Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance

Stories shape and drive all human existence. And in Already Enough, an optimistic, mindfully aware self-help book by therapist Lisa Olivera, readers will be encouraged to reflect upon and rethink defining moments in their own lives.

As a newborn in 1987, Olivera was abandoned in Muir Woods in Northern California. Though she was raised by loving adoptive parents, Olivera experienced deep-rooted feelings of desertion and inadequacy that were masked in perfectionism. Olivera went into therapy after a suicide attempt at age 14. Mining the past with a trusted confidante helped her to recognize how the story of her life affected her identity and her relationships with herself and others.

Sometimes "the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are wrong," says Olivera. In her first book, she offers interactive tools and strategies that aim to help others to reframe their own stories more positively in order to excavate their innate strengths and beliefs. Three distinct sections offer guidance: "Getting Honest" shows how important it is to identify and understand the stories woven into someone's life. "Getting Brave" explains how to confront those stories in order to transcend that which holds a person back. And "Getting Free" details how self-actualization can unlock the door to healing and living new stories.

Olivera is wildly popular on Instagram, where she has more than 450,000 followers--and it's no wonder. By splicing her own professional and personal experiences into the narrative, Olivera offers a gentle, positive message with practical, hopeful ways to boost self-worth. --Kathleen Gerard, blogger at Reading Between the Lines

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