I do need to do something about this need for approval that seems to drive me. Any book recommendations, or any strategies/exercises?
For self-growth:
Co-dependent No More - Melody Beattie
Learned Optimism - Martin Seligman
Relationships:
The Five Love Languages
His Needs, Her Needs
The exercises from DB are great: 180s, GAL, Goals, Act as if, no expectations and detaching.
Learn about "boundaries" and "detaching" two important concepts.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
