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To me it's just... The most egregious example of the hubris of pop psychology. It made me physically cringe with how much it resembles e.g. phrenology books from 100 years ago. Totally lacking in self-critical reflection, it basically just says "here are a bunch of types of people, if you're one of these types, make sure you don't interact with these other types!"

A really sad letdown since Codependent No More is probably the most powerful, moving, inspiring self-help book I've ever read. But the entries in this one feel like... Watered down versions of the earlier book, with a lot of the empathetic helpfulness replaced by prayers to "higher power"