We dispose of the ideas of being “right” and “good” and we embrace the idea of just being who we are. We start with our Self, which Reedy says “is the naked you it is your human, fallible, beautiful, scared, imperfect, and perfect you.” We work on casting off guilt and shame, laid on us by parents, peers, and society. It was terrifying.” Clearly, transformation is not for the faint of heart.īut, luckily for us, the book holds a roadmap for such work. The words of one of his past patients sum it: “In this work, when I discovered that one of my long-held truths was debunked, I realized that all of them were up for grabs. Yet he’s very clear that to do this is not easy and, in fact, takes a huge amount of courage. You see, Reedy is solidly in the “dig deep” camp and his purest hope is for all of us to be as well. But this is exactly why Reedy puts them at the back of the book. And for some, it might be tempting to cut to Chapter 8 and start with the tools. To meet the short-termers where they are, Reedy includes two chapters with tips, tools, and myths that can serve people in their daily lives as soon as they start incorporating them. And, over the long haul, who wouldn’t like to transform themselves into a more emotionally balanced and evolved human?
For example, tools for living each day can help us change bothersome behaviors rather quickly. Brad Reedy tackles the essential question of how we can learn to process our past wounds, forgive ourselves for our shortcomings, and ultimately love our Self, exactly as it is…even when it seems “horrible and rotten.”Īs we find out later in the book, Reedy makes a distinction between those who pursue therapy for shorter term solutions and tools to live their daily lives a little more harmoniously, and those who pursue long-term therapy to dig deep into the Self and come away transformed. In his latest book, The Audacity to Be You: Learning to Love Your Horrible, Rotten Self, Dr. Email Subscribe via Email Book Review: The Audacity to Be You: Learning to Love Your Horrible, Rotten Self
0 kommentar(er)
