Wow. Thank you Jayne for writing a book that feels like a letter from your best friend or your inner self. It not only validates all your feelings of self betrayal and people pleasing - it lovingly nudges you towards a path of self love (both easy and hard truths). It gives a variety of examples and life scenarios were boundaries are not respected and where they can be strengthened and how.
This book was easy to read and including exercises to reflect on the content which I find important. You can't expect to change without integrating what you learn.

As with many "self-help" books, I felt that there was not quite enough content for an entire book here. That being said, there were some nuggets of wisdom in the beginning of the book that were worthwhile.

I struggled a bit through the section on making space culturally, societally, and environmentally. If a person is reading this book because he or she has issues with boundaries in personal circumstances, I don't know that they should also be encouraged to shoulder the burden of trying to improve the world in the same breath. While I agree that you can't totally shut out what's happening in the world, I think you need to spend time on developing your own personal boundaries and energy reserves well before you get to this stage.

Overall, I think this would have been an excellent article, but went on a bit too much in book form for me since it all felt very general. I think it could have benefitted from some more concrete examples and a walkthrough on how to handle sample situations. Personal stories from others could also have contributed to help keep the reading interesting and provide more specific content.

Making Space was a perfect crash course on appropriate boundary setting. I especially loved the font, which seemed to make the words even more important. The activities at the end of the chapters perfectly complemented the lessons learned. I feel more armed in appropriately setting and keeping boundaries at work and at home. I know this will help make my life even better!

I received an advanced readers edition of this book, but all views are my own.