Welcome to Litsy!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book was pretty amazing, and I took my time with this one bc I felt like I needed to savor what it was saying. It‘s nice to see that even therapists don‘t have their collective shit together. I would #recommend #litsy #therapy #blameitonlitsy

It seems I‘m not really a people person. Just too many other people‘s problems 💔 I had a huge dip in the middle and wasn‘t sure I‘d finish it, I did but probably would have been better not to.
A real case of it‘s me not you.

Not getting much reading done last couple of days. Usual work bonkers stuff! Enjoying when I get the chance.

This was brilliant. I really enjoyed the way it was written. Highly recommended if you enjoy a little bit of introspection from time to time.

Really, really enjoyed this one! I even picked up some thought-provoking personal insights, and loved getting her perspectives from both sides. I want to go to therapy now!

Happy Friday! I‘m only on page 6 and I‘m completely hooked! 😁

Such a beautiful book and such a therapeutic experience. Really loved each character and felt for them acutely.

The narrator on audible did a fine job bringing the book to life. This should definitely be on the must read/listen list for everyone.

A therapy room is the perfect place for whining and crying. 😭

I thought the audio of was great!

#Booked2020 #WineOrWhine
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Update for #Summerfunbingo #summerfun
Set at the beach or near water: Where the Crawdad's sing - Delia Owens (finished on June 15)
Summer Romance or Wedding: Beach Read- Emily Henry (finished on June 23)
On Audio: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone- Lori Gottlieb (finished on June 23)
Read a book about Anti-Racism: Between the World and Me- Ta-Nehisi Coates (finished on June 19)

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Gonna try to post a weekly wrap up regularly... This sheltering in place this has been great for my TBR stack. These were all great reads but the tagged book was definitely my favorite.

Such a compelling and insightful memoir. Gottlieb has lived interesting life and proven herself to be excellent writer. This book is honestly everything that I look for in a memoir.

Starting to get spoiled by having the train to myself.

Starting my #doublespin pick. Excited for this one.

A little slow at the start then as I got into the patients stories I couldn‘t stop. Cried like a baby.

I love this book so so much ♥️♥️ I cried so many times. This is truly a book for all of us: about life, love, relationships and what it means to be human. (Which is all of the above) I will carry many of these lessons with me. So! Well! Done!😭♥️
Last picture with my Christmas tree. I took the ornaments off today which is always sort of sad, but it will be nice to have the space back to normal.

This is next-level #bookandbath, it's my birthday edition! Reading with candles and new birthday bath bomb set in the bath while my boys nap is heaven!

Merry Christmas to all! Hope your day has been full of books and coziness ♥️
Still loving this book and sneaking in a few pages here and there at my in-laws while visiting with family.
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Congratulations @Chrissyreadit on all your milestones! And what a lovely idea to do a #thankyougiveaway 😊💕
My favorite Non-Fiction of the year (tagged) was so full of warmth and empathy... I laughed, I cried and I‘ve recommended it constantly ever since!
Very excited about a new Lily King (I loved Euphoria) and the synopsis for this one sounds just my cuppa tea 😊☕️💕

Loving this one! ♥️📘

Same breakfast, different day! 🥑 (I took this earlier but forgot to post---now it's actually almost dinner time!)
#readandeat #nonfiction

I've had this checked out multiple times from the library and it keeps getting pushed aside. Now is the time! Finally! I've heard such great things and I'm excited to sink my teeth into this!
#bookandbath 🛁 📖

I enjoyed this one more than I expected. Really interesting insight into what a psychotherapist does, and she provides a pov both as a patient and a therapist. Well written, flows well and is sympathetic and honest.

I've apparently adopted a mental health theme for #NFNovember.

Wow. Intense and emotional. I feel like I gained a lot of insight about humanity while also being entertained. I have a lot to think about and process and I think this is the type of book that will have me doing that for a long time. Also, therapy is good. For all the reasons. ☺️

Such a good book! Love, loss, death, hope. Holding on and letting go. The future holds a lot of possibilities for us, just as we always have the power to choose our response. In our response, lies our growth and freedom. So is truth in Romain Rolland‘s words, “There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.” 💜
#everyalleywayisway #unknown

Started this a few days ago. So far I like her writing style and how relatable she is. But I am reading it in short doses because reading about therapy and mental health can be too much to handle I‘m not in the right frame of mind.That‘s why I‘m trying to get a few mins in while I‘m waiting for my shower 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

I chuckled and thoughts provoked already, with just one chapter in. Good sign.

“Happiness equals reality minus expectation.”

“It‘s not as if we‘re going to peer in those darker corners, flip on the light, and find a bunch of cockroaches. Fireflies love the dark too.”

I LOVED this book. I laughed, I cried and I cried some more. Some really useful insights on therapy and how it can help coming to terms with the baggage we ALL carry around. This book also helped me look at some of my relationships in a new light. A solid ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book is so powerful. Gottlieb, a therapist, has a sudden breakup with a long term boyfriend and realizes she needs to go talk to someone about it. Her story of therapy intermixed with patients of her own combine to make this non-preachy book about how we are all human and how sometimes we just need help. There are people‘s stories in here and their revelations I won‘t be forgetting for a long time. A lovely, heart wrenching, pick!!!

This book shook me to my core. Get the audiobook. Enjoy the ride. I cried while cooking dinner at least once and multiple times in the car and at least once at my desk.

#LilithJuly Lori Gottlieb has been keeping me company this past week. Her honesty and hysteria is endearing and comforting. Making #ManicMonday manageable 😁 still in a reading slump but taking baby steps.

I discontinued this #audiobook when I got depressed because I wasn‘t ready for it to end, and I couldn‘t deal with other people‘s problems. I‘m feeling better now and finished it up this morning.

Beautiful, thoughtful, cathartic, well narrated. I wholly recommend this book, unless, maybe, you‘re going through heavy stuff yourself. 5⭐️

Saw some pretty lilies on my walk! #bfc #bfcr2 #goteam

This book is simply fantastic! It's an easy, relatable read intertwined with very deep, complex psychology theories. It will make you laugh, cry, and feel like 'wait, that had happened to me too!' Worth every minute you spend reading it (and the audiobook narration is fantastic too!)

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Since I finished an audiobook yesterday and have a credit expiring soon, I browsed Audible for a new book. I don‘t always immediately start listening to books I select with my credits, but I did this time. I would never have expected to choose this book, but the sample was so interesting, so... sometimes it just happens that way.

This was a great read. Lori Gottlieb helps others to find themselves, and experiences the other side in her own therapy. Besides herself, she follows several interesting clients: a jerk who turns out to be hiding his unbearable pain behind his narcisstic mask; a young woman facing terminal illness; an old woman who cannot face her past. Very human, self-revealing, touching, sad, funny, and a lesson in empathy and self-awareness.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

And engaging book about a therapist, her patients, and her own therapy. She does a great job of telling the stories of humanity. Well written and an enjoyable read.

Lori Gottlieb, a therapist unknown to me, has written my favorite book of the year so far. I am a therapist, so this is definitely a personal pick. This is about all the things I care about: human connection, how we share and re-work our stories, the discomfort of being able to help others while not seeing our own lives clearly all the time, humility, change, resilience, and the magic that can happen in the therapy room.

Also, summer is coming!