by Anette Demattio (Author), Raymond Aaron (Foreword by)
You didn't wake up one day and decide to be the strong one.
You became strong because it worked.
It helped you belong. It kept things moving. It made other people feel safe. And for a long time, it probably looked like success.
Until your body started carrying the cost.
#1 Bestseller in Health Psychology
Too Strong For Your Own Good explores a pattern many of us live inside without realizing it: using strength, capability and self-sacrifice as survival strategies. Leaders, caregivers, helpers and the ones everyone relies on often share this pattern - not because they're broken, but because they adapted.
This book isn't about becoming less capable.
It's about becoming less alone inside yourself.