Title: The Joy of Being Selfish: why you need boundaries and how to set them
Author: Michelle Elman
Genre: Non-fiction/self-help
Do you struggle to openly express what you want, or ever find yourself agreeing to things that you secretly don’t want to do? In The Joy of Being Selfish, influencer and life coach Michelle Elman guides the reader through the process of setting boundaries in various contexts. From putting your foot down at work, to tackling toxic friendships, or navigating the complex waters of family dynamics, this book gives the reader reassuring and concise guidance, empowering you to take affirmative action when it comes to safeguarding your own mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Indeed, the issue of self-care, and its place within the context of relationships and interactions with others, seems to be a key theme that runs throughout this book. However, despite the self-help topic, and practical, workbook-centred advice that is offered, the author manages to weave in her own personal experiences and challenges around the issues of boundaries into the text. This has the overall effect of making the book more relatable to others, as Elman reflects upon her own self-growth and the life lessons that she has learned in her own personal struggle to set appropriate boundaries with others.
A down-to-earth, reader-friendly book, The Joy of Being Selfish will empower you to take affirmative action when it comes to standing up to others and finally putting your foot down. I would recommend this book to anyone who has struggled in the past to say no to others, or who feels the need to ‘people-please’. It will guide you through the surprisingly complicated process of deprogramming yourself from automatically agreeing with others, with the often-detrimental effect of putting yourself last.
The Introverted Bookworm 
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