"I used something like it to successfully negotiate finishing the staining/finishing. I guess it all boiled down to a feeling of respect. I felt like he was disrepecting me, while he felt like I was just blowing it off. I think we understand each other a little better .."
!!Wow, I bet that felt great!!
Anyway, the Anne Katherine book is kind of like 5LL to me in these respects:
1) Kind of overly simplistic, but core ideas are amazingly helpful 2) Illustrations/exercises (even if done just mentally) very effective 3) Background religious stuff best ignored (for me) 4) Short easy read THAT SINKS IN
Anyway, in a slightly snooty way I guess I'd say "powerful stuff very well-communicated despite its pop-psych religiously-charged simplisitc presentation"
It was definitely very helpful for me, especially in bringing out all the different kinds of boundary issues there are -- too close, too far, too strict, too flexible, etc...
