{"product_id":"the-theory-of-i-am-and-i-am-not-paperback","title":"The Theory of \"I Am\" and \"I Am Not\" - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCrystal Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the power you've been searching for was never lost -- only buried?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrystal Robertson, a marriage and family therapist and systemic thinker, spent years studying how families shape identity, how institutions shape behavior, and how trauma shapes the stories we tell about our own worth. But long before she had the clinical language for any of it, she was living the lessons firsthand -- learning emotional intelligence not from a textbook, but from necessity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Theory of \"I Am\" and \"I Am Not\" is the result of those two educations meeting on the page. Part personal reckoning, part therapeutic framework, this book invites readers to stop outsourcing their sense of self to other people's opinions, old wounds, and inherited fear -- and start reclaiming the identity that was theirs all along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough fifteen honest, incisive chapters, Robertson unpacks weaponized sensitivity, the mirror effect of self-perception, the fear of becoming a narcissist, and what real accountability actually looks like when it isn't performative. This isn't a book of quick fixes or spiritual bypassing. It doesn't promise healing is linear. It offers something sturdier: a map back to the self beneath the conditioning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever wondered whether your sensitivity is a liability, whether your boundaries make you selfish, or whether the version of you that survived is allowed to soften now -- this book was written for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome home to your \"I Am.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972745429299,"sku":"9798903083985","price":31.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/P99Y2vJDKn9798903083985.webp?v=1794433845","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-theory-of-i-am-and-i-am-not-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}