Toxic Words. How to Protect Yourself from Words that Hurt and Stand Up for Yourself without Guilt

A Korean bestseller in the self-help genre that will teach you to confront toxic communication.

"I didn't mean anything bad," says the interlocutor, and you feel pain and worry that you couldn't protect yourself from hurtful phrases. However, no matter who the toxic words come from (strangers, colleagues, or loved ones), it's no reason to lose confidence in yourself. Kim Oksim, a Korean expert on healthy communication culture, addresses those who are hurt by others' statements, who often feel emptiness and pain from communicating with difficult people. The author offers effective tools to help cope with hurtful words and preserve oneself.

This book will teach you: to establish personal boundaries; to deflect hidden or overt verbal attacks; to understand your own feelings; to show people how they can treat you and how they cannot; to defend your interests; to interact safely with the world. For those who are affected by others' remarks and who want to distance themselves from negativity. For those who are tired of being good and ready to set personal boundaries in unpleasant conversations.

For everyone interested in the psychology of healthy communication.