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About The Book
When Lisa Olivera was just a few hours old, her birth mother abandoned her behind a rock near Muir Woods in Northern California. She was found and later adopted.
Growing up, Lisa knew she was adopted. She later learned she was abandoned. Like with many adopted children, this led Lisa to wonder: Why did her mother leave her behind? Without answers, Lisa came to believe she was not enough. This story wasn’t true, but it made sense of a confusing experience. It allowed her to move forward. It felt like the only way. Until, with the help of a therapist, Lisa began to tell herself a better story.
If you have ever felt like you didn’t belong, or like you weren’t worthy, or like you weren’t enough, just as you are…it might be time for you to rewrite your story, too. Now a therapist herself, Lisa shows you how.
In Already Enough, Lisa explores how our stories affect us—often much more than we realize. She guides us through reframing our stories so we can remember that we are already enough, just as we are. And she invites us to join her on a transformative journey to healing. “Beautiful, meditative, touching, and hopeful” (Arianna Huffington), Already Enough is a powerful reminder that we are the authors of our own stories. The sooner we decide to write a better story, the sooner we can live a more whole, more meaningful, more nourishing life.
About The Reader
Lisa Olivera is a writer and therapist who shares work centered around radical acceptance, cultivating compassion, and integrating our stories and full humanity. Lisa currently has a small private practice and creates courses, offerings, and writings. She lives with her husband in Northern California.
Why We Love It
“You are not enough.
Does this sound familiar? Perhaps you heard something like it growing up. Perhaps you tell yourself something like it, now. The thing is—this is just a story. It may feel true, but it’s not.
In this book, practicing therapist and writer Lisa Olivera shows that through understanding and rewriting the stories that keep us stuck, we gift ourselves the opportunity to live into new stories—ones that make room for our full humanity.
You are not enough becomes you are already enough, just as you are.
The sooner you decide to write a better story, the sooner you get to live a better life. It changes the way you show up for yourself, for others, and for the world. It’s already done that for me, and I think it will do that for a lot of people.”
—Emily G., Senior Editor, on Already Enough
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (January 25, 2022)
- Runtime: 6 hours and 25 minutes
- ISBN13: 9781797133256
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