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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I’d give the first 3/4 of the book 3 stars. I liked it. The last 1/4, 5 stars. I cried big tears. And took notes on her thoughts about guilt and apologies, privacy vs secrets, and change. “People are reluctant to give something up without knowing what they’ll get in its place. Change involves the loss of the old and the anxiety of the new.”
This took me a year to read, I picked it up when I needed it and it always spoke to me. I will reread this for sure
I loved this book about working as a Therapist . I enjoyed her talking about her clients . I do have a background in social work so of course I loved it .I also read it for the No shelf control Book club
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
only took me 18 months but I finally finished it
(bezos is going to hell for an infinite amount of reasons but one of them is definitely the complete ownership audible has of certain audiobooks, this book included, that won’t even permit libraries to offer them)
(bezos is going to hell for an infinite amount of reasons but one of them is definitely the complete ownership audible has of certain audiobooks, this book included, that won’t even permit libraries to offer them)
This is my favorite book right now. It is beautifully woven. I experienced a similar feeling of pause, and hope for stepping into a buoyant future, right along with Lori as she left Wendell’s office into a new day and I saw I was nearing the end of the book.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence
Gottlieb infuses patience, humanity, humor, compassion, and great story-telling in this book. I was entirely engrossed in her patients’ stories and marveled at her ability to put into words the rollercoaster emotions that she was personally feeling while providing a stable ground for her patients. A couple other takeaways are to be compassionate to your own self and to not put your problems or pain on a hierarchy compared to others.
For my own memory:
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
“Just be.”
For my own memory:
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
“Just be.”