{"product_id":"validation-is-a-trap","title":"Validation Is A Trap","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe had begun to prefer being approved of by people who did not know her, over being loved by people who did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou have been performing for so long you have forgotten you are performing. You call it ambition. Kindness. Being a good daughter. A good friend. A good girl. You call it everything except what it is — a slow, quiet erasure of yourself in exchange for being liked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApproval was a drug. The dealer was everyone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is not a list of seven steps. It is a slow, surgical walk through the architecture of approval — how it gets built before you can speak, how it disguises itself as your personality, and how, room by room, it can be taken apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou will lose people. You will not lose yourself. You will, finally, find her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe architecture costs you your life. Freedom only costs you your popularity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHAT YOU WILL LEARN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow approval-seeking is built in childhood and adolescence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy being liked is not the same as being loved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow social media weaponises your hunger for validation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to recognise the performance personality you have built\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to rebuild a self from inside, not from outside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to set boundaries without guilt or apology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to choose freedom over acceptance, daily\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to live unapproved and finally feel at home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHO THIS BOOK IS FOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is for women who have spent their lives being good — daughters, sisters, students, employees, partners, and friends — and are quietly exhausted by the cost. It speaks to professionals, creatives, students, homemakers, and anyone tired of performing for approval and ready to find herself underneath the performance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ritika Arora","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44956216164421,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"ePub","offer_id":44956216197189,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/4981\/5365\/files\/Validationisatrap_Front.jpg?v=1777717944","url":"https:\/\/8085books.com\/products\/validation-is-a-trap","provider":"8085 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}