Cover of The Need to Be Needed by Elia Sal
Emotional Wellbeing

The Need to Be Needed

Freeing Yourself From Compulsive Giving, Learning to Be Worthy Beyond Being Needed, and the Inherent Worth Method

You are the one people can count on.
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Why this book exists

A focused place to understand what is happening

The Need to Be Needed is a compassionate, research-informed self-development book for readers navigating emotional healing & self-discovery. It helps you understand the pattern beneath the struggle, meet it with less shame, and use clear reflection and practical exercises to move towards worthy, and free.

The writing is designed to reduce shame, bring the underlying pattern into view and give you practical ways to respond without pretending that every life follows the same formula.

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