Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Hardcover – 6 January 2022

I wish it was possible to give a book 10 stars!The explanations of how our brain works, what are emotions and how they influence us, how and why we judge / doubt ourselves in the various daily situations that we find ourselves in, and how (and why) we arent the bad/incompetent/wrong/foolish/terrible/stupid... people we judge ourselves to be...This book broke down so many judgements of myself that even i didn't know i had and helped me look at myself with more compassion and gentleness, all without even going for therapy!I hope all of us read this early on in our lives and keep coming back to it to remind ourselves of what we know to be true but ignore.Read and start implementing this - you and your your life will thank you for it!(the ending seemed a little abrupt, but doesn't take away anything from the book 😄)

Everyone needs to read this book. Especially parents who are in a pressure to handle themselves and parenting at the same time. Helps us to reduce the conflict within us AND also we know exactly how to deal with kids emotions and groom them. It may feel heavy to read as you introspect and connect yourselves. But let me tell you, it helps a lot once you understand yourself. And same time help kids to be self aware.I am happy that I picked this book in the right time/phase of my life. Also I dont think I will pick another book in this category because this has answered my questions.READ and INTROSPECT. Give yourself some time!

I would Recommend this book to everyone.very good book

Easy reading, relatable and encompasses all aspects of human relationship. In benefit of hindsight, on reading the book it appears I had known it all along. Yet deeper into the book I ended up making more notes. Toolkits are definitive methods to undertake and make difference in improving sociability and relationships.

Isolation. Restriction. Vigilance. Anxiety. Aggravation. The soul-sucking misery of unwanted change.We hear a lot about the coronavirus - its physical symptoms, its medical dangers, the residual effects of severe infection - but we hear next to nothing about the stress of living through an ongoing pandemic. Set the virus aside for a moment.Merely enduring the day-to-day of it all has been extremely hard. The psychological strain? Crushing. And many of the remedies for psychological strain (join a gym, take a class, visit loved ones, get a hug) have been forbidden to us for great stretches of time. This is worth someone's attention, and if the government isn't going to give it any, if the media isn't going to give it any, if Dr. Fauci has his hands full, then I guess we're on our own.For my part, I'll be advancing this book. It's not about the pandemic. It's eight chapters of what our author rightly refers to as "a mental health toolbox." The topics covered are: dark places, motivation, emotional pain, grief, self-doubt, fear, stress, living a meaningful life. And she tells you right up front to skip to the section you need. The rest of the text will wait.She's also straight about exactly what you can expect from her. No cures available, just the means you'll need to persevere until Life loosens up that stranglehold a bit. This is purely pragmatic stuff. What to do to change how you feel.How to calm anxiety right now. How to respond to failure. The importance of routine. I think my favorite part dealt with self-criticism. It was a simple line at the top of Page 159:"if you want a man to get up off the ground, you have to stop beating him."That's just sort of exceptional, you know?So five fat, happy stars for this god-send of a book that will remain in my house on a shelf somewhere…..possibly for the rest of my life.

I ordered this book on Amazon because I have heard very good reviews about this book in YouTube and I follow the YouTube channel of Dr Julie Smith. This self-help book is very useful for those who wants to improve mental health, interpersonal relationships, happiness, anxiety, stress, etc. I have read the introductory part of this already and I am 100% satisfied with this book. However Amazon took almost a week to deliver this to my house. Fast shipping would be beneficial.

As you can clearly notice in attached photo, the pages inside book looking weired, has wavey pattern.

One of my best decisions was to read this book - in depth, little by little until it was done. May God bless Dr. Julie.