Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much Audiobook (Free)

From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning hours, a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author’s adventures during her lifelong search for approval

Faith Salie did it all in the name of validation. Whether she’s seeking to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, going through an exorcism to save lots of her toxic relationship, or cooking a 3D excavator wedding cake for her son’s birthday, Salie may be the ultimate authorization seeker-an “ about Acceptance Junkie: Escapades in Caring AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF acceptance junkie,” in the event that you will.

In this assortment of daring, honest essays, Salie shares stories from her lifelong search for gold stars, recounting her strategy for winning (very Southern) high school beauty pageant; her battle to pick the ideal outfit to wear to her divorce; and her problems falling in like again, and conceiving, in the years following her mother’s loss of life.

With thoughtful irreverence, Salie shows on why she tries so hard to please others, and herself, highlighting a trend that lots of people-especially women-experience in the home and in the workplace. Equivalent parts laugh-out loud funny and poignant, Authorization Junkie is definitely one woman’s journey to recognizing that seeking authorization from others is more than simply getting them to like you-it’s demanding yourself to accomplish, and survive, a lot more than you ever believed you could.