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Patch
Your
Brain
Take back your power, take the initiative and work to remove whatever's holding you back. Strengthen your resolve, exercise your will and pump up your inner badass! Inoculate your most interesting organ to serve you, not work against you, as you seek your dreams.
Books
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol Dweck, Ph.D
The Female Brain & The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men & Boys Think - Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Real Help: An Honest Guide To Self-Improvement & The Destiny Formula: Find Your Purpose. Overcome Your Fear of Failure. Use Your Natural Talents & Strengths To Build A Successful Life - Ayodeji Awosika
The Morning After: Sex, Fear and Feminism - Katie Roiphe
Who Stole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women - Christina Hoff Sommers
Man's Search For Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames - Thich Nhat Hanh
The War of Art: Break Through The Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles - Steven Pressfield
Rethinking Narcissism - Dr. Craig Malkin
Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic - Dr. James Gilligan
The Better Angels of Our Nature - Steven Pinker
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching - Thich Nhat Hanh
Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair - Sarah Schulman
I've found five stellar resources to help women identify their psychological weaknesses and inoculate themselves against the sort of toxic man who manipulates and abuses, but also to better understand men and thereby become better partners themselves.
Dina McMillan's powerful book But He Says He Loves Me: How to Avoid Being Trapped in a Manipulative Relationship was published in 2007 but few seem to have gotten the memo. It's THE book for women in, who've been in, and who have not yet entered manipulative, abusive relationships
Your brain is like a computer network. One attacker can bring down the whole system if he finds your vulnerability first. It's up to you to patch your vulnerabilities.
The misogyny backlash is here. The government won't help. It's up to women to avoid violent men. Listen to your big brother.
It's time to confront victim feminism's self-imposed disempowerment. Who's truly holding us back? What important questions can we ask to make ourselves stronger?
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