Book - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
The book that sparked my self-discovery journey is probably Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, a psychotherapist who shares her personal journey alongside with her clients’ experiences.
I was just revisiting some of the notes I took years ago, and realized “Wow I only started to truly understand them this year.”
Some of the quotes I like:
⭐️ “One of the most important steps in therapy is helping people take responsibility for their current predicaments, because once they realize that they can (and must) construct their own lives, they’re free to generate change.”
⭐️ “We are mirrors reflecting mirrors reflecting mirrors, showing one another what we can’t yet see.”
⭐️ “Part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself — to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.”
⭐️ “Freedom involves responsibility, and there’s a part of most of us that finds responsibility frightening.”
It’s the exact same idea in spirituality. Your underlying belief systems construct your physical reality. Taking full responsibility of our reality can be very brutal, but it is also empowering: YOU have the ability to change it.
Will you go through and through and through your belief system and release those disempowering ones or would you rather stay as a victim and give up your power to change/
The most important thing I got of this book at the time was learning about emotions:
⭐️ “Don’t judge your feelings; notice them. Use them as your map. Don’t be afraid of the truth.”
This became the most useful tool in my own self-growth. I started to become curious of why I feel a certain way. Instead of burying my emotions down or distracting myself from it, I went:”Great. Another learning opportunity. What’s the lesson under this emotion? It really is the most accurate map to learn more about yourself. It helped me to see where I felt hurt, revealing wounds that can only be healed when it’s seen.