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Best book of March 2021. Love the book,love her podcast…and now there is a workbook to go with the book.

This book was a little bit all over the place for me. When the author was going back and forth between her personal story, her patient‘s stories, and descriptions of the tenets of therapy, I started to feel disconnected from her. It even seemed a bit self-indulgent at times. What really brought me back were her stories about her patients, especially the last few chapters. Maybe I would have edited or organized the book differently. 3.75/5 stars

We all find ourselves saying it to friends and family at different times. Unfortunately, stigma around therapy and mental health (and financial burden) keep a lot of folks away. This is so helpful from both the therapist and patient side of things. #book38of2021 #memorialbookchallenge

Finished this one yesterday (it only took me so long because the physical dimensions of the book made it hard for laying in bed reading) Anyway I thoroughly enjoyed it!

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@Andrew65

Goals for: @NovelNovember @Andrew65

- Finish Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- Start/Finish I is for Innocent
- Finish Undead and Unfinished

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book is great if you‘re interested in psychology or just people in general! I loved it

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I haven't forgotten this one. I just have a difficult time carrying this one around. I really really enjoy it so far! It's on my nightstand for my nightstand reading.

JuJuB judging me when I don't turn off the lights as early as he would like me to! #DogsOfListy

Participating in @Andrew65 's #AwesomeAugust :)

These are my goals:
1. Finish 2 Graphic Novels
2. Finish 1 audiobook
3. Read every day for at least 30 mins
4. Finish 1 physical book

“John wants me to call my own therapist to discuss why my patient isn‘t happy with the therapy my therapist is doing with my patient‘s wife.”

Um, no.

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“It‘s impossible to grow without first becoming vulnerable.”

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“Men tend to be at a disadvantage here … Many men don‘t feel they have any other place to turn.”

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⬆️ one of the best books I have ever read ⬆️

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#SummerTBR
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@AkashaVampie

Started this one today while laying on the hammock (my husband surprised gifted me with a hammock a couple of days ago)! I am already loving it! Living my life right now one moment at a time, taking one step at a time. This really speaks to me! Thanks again @Avanders for the gift!

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@AkashaVampie

I loved this memoir about a therapist, her patients, and her own therapist. It made me laugh and it made me cry.

Really enjoyed reading this.

Great book - highly recommend! Witty, Honest, Deep.

This book was so good, I made multiple marks in it in the sections I wanted to reread. I NEVER do that! Maybe it‘s just where I‘m at in my life right now, but I think everyone can get something out of this book!
⭐️:5/5

This book is a memoir by a therapist who herself goes through therapy. The book portrays her difficult times in her professional and her personal life.
It's a very very well written book. Not only is it funny but so insightful. I have never saved up so many quotes/lines from any other book. Each one will make you ponder
I would 100 percent recommend this book to everyone. The journey is incredible.

Note to self: re-read this book in 3 years and 5 years and 10 years. Having had a father who was raised by a Freudian psychoanalyst, and having lost my father 4 years ago, this book reminds me how much I miss having someone emotionally aware enough to ask the challenging questions that cause me to pause and reflect. At a minimum, therapy needs to be a destigmatized part of our routine care plans. Mental health is just as important as physical.

This book was really thoughtful, engaging, reflective, and very helpful. I would highly recommend.

Oh how I loved this. An excellent explanation of what therapy is and how it works, while still being narratively driven and gripping and emotional. It made me want to try to see everyone in three dimensions, with flaws and good traits and the opportunity for change and growth.

The author talking about placing the sperm donor ("The One") in her online shopping cart makes me laugh and cringe at the same time ?? I'm sorry but I couldn't do it

I forgot to post some great thoughts from this excellent book. Very true and needed
@Cinfhen @Reggie @Bradleygirl

An interesting book about the science and art of therapy. This brought back a lot of memories of the classes I took when I was studying for my Masters in community counseling. Unfortunately I never finished the degree. Definitely recommend
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#BookSpinBingo #4 @TheAromaofBooks

Lori has some great stories and insight in this book! I was impressed with so much, but I learned the most from her sessions with patients. She also had her own therapist and wrote about her journey with him. I will DEFINITELY be rereading this (and taking notes). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 stars

Absolutely adored this story. Highly recommend, its such an easy read and very insightful. I wrote many things down from this book. My favorite patient was Julia! Who‘s your favorite if you‘ve read it?

I really enjoyed this book, her narrative and those of her selected patients are heartwarming.

While still a Pick, it does have a fairytale feel. I can‘t ignore the lack of system or monetary issues facing these characters. No one‘s therapy is rushed for lack of resources or coverage, the problems addressed are not compounded by societal inequalities or need. The experience reads genuine but from a limited class perspective.

I loved and posted about this book a year ago. I knew then that I wanted to reread this, and I‘m thrilled my IRL (zoom) voted my recommendation for tomorrow‘s discussion. I didn‘t just scan the chapters for discussion purposes. It was a full reread and I loved it every bit as much as the first time.

I really enjoyed this refreshing take on narrative nonfiction. Not only was it interesting to read Lori‘s account of her sessions with her patients and their personal stories but her interactions with her own therapist. The way in which she weaves humour in is also brilliant. My takeaway is the most obvious thing we seek for in therapy is often the most difficult—to have a honest relationship with ourselves and be brave enough to do so.

This work of narrative nonfiction is one of my top ten favorites. It is a truly inspirational story. I laughed and cried several times. Lori Gottlieb tells of her experience as both a licensed therapist and the client (patient) of another therapist after going through something traumatic. It‘s a great example of what therapy is from both perspectives. It is very well written and made me truly interested in each of the characters.

I love all the quotes in this book! Started today and it‘s such an easy read. Loving it so far!

2/3 thru the #JoyousJanuary readathon. I'm doing well. Completed my second book (tagged), attended a book club meeting and read for 14 hours. 👍❤ @Andrew65

Hey all! Newbie here 😀 these are some of the books I‘ve read in the past few months, but wanted to get more involved in the book world this year! As a licensed mental health counselor, my profession impacts many of my book choices, but I also enjoy getting lost in the world of fiction ✨ hoping to bring a little mix of both to this page with my upcoming reads! #newbie #botm #mentalhealth

What a terrific book to finish 2020 with. Am pretty sure it was a Litsy recommendation. Might‘ve seen @Kalalalatja post about it 🤔.

Am definitely wondering about the ethics of writing about her clients though, notwithstanding name changes.

That‘s 54 books for me in 2020. I find it hard to crack my book-a-week average. Maybe in 2021? Happy New Year from Esperance, Western Australia. 🥳🥂

It‘s interesting rereading this book after I‘ve started therapy in earnest. Lori demystifies talk therapy by sharing her experiences going to one after a breakup and illness, and since she‘s a therapist herself, she shares the stories of four clients she‘s worked with. I think it shows how beneficial therapy can be if you need to get past a stumbling block in your life. #audiobook 4.5⭐️

Definitely read this instead of Group. (Tagged below)

Thanks for tagging me, @Chrissyreadit & for this fun look at books read in 2020.

I did not include rereads, so those pictured are books I read for the first time this year that just blew me away.

I recommend the tagged book so much, as it not only served as anecdotal fun, but there was one point that Gottlieb‘s words became personal to me & gutted me. I often think about this one.

Feel free to participate! #5starreads2020

1. My sister‘s cranberry-orange relish. I don‘t have the recipe. 😞
2. All of you lovely Littens who tag me on your posts. 😊

#thankfulthursday

Wow, what an emotional rollercoaster this book. I love how in the end I think Lori herself was the person I was least interested in. That makes her a wonderful therapist because she made Julie, John, Rita and Wendell the stars of her story. Besides I learned a lot and had my heart broken at each storyline 💔

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"People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls."
--Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist

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A lot can happen in the space of a step...

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If the queen had balls, she'd be the king.

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This was such a good book. I‘m suggesting it to everyone I know. I pulled so many quotes from it which I might share some soon. I think I‘ve gotten more from it than my own therapist. I need to fire my therapist.

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I once heard creativity described as being the ability to grasp the essence of one thing and the essence of some very different thing and smash them together to create some entirely new thing. That's what therapists do too.

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People often mistake numbness for nothingness, but numbness isn't the absence of feelings; it's a response to being overwhelmed by too many feelings.

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Attachment styles are formed early in childhood based on our interactions with our caregivers. Attachment styles are significant because they play out in people's adult relationships too, influencing the kinds of partners they pick...

Just finished this one on Audible. It was an interesting read/listen definitely. This is an important topic and this book is well written and encourages you to re-look at your life differently and try to be more generous with the interpretation of our own lives. Overall, it was definitely worth reading but the narration was just ok. Nothing to like or dislike. The writing is smooth and easy to listen to.

this book is awesome. that is all...

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