Book Review: Being Genuine: Stop Being Nice, Start Being Real by Thomas d'Ansembourg

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Being Genuine: Stop Being Nice, Start Being Real by Thomas d’Ansembourg
provides a comprehensive overview of the ways we can improve our mental health
by identifying and accepting our personal needs and communicating honestly
about them. D’Ansembourg believes that the key to inner peace lies in
unlearning the unhealthy habits we are taught during childhood, such as
repressing our emotions and conforming to other people’s expectations. His
work draws heavily on his background as a volunteer for the charity Flics et
Voyous and his training in nonviolent communication, the communication method
developed by Marshall Rosenberg in the 1960s. The book has been very
positively received both in d’Ansembourg’s native Belgium and abroad, and has
been reprinted several times.

This book review and analysis is perfect for:

•Anyone who wants to use genuine communication as a means of self-improvement
•Anyone interested in the principles of nonviolent communication
•Students of, or anyone interested in, modern psychology

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