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amylittleford's review against another edition
4.0
Firstly, I'd like to thank @tandemcollectiveuk @penguinlifebooks and @juliasamuelmbe for the gifted copy for a chance to be apart of the Tandem readalong! It was interesting to see what everyone else thought.
I really found this non-fiction read very helpful. Each chapter was insightful and I definitely learnt a lot from it. Each chapter focused on a different topic and my favourite chapters were 'family' and 'love' because I could relate to them the most. I learnt a lot of techniques that I can use in my own relationships.
Each chapter had different 'case studies' of different clients' journeys through therapy, focusing on the challenges of change. Then the end of each chapter was a reflection which was my favourite part of each chapter and where I found the most important information.
Julia Samuel's is a brilliant author as well as a psychotherapist. I am currently listening to the audio book of her other book, Grief Works with my partner on car journeys.
Amy x
I really found this non-fiction read very helpful. Each chapter was insightful and I definitely learnt a lot from it. Each chapter focused on a different topic and my favourite chapters were 'family' and 'love' because I could relate to them the most. I learnt a lot of techniques that I can use in my own relationships.
Each chapter had different 'case studies' of different clients' journeys through therapy, focusing on the challenges of change. Then the end of each chapter was a reflection which was my favourite part of each chapter and where I found the most important information.
Julia Samuel's is a brilliant author as well as a psychotherapist. I am currently listening to the audio book of her other book, Grief Works with my partner on car journeys.
Amy x
benjaminbarlow's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
kitty_kat21's review against another edition
2.0
A strong start to a book that I felt held a lot of promise and words of wisdom; however, by the last section on identity, it became clear that the author has drunk deeply from the poisoned chalice of identity politics and intersectional feminism which rather spoiled the book for me. Not to mention a lot of the case studies were very hard to relate to, as someone who has gone through a lot, I would swap some of my problems for the ones I was reading about, put it that way. I found the 8 pillars of strength very useful though, unfortunately due to my unique lens and way of the viewing the world, I did not get much out of this book.
loucrosbie's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75
zarasecker23's review against another edition
3.0
This book was not what I expected. I was expecting it to be more of a self-help/self-care book, providing exercises etc for you to do to improve yourself and do self-care. Instead this book was more of an exposition of various of the author’s clients and what they did in their lives as a result of the counselling they received. Some parts were interesting but the book didn’t grip me enough to not put it down. It was super easy to put down. I kept reading it just to see if it would improve but it only seemed to get drier the more I read it. It could easily pass for an academic book. If this is your thing by all means go for it. I found it disappointingly lacking.
zarasecker23's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
This book was not what I expected. I was expecting it to be more of a self-help/self-care book, providing exercises etc for you to do to improve yourself and do self-care. Instead this book was more of an exposition of various of the author’s clients and what they did in their lives as a result of the counselling they received. Some parts were interesting but the book didn’t grip me enough to not put it down. It was super easy to put down. I kept reading it just to see if it would improve but it only seemed to get drier the more I read it. It could easily pass for an academic book. If this is your thing by all means go for it. I found it disappointingly lacking.
mymindspeaksbooks's review against another edition
4.0
This book was a continuous journey of fascination for me. It’s only when we open up our individual experiences, our deepest thoughts and feelings, that we see the world for what it is - a place full of so much similar pain and struggle but also so much similar compassion and warmth.
I’m sure everyone will see a part of themselves in this book, or at least take away some of the insight to make tangible changes in their own life, to form better relationships with themselves and with others. Reading the stories of others is not only a great way to empathise with those far removed from ourselves, but understand the process of how people plow through and overcome the most difficult of life events.
It’s hope that we all have a path to healing if we choose to take it.
Why not take yours?
I’m sure everyone will see a part of themselves in this book, or at least take away some of the insight to make tangible changes in their own life, to form better relationships with themselves and with others. Reading the stories of others is not only a great way to empathise with those far removed from ourselves, but understand the process of how people plow through and overcome the most difficult of life events.
It’s hope that we all have a path to healing if we choose to take it.
Why not take yours?