14. I Can't Escape My Controlling Family!

This episode is one I'm sure we can all relate to - how do we navigate opinionated, controlling, nosy family with high expectations?! We all want to make our family and in laws happy, but celebrations like weddings, birthdays, achievements, new babies can put family dynamics under a microscope. How do we make decisions that are true to us and not to make other family members happy? How do we set boundaries with our family and in laws when we need them? What books are out there that touch on this and make us feel seen, whilst helping us to move forward? Molly and Em have all the answers you need...#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook recommendations:Dilemma 1:Yinka Where Is Your Husband - Lizzie Blackburn Concerning My Daughter - Kim Hye JinDestination Wedding by Diksha BasuMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez QuadeDilemma 2:I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Big little lies by lianne moriarty My Dark Vanessa The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly BourneIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk