Real Talk: Lessons from a Therapist to Help You Heal by Tasha Bailey

BATB score: 8/10 ❤️‍🩹

Best as: affordable therapy in book form, DIY-self-therapist, pick a theme/chapter that suits your needs and read away 💯

Best to: explanation, examples, exercises; not all chapters would be applicable, but there’s a chapter for everyone

BATB lingering thought: mine is chapters Family Drama, What Holds Us Back, Self-Esteem, Body Image, and The Ups and Downs of Stress 🫠

Best for: we all need therapy ❤️‍🩹

Best quotes: “Cringing happens when it feels too vulnerable to receive the goodness that we always deserved.”

“You don’t need to change yourself to receive better love from your parents. You are already good enough, just as you are.”

“Something doesn’t have to be dramatic to be traumatic.”

“If we are always trying to be normal, we will never know how amazing we could be.”

“People who struggle with self-love do so because the judgement and expectations they have of themselves are so loud.”

“Find the good in goodbye.”

“We are just human beings doing the best we can with the feelings we have and the weight we have to carry.”

“You are the love of your life and the best lover that you will ever have.”