According to Siegel, when we are feeling emotion, we are integrating and absorbing new awareness into our consciousness (2009). I often tell clients that tears can be thought of as a physical sign of the integration process that‘s occurring in our hearts and minds. When you cry these deeper tears of realization, you ultimately end up feeling better.
pickI went in not really sure I'd like it and ended up tearfully writing a review telling everyone to check it out. It's a story told via diary entries as Iveliz struggles to start the healing process after her father dies. It's really raw and a book I hope will help kids feel like they're not alone #middlegrade
[Review scheduled]
The House of my Mother completed my Goodreads Fall Challenge📖🎧
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pickPleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this. A dual narrative: one focused on Ebby, both present day and some of her past, and the other featuring an artifact from her ancestors—a jar. This object has great significance for her prominent black family and historical background…reaching back hundreds of years. A tragic loss at the beginning of the book is wound up in this object and we spend the whole book uncovering the secrets of both. More ⬇️
Our internet also went out yesterday so I started reading this one too! Another #netgalleybacklog but I'm reading the Spanish version 😆 it's ok so far. There was something I was a bit meh about but I'll keep listening. It's a series of journal entries by a 12yo I think (so you can probably imagine the tone)
so-soReal rollercoaster. As a repressed person with limited emotional management skills and a lot of overwhelming feelings, I find parts visualization and mapping somewhat helpful! But I couldn‘t get on board with the level of autonomy he grants parts. Halfway through the book he dropped that he does loads of K, which explains a lot. He also uses parts therapy to deconstruct racism and Trump, which totally lost me. Interesting though! Back to CBT…
pickThis one is a hard but necessary read. You can‘t go into it lightly—it takes heart and courage to read every page. I was a cutter many years ago but thankfully it never evolved into anything worse, and I was able to get away from the circumstances which had led me to do this to begin with. Many people suffer in silence and aren‘t able to get away. They deserve a voice and a village to keep believing in them.
I always read the Booker winner, but I had a hard time finding this one. Hubby found it in a bookstore in Ireland. It arrived yesterday all the way from Galway. I hope it was worth the hunt. It‘s on my TBR for those lazy holiday pajama days. #BookMail
pickThis was helpful, a bit eye opening and a lot of common sense that you know, but flies under the radar until it reveals itself so plainly to you. Aka, good and necessary to hear. My particular favorites included the assessments and learning about the four parenting types - emotional, passive, rejecting and driven. Helped me understand not only my own parents but also as a parent myself. Nice one to listen to on audio!
