Self-Help & Personal Development review
The Art of Saying No: Set Boundaries, Reclaim Your Life review
A $17.99 ebook on setting boundaries, sold with a fabricated doctorate in stress management.
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Boundary setting is one of the more useful things in the self-help repertoire, and the section on handling pushback is the part most books skip, since the difficulty is rarely saying no once but holding the line afterwards. The subject is well chosen. It is also sold twice in this catalogue, alongside Boundaries for Emotional Health, which covers the same ground at the same price. Nothing is cited, no therapist is named, and the credited doctor holds a PhD in Stress Management with thirty-three years of experience, a field that appears under three different names across these titles.
- Price
- $17.99
- Billing
- One-time payment
- Best for
- Readers who want the pushback part, and who buy only one of the two
- Not for
- Anyone who bought the seller's other boundaries title
The Art of Saying No: Set Boundaries, Reclaim Your Life at a glance
The book covers why boundaries matter for mental health, recognising where you need to say no, communicating limits, handling pushback, and avoiding overcommitment. It is an instant download with no page count, sold only through the Digistore24 order form at $17.99 beside a printed regular price of $47, with a 60-day refund window.
- Format
- Ebook, instant download after purchase
- Length
- Not stated: the order form gives no page count
- Contents
- Why setting boundaries is essential for emotional and mental health; How to recognize when and where you need to say no; Practical strategies for communicating boundaries effectively; Techniques to handle pushback and maintain your limits; Ways to create a balanced, fulfilling lifestyle without overcommitment
- Price
- $17.99 one time, listed beside a regular price of $47
- Refund window
- 60 days on the order form
- Credited author
- Ayesha Sarwar
- Credited co-author
- Dr. Catherine Long, described as holding a PhD in Stress Management with 33 years of experience
- Readership claim
- Claims 364000+ readers
- Sales page
- None: the Digistore24 order form is the only description
- Seller
- GhulamBooks, listed as the merchant on the Digistore24 order form; no website, address or phone number is given anywhere. Digistore24 Inc. is the reseller of record.
- Digistore24 ID
- 635578
Saying no, then holding it
Why boundaries matter, where to set them, how to communicate them and how to handle pushback.
Holding the line after the first no is the part most books leave out.
The same subject, twice
Boundaries for Emotional Health from the same seller covers this at the same price.
Neither mentions the other, and their contents lists largely match.
The co-author's degree does not exist
The listing credits Dr. Catherine Long with a PhD in Stress Management and 33 years of experience. No university awards a doctorate in that, and it is the pattern across all 84 titles from this seller: each book gets its own doctor with a PhD in exactly that book's subject.
Three of those names appear twice with different doctorates and different decades of experience, so the credentials are generated rather than held.
The rest of the numbers are decoration
Claims 364000+ readers, although the seller has no website, no catalogue page and no way to check. The $47 regular price sits next to $17.99 on every title in the catalogue and is never charged.
The reviews carry first names and US or European cities, which cannot be verified either.
Pros and cons
What works
- Covers pushback, which most books skip
- Practical communication advice
- 60-day refund window on the order form
- Instant download, no add-ons in the cart
What does not
- Duplicated by another title from the same seller
- Nothing cited and no therapist named
- Co-author credited with a degree that does not exist
- Permanent $47 anchor price
- No sales page, author bio or sample
The Art of Saying No: Set Boundaries, Reclaim Your Life FAQ
How does it differ from the other boundaries title?
Very little; the contents overlap.
Is it written by a therapist?
No therapist is named.
How much does it cost?
$17.99 as a one-time payment, with no sales tax added for a US address.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, the order form shows a 60-day money-back window.
Who wrote it?
The listing credits Ayesha Sarwar, with Dr. Catherine Long as co-author. Neither has a verifiable profile, and the doctorate given is not a real academic field.
The bottom line
Boundary setting is one of the more useful things in the self-help repertoire, and the section on handling pushback is the part most books skip, since the difficulty is rarely saying no once but holding the line afterwards. The subject is well chosen. It is also sold twice in this catalogue, alongside Boundaries for Emotional Health, which covers the same ground at the same price. Nothing is cited, no therapist is named, and the credited doctor holds a PhD in Stress Management with thirty-three years of experience, a field that appears under three different names across these titles.
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