much.The one who kept the peace, swallowed the hurt, softened the truth, and made everyone else comfortable.And maybe it worked.Until it did not.Because eventually, making yourself smaller starts to feel like disappearing.I Made Myself Smaller is a compassionate, emotionally powerful guide for anyone who learned to survive through people pleasing, self silencing, over explaining, over giving, and abandoning their own needs.With clarity, warmth, and practical insight, Mara Ellison helps you understand why these patterns formed, why they are so hard to break, and how to reclaim your voice without becoming cold, selfish, or someone you do not recognize.Inside, you will learn how to: - Recognize the difference between kindness and self abandonment- Understand why guilt appears when you start setting boundaries- Stop over explaining your needs and choices- Break the habit of managing everyone else's emotions- Rebuild trust in your own thoughts, wants, and decisions- Speak up without feeling like you are creating conflict- Take up space without apologizing for existing- Create relationships where you are loved without having to disappear inside themYou do not have to keep earning your place by being easy.You do not have to say yes when your whole body is saying no.You do not have to keep shrinking so other people never feel uncomfortable.You are allowed to have needs.You are allowed to change your mind.You are allowed to disappoint people who benefited from your silence.You are allowed to become harder to manipulate and easier to recognize.This is not about becoming less caring.It is about learning that your kindness does not require your erasure.For anyone who has spent years being called strong, sweet, easygoing, selfless, dependable, or the one who never causes problems, this book offers a path back to the parts of you that learned to hide.You do not need permission to be fully seen.You do not need to keep making yourself smaller to keep the peace.You have spent enough of your life disappearing.It is time to take up space.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/895/278/9798952780002_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "19.99", "online_price" : "19.99", "our_price" : "19.99", "club_price" : "19.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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