Setting Boundaries: Say No Without Guilt at Work, with Kids, and Even to Your Parents

Out of Emotional Availability—Please Redirect Your Expectations AccordinglyAre you the unofficial therapist, overworked team player, unpaid family Uber driver, and the one who always ends up hosting the baby showeryou didn’t even know was happening? Congratulations! You, my friend, need this book more than your boss needs “just one more quick favor.”Welcome toSetting Boundaries, the hilariously relatable, science-backed, real-talk guide to sayingnowithout guilt—and without needing a therapist on speed dial (though no judgment if you have one).Sloane Hart, professional people-pleaser turned boundary badie, takes you on a witty, eye-opening journey through the chaos of modern life where everyone (yes, even Janet from HR) seems to think your time, energy, and emotional bandwidth are community property.This is not your typical“setting boundaries at work”handbook. This is theout-of-office reply for your soul.Inside You’ll Learn:✅ How to saynoat work without breaking out in a guilt rash✅ How to stop being your adult children’s on-call emotional support line✅ Why “just helping out” at the PTA bake sale might be ruining your life✅ How to stop absorbing other people’s moods like an emotional ShamWow✅ What to do when your mother’s love language is “dropping by unannounced with unsolicited advice”From dealing with needy coworkers to drawing the line with boundary-bulldozing in-laws, this book has your back—whether you’re setting boundaries with your boss, your kids, your partner, or your overstepping neighbor who thinks your backyard ishisdog’s bathroom.Who This Book is For:The burnout-prone momwho can’t remember the last time she showered without a toddler watchingThe overwhelmed employeewho’s googling “setting boundaries at work book” during a Zoom meetingThe emotionally drained daughtertrapped in guilt loops with her aging but still nosy parentsThe high-achieving empathwho can feel a stranger’s emotional distress from across the Trader Joe’sAnyone who thinks “boundaries” sounds like a trendy throw pillow, not a survival