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We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere: 9 Principles to Live By by Gillian Anderson, Jennifer Nadel
intoastory's review against another edition
4.0
To be honest, I picked this up because Gillian Anderson co-authored it, but I liked it and found it helpful. (I ACTUALLY GOT TO MEET GILLIAN WHILE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF READING THIS BOOK, VIA VIRTUAL CHAT. She’s been a huge influence in my life since I was 12 & it was so surreal and amazing.)
This is definitely a self-help book with a feminist slant, so if you don’t like the self-help genre, you probably won’t like it. But it has a lot of simple, age-old advice, stuff my therapist would encourage me to do. And I’ve already found it helpful when I’ve actually applied it.
Some people said they couldn’t relate to it, but it mostly just talked about being grateful, loving others and yourself, being kind and taking action against injustice. It was about finding unity and inner peace, and I’m down with all those things. It’s kind of introductory level to doing self-work, or a good reminder for others who have already done this work.
It was good for me because my life is a literal mess of misery and pain, lol, so I’m always looking for any positive changes I can make to help myself and the world around me.
I have the hardback but I listened to the audiobook & really enjoyed it, as GA reads part of it. I found more connection to the authors that way.
If you follow even just a couple of these principles, I think it could make a positive impact on your life.
This is definitely a self-help book with a feminist slant, so if you don’t like the self-help genre, you probably won’t like it. But it has a lot of simple, age-old advice, stuff my therapist would encourage me to do. And I’ve already found it helpful when I’ve actually applied it.
Some people said they couldn’t relate to it, but it mostly just talked about being grateful, loving others and yourself, being kind and taking action against injustice. It was about finding unity and inner peace, and I’m down with all those things. It’s kind of introductory level to doing self-work, or a good reminder for others who have already done this work.
It was good for me because my life is a literal mess of misery and pain, lol, so I’m always looking for any positive changes I can make to help myself and the world around me.
I have the hardback but I listened to the audiobook & really enjoyed it, as GA reads part of it. I found more connection to the authors that way.
If you follow even just a couple of these principles, I think it could make a positive impact on your life.
linavergaray's review against another edition
4.0
I found quite a few tools in this book to get the most out of my therapy sessions.
shonagh_catherine's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.0
rainbowbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a self-help guide that reminds me of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Anderson and Nadel offer visualization exercises, meditations, and action plans to reach the top of Maslow's pyramid, self-actualization. Throughout the book they propose the idea that there is one step above self-actualization and that is stop thinking of self and start helping others.
This book came into my life in a moment when I needed certain reminders, which is why I gave it a high rating, but the truth of the matter is that the authors' advice is commonsensical. Read at the right moment, the book will be useful.
This book came into my life in a moment when I needed certain reminders, which is why I gave it a high rating, but the truth of the matter is that the authors' advice is commonsensical. Read at the right moment, the book will be useful.
lovely_librarian's review against another edition
5.0
Many words I think I really needed to hear. A little bit more of a self help book then I thought it would be, but the exercises were good principles to guide me toward a life of intention, peace and thoughtfulness.
alotofheart's review against another edition
3.0
This book is a nice introduction to self-care and basic psychology, supplemented with personal anecdotes and experiences by two people you'd expect to have it all. They also included some interesting statistical or scientific facts and named the appropriate source so you can read more about it - something that is not always a given. I have to admit that I did not do the exercises explained here, but that does not mean I might not do them at a later time point. Some even sound familiar and remind me of outlets that became popular with the bullet journal trend last year or things we did in school in religion classes (although there is no association of these exercises with religious beliefs). So although I liked it as a whole, I still only rate this with 3 stars because some parts felt unnecessarily repetitive and it is rather a collection of knowledge and advice the authors got from other people. This does not make this a bad book, but neither Gillian or Jennifer are the inventors of these techniques. To be fair though, they both state this in the introduction and there is an elaborate appendix with sources, further reading recommendations and websites to turn to if you want more information.
kajsavi's review against another edition
3.0
I know they said it wasn't a self help book, but at times it did feel like one. It's nice though, definitely important points and a good feminist book.
lisa_bergin's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting read and if your first dip into self help etc not a bad one. It does borrow heavily from others works and I did find the authors personal contributions a tad self indulgent, in fact at one point I renamed the book ME. That said there are some good exercises and principles within.
valcuellar's review against another edition
4.0
This 9 principles reminded me of that Reiki sessions I had with my psychologist some years ago. This book is about love, feminism and about how we can overcome difficulties in this chaotic world.
Not for everyone, as therapy is not for every person, but I definitely recommend that if you are into self-help books, you give this one a try
Not for everyone, as therapy is not for every person, but I definitely recommend that if you are into self-help books, you give this one a try