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AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 10, 2026

The Balancing Act

Creating Healthy Dependency and Connection Without Losing Yourself

With two New York Times bestsellers—Set Boundaries, Find Peace and Drama Free—Nedra Glover Tawwab has become one of the most trusted voices on relationships and self-care. Tawwab continues her groundbreaking relationship work by offering a roadmap to creating relationships that honor both dependency and individuality.

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Create healthy dependency

Spot patterns that keep you stuck

Build closeness without losing yourself

Every relationship in our lives—from love and close friendship to extended family and our wider social circle—is a balancing act. If we give too much, we begin to lose ourselves. If we protect ourselves too much, we lose the closeness we all need. Getting the balance right is how we find more connection, authenticity, and joy.

The Balancing Act is a roadmap for finding that balance.

With her signature blend of clarity and compassion, therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab sheds light on healthy dependency, and how to achieve it. Along the way, she unpacks buzzwords and trending topics including codependency, attachment styles, inner family systems, and more—offering practical advice for recognizing our needs, navigating conflict, and finding more harmony with the important people in our lives.

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What People Are Saying

  • “The Balancing Act goes beyond the cliches about codependence and attachment style to offer real-world advice on connecting with others – without losing who we truly are. Nedra Tawwab brings both insight and heart to her work, and this book is no exception. Whether your goal is to set healthier boundaries, understand your partner more deeply, or decipher the recurring patterns in your relationships, this book will light the way forward.”

    — Yung Pueblo, New York Times bestselling author of How to Love Better and Lighter

  • “Healthy relationships require us to lean on others – but not so much that we lose ourselves. In this clear and compassionate book, Nedra Tawwab offers strategies for finding the right balance.”

    — Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone and host, Dear Therapists podcast

  • “In The Balancing Act, Nedra Glover Tawwab offers the wisdom so many of us crave: how to stay connected to others without losing ourselves. With compassion and clarity, she shows us that boundaries aren’t walls but pathways to deeper, healthier relationships.”

    — Dr. Becky Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of Good Inside

  • “Nedra Tawwab has gifted us with this clear, highly readable guide to creating flexible and honest connections to sustain our health and energy. This is one of the best resources I have ever read that describes the balance we are trying to reach in all our relationships. A supremely useful and heartening book for all of us who need to navigate the demands of others while still holding on to what we need for ourselves.”

    — Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents and How to Raise an Emotionally Mature Child 

  • “The Balancing Act is clear-eyed and thoughtful, replacing the misunderstandings around codependency with empowering insights on human connection. A valuable resource for anyone seeking to cultivate healthy relationships.”

    — Kendra Adachi, three-time New York Times bestselling author and host of The Lazy Genius Podcast

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Covering everything from attachment styles and family systems to social media habits and cultural norms, The Balancing Act dives into:

Understanding the dependency spectrum: Why we tend to swing between hyper-independence and hyper-dependence—and how to find a sustainable middle ground.

Recognizing unhealthy patterns: From codependency to indiscriminate distrust, learn the signs and root causes of unhealthy dependencies.

Practical strategies for healthy connection: Tools and exercises to strengthen relationships while maintaining individuality.

Breaking down buzzwords and misconceptions: Tawwab unpacks terms like “codependency” and “attachment styles” with fresh, accessible insight.

Each chapter combines relatable vignettes, expert guidance, and reflective questions empowering readers to evaluate their patterns, navigate conflict, and build relationships that feel authentic, nourishing, and balanced.

Create connections that sustain rather than drain you.

Whether you’re yearning for more trust with a spouse or partner, more clarity with a best friend or sibling, or more agency in how you show up in the world, these insights will help you reevaluate, reset, and relate better. The Balancing Act provides a path forward.

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