MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb

I’m very much into psychology books but so far I’ve never read one that comes close to “Maybe you should talk to someone” by Lori Gottlieb.
This book has done an excellent job at normalising therapy for everyone since Lori is describing both her journey as a therapist and her experience of going through therapy herself to cope with her own struggles.
The beautiful side of therapy is that it can provide support and empowerment where needed, satisfying these profound needs of human nature.
For me, the exploration of self, the choices we’ve made and the ones that we are about to make are what I find both intriguing and very intimate.

“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.”

“Relationships in life don't really end, even if you never see the person again. Every person you've been close to lives on somewhere inside you. Your past lovers, your parents, your friends, people both alive and dead (symbolically or literally)--all of them evoke memories, conscious or not.”

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”