Assertiveness for Women with Dr Julie Hanks

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In Assertiveness for Women, Dr Julie Hanks talks about her book, The Assertiveness Guide for Women: How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Transform Your Relationships. This episode will be transformative for anyone who has suffered with early childhood trauma (attachment trauma, complex trauma, development trauma) and childhood emotional neglect as well as disordered eating or an eating disorder.

Dr. Julie Hanks, PhD, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist, coach, content creator, author, speaker, owner of Wasatch Family Therapy, and host of the Ask Dr. Julie Hanks podcast. With nearly 30 years experience, Dr. Hanks provides a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower women to prioritize their dreams, revolutionize their families, and personalize their faith.

In Assertiveness for Women, Dr Julie Hanks also talks about

• What brought her to this work
• Julie's history as a people pleasing perfectionist
• What is assertiveness?
• What causes women to not be assertive?
• What has attachment got to do with assertiveness?
• Eating disorders, disordered eating and assertiveness
• Why is assertiveness so important?
• Assertiveness, food and feelings
• Feelings and needs
• The 5 skills women need to develop to be assertive
• Trauma, boundaries and assertiveness