This is quick because im heading off to a much needed bubble bath. With candles.
F, I believe that NMMNG was written to speak to the men who have difficulty setting and maintaining healthy boundaries. The ones I know who benefit from that book the most are ones who have trouble with their masculine role and taking charge.
The flip side for you would be to embrace your femininity and give in to some vulnerability and find strength in those traits. Protecting the cubs is natural. But there is a difference between loving parenting and being a tiger mom. Embrace your inner girl. All humans have masculine and feminine sides. Yin and yan. Balance is good. Healthy. Seek balance and you will feel at peace.
You don't have to be a fighter all of the time. You just need to learn that often a conversation will work best rather than showing up with your arsenal of weapons. Think Ghandi. Not Rambo...
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."