YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE is a somewhat frustrating book. I found it difficult to get through the first time I read it, because I wasn’t prepared to start viewing the situations I was in – the depression and anxiety and anger that I faced – as being my fault. I still wanted to blame my parents and those around me.

The truth is, it was partially due to them. The way that I was being treated and taken advantage of in no way falls under the heading of a “healthy relationship”. But the way I was viewing things was, indeed, my fault.

Instead of focusing on how I was depressed because my parents were abusive and anxious because people were judging me and angry because of both things, YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE taught me to stop focusing on what other people thought about me, and only focus on how I thought about myself.

This is one of those self-improvement books that isn’t content with just telling you that you have to believe in yourself. It teaches you how to believe in yourself, how to find your self-worth. Because of that, it has earned a special place on my bookcase, and I recommend it to all of my friends. YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE is an excellent book.