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A cold crappy Saturday = Frankie snuggles and books! #catsoflitsy

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The writing and the stories of all these people kept my attention because you get to see all of them grow and even the therapist seeing a therapist grew. The book went into detail about therapy and how we interact.
I learned to think things out before reacting.
Overall I give this one a 3.5 and please go into it in the right head space because there is talks of death, cancer, grief, suicide, depression and so much more. #bookreview #botm

Pumpkin spice cold brew and book this Saturday morning! @swishandflick it's so yummy!

‘Maybe You Should Talk to Someone‘ 5⭐️
‘Burnout‘ 3 1/2⭐️
‘The Mothers‘ 3 1/2⭐️
‘The Female Persuasion‘ 3 1/2 ⭐️
‘Men Without Women‘ 4⭐️

Looks like I was drawn to bright colors this month! #WrapUp #SeptemberWrapUp

#septemberwrapup

A fun month of reading!
Easy favorite was the tagged non-fiction book.... A ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read!
No bails, a couple of fantastic cookbooks, and a re-read of ‘Island of Sea Women‘ for a bookclub.
My favorite fiction was ‘Very Nice‘ though the last few pages let it down.

I think this will be in my top 5 for this yr, which for someone who rarely reads Non-Fic, is saying something! I absolutely loved it. I laughed, I was fascinated, I was moved to tears. As Roger Ebert once said about movies, I feel the same about books, they are ‘empathy machines‘. This book was so full of empathy, human spirit, and was written with such warmth. I couldn‘t have loved it more. Can‘t wait to talk about it with my bookclub next year.

I am loving this one sooooo much!
I literally left 15 minutes early for work, so I could listen for longer in the car! 😂

Listened while traveling

So good. Really. Whether you are in therapy or not. Such a beautiful, affirming memoir.

That Moment When...

the book you‘re listening to makes you look up masters and PhD programs and consider a mid-life career change....

1. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone 📖
2. Pumpkin Spice 🎃
3. “I have a secret.” 🤫

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

1. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. The Nakano Thrift Shop. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.
2. Maple 🍁
3. I am about to become Wendell‘s newest patient.
#weekendreads
Thanks, @rachelsbrittain 👏 ☀️

Morning book & coffee — I‘m really enjoying this one! fascinating 📖☕️

Congrats on your milestone @GrilledCheeseSamurai and thanks for doing an awesome giveaway 🙌

My favourite read of the year will probably end up being the tagged book. I‘m still wow‘ed by it, and keep thinking about it!

And I must admit, I have been rather bad at keeping up with new littens and new followers (sorry), but I do want to give a shout out to a fellow Dane @Henrik_Madsen 👋

#SixDigitSamurai

I really liked this book; it dragged in a couple of places, but mostly it was incredibly readable. A couple of the patients‘ stories were heartbreaking. This book made me a little more hopeful about therapy; I‘d had one terrible experience where I was told to come back when I was less overwhelmed—I never went back.

It‘s a beautiful last day of summer vacation. This book is all kinds of wonderful. I am not a big non-fiction fan. I want to lose myself in a story and a lot of non-fiction does not sweep me away. This book swept me up and sucked me in and held up a mirror too. ❤️

I need to work on creating this space ( with some people) so I respond instead of react ( and then replay it over and over in my brain at 4 am)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 Stars

I thought this book was okay. Some parts were very interesting to me - I liked hearing inside a therapist‘s head and what she was thinking of her patients and how it pertained to not only their lives but herself. However, it felt dragged out and scrambled. It took me a while to finish, which is unusual for a book this size. I think it would‘ve written better as a fiction novel tbh, as much as I like that most is true.

1/ Also The Grapes of Wrath and Hope Rides Again
2/ Going to the beach for our 35th anniversary
3/ any kind of caramel flavor. Also cinnamon
4/ No. I‘m not musically talented, sadly. I can‘t even sing. 😞
5/ ok
#FRIYAYINTRO @howjessreads

This was great. Definitely some tears at the end.

Thx to Littens posting about this, I am loving it. I‘m trying not to inhale it too fast and spend some time reflecting on my own self while I read

Cheaper than seeing a therapist and just as beneficial! This book resonated with me on so many levels. Be prepared to exam and rethink your own relationships and attitudes, especially towards friends and family. And remember to be kind to yourself and those you love. Oh, and keep tissues handy... this is therapy after all!!

This one gets a so-so from me. I enjoyed it and found a lot of the therapy talk really interesting but it just took me so long to read, it felt like work sometimes. I‘m ready for a much lighter fun read now!!

Therapists, they‘re just like us!

Such a good book!

A very enjoyable read! Light and heavy at the same time. Lots of richness in the author's vulnerability and insight. Easy and engaged reading experience because of the author's style and relatability of the story. Written a bit like a novel, which enriched the telling. Great work, Lori Gottlieb!

‪What a great read. I loved following all the patients‘ journeys, especially Gottlieb‘s. Therapy has saved my life, literally, and this is such a compassionate view of the process through both sides of the relationship. But please hydrate before reading.‬

‪What a great read. I loved following all the patients‘ journeys, especially Gottlieb‘s. Therapy has saved my life, literally, and this is such a compassionate view of the process through both sides of the relationship. But please hydrate before reading.‬

Been a bit quiet this week as I‘ve been actually spending some time with my kids instead of going to work all the time and also because I‘ve been watching Fleabag - super distracted by the #hotpriest
Anyway, I haven‘t quite settled into this one yet but am interested to read it.

I just started this book, and I‘m already loving it! It‘s funny and extremely well-written. Plus, it makes me think about things differently, which is the biggest indicator that I‘m reading a great book 😊

“If we don‘t accept the notion that there‘s no re-do... our pasts will keep us stuck.” (p.98)

July was my best reading month yet! It‘s too bad this streak ends Friday when I go back to work. 😭

Favorites this month:
•Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
•Ask Again, Yes

Least Favorite
•The Cactus

I didn't know how much I needed this book when I started it. 400 pages about therapy? It flew by. I felt like I was talking with a friend. I laughed, I cried (okay, sobbed), and I contemplated my own life journey. This book confronts grief and struggling head on and yet challenges you to KEEP GOING. It has so much to say about the process of living and losing. Seriously, this is a book every person should read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ giant-sized stars.

I bought my mom an audible subscription for her birthday. This month she picked Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. I just so happened to own this book due my ever-growing BOTM backlog, so we are having an impromptu book club for two. The temps are cool and it's the perfect day for sitting outside and savoring a new book.

I came home from work and finished this book in the sweltering heat on my balcony.

This book is just as amazing as all the reviews say it is. It might even be my favourite book I‘ve read this year. As a human being I learned a lot, but as a therapist I learned a TON! I wanted to highlight and copy down all of Gottlieb‘s nuggets of wisdom, and I‘m sure I‘ll return to this book again and again 👌

Enlightening that even as a psychologist we are all still prey to our own delusions , illusions and regressive behaviours. This a good read as Lori Gottlieb was a script writer for some pretty awesome shows like ER !! All the more intriguing when the floor falls out from under her metaphorically she seeks out another healer to guide her along her journey to her own inner wisdom whilst also treating clients along the way
Sleepers awake 😳

I had a hard time starting this book because I just don‘t like the cover. But, as they say, don‘t judge a book...Anyway, I‘m glad I could get past the cover because this book is wonderful! Lori Gottlieb is a warm and intuitive and compelling writer. This book is so much more than even the subtitle reveals. I was surprisingly enchanted by the subject and subjects contained within these pages. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️#24in48readathon2019

I had to switch books for a while for #24in48readathon2019 #24in48

Quiet morning before I have to extrovert all day 📖

I‘m loving this book so far! #currentlyreading

I have only just started this, and already I want to highlight almost every sentence!

#currentlyreading

This one took me a long time to get into... it started slow.. which I guess was intentional, as the author revealed things bit by bit.. but once it hit the halfway mark it got much better with lots of emotion and humanity. I don‘t know that it quite lived up to the hype for me but I did enjoy it.

It keeps getting worse #catsoflitsy #kal

#catsoflitsy guess i didn‘t really want to read this. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I‘ve been a bad litten lately. It‘s been taking me a week or more to get through books and I haven‘t been keeping up with posts. I finally have a weekday off and am spending some of it at least with a book and my kitty. It is good for my mental health (which, to be honest, has not been top form lately either). Hopefully finishing up this one today.

I got this one for my train tide. I saw it here on Litsy. Very curious.

Up next...hope it‘s good since I have 21 hours of travel ahead of me 🤪Flying out later tonight/ early morning. Any other last minute #AudioRecommendations ??? Please share xx

I‘m feeling pretty proud of how well I‘ve rebounded after my procedure on Tuesday. I‘ve read almost 100 books this year! 🥳🥳
Books: 15/28 - new goal 6 this week 🤓
Steps: 4/7 days above 7k
Healthy eating: pretty good, sugar is my enemy!
PT: Not this week 👎🏻

#bfc #bfcr2 #bookfitnesschallenge #goteam #weeklycheckin

Is George not on Litsy anymore?

This was so good! Lori Gottlieb really knows how to craft a narrative and I really liked getting the inside stories of some of her therapy patients as well as the extra peek behind the screen of learning what her experience as a patient herself was like. It was a little long but honestly I found myself wanting even more time with everybody she described by the end. Brb, gonna go find a therapist of my own now 😜