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Coles Absorb This at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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You've been told you're too sensitive. Too intense. Too much of an overthinker. That you read too far into things, feel too much, need too much explaining before you can move on. What if the trait that got you in trouble your whole life is actually the sharpest tool you have? Absorb This. is the story of how a kid who got physically sick from overanalyzing every conversation grew into someone who can walk into a chaotic room and calm it in minutes, not because the trait disappeared, but because he finally understood what it was for. Drawing on real moments, a manager who tried to force him out of a job, a phone call that turned into more than a phone call, a mistake made at eighteen he never stopped carrying, this book makes the case that empathy, analysis, and hypervigilance aren't disorders to manage. They're capacities that were never given a manual. Chapter by chapter, you'll learn how to receive criticism without it caving in your sense of self, how to say what you actually mean instead of the compressed version people keep misreading, and how to stop building a life around suppressing the parts of you that were always working exactly as designed. This isn't a fix. You were never broken. It's a recognition. And once you have it, you get to use it. TED RUBIN has spent his career in compliance and technical support, work that rewards exactly the kind of mind he spent his childhood being told to quiet down. He lives with his wife, Carole, who gave him a reason to get it right.
You've been told you're too sensitive. Too intense. Too much of an overthinker. That you read too far into things, feel too much, need too much explaining before you can move on. What if the trait that got you in trouble your whole life is actually the sharpest tool you have? Absorb This. is the story of how a kid who got physically sick from overanalyzing every conversation grew into someone who can walk into a chaotic room and calm it in minutes, not because the trait disappeared, but because he finally understood what it was for. Drawing on real moments, a manager who tried to force him out of a job, a phone call that turned into more than a phone call, a mistake made at eighteen he never stopped carrying, this book makes the case that empathy, analysis, and hypervigilance aren't disorders to manage. They're capacities that were never given a manual. Chapter by chapter, you'll learn how to receive criticism without it caving in your sense of self, how to say what you actually mean instead of the compressed version people keep misreading, and how to stop building a life around suppressing the parts of you that were always working exactly as designed. This isn't a fix. You were never broken. It's a recognition. And once you have it, you get to use it. TED RUBIN has spent his career in compliance and technical support, work that rewards exactly the kind of mind he spent his childhood being told to quiet down. He lives with his wife, Carole, who gave him a reason to get it right.
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