Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance

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'Beautiful, meditative, touching and hopeful' - Arianna Huffington

Have you ever told yourself that you don't belong, or that you aren't worthy or enough, exactly as you are It's time to rewrite your story.

In Already Enough, therapist Lisa Olivera explores how our 'stories' affect us - the stories we tell ourselves about the person we are because of the things that have happened to us or the way people have treated us - often a lot more than we realise. Drawing on her own extraordinary experience as an adopted child, abandoned by her mother in California woods just hours after birth, she combines memoir with therapeutic exercises to help us reframe the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.

For young people finding their way in life, professionals who doubt their own abilities and parents who struggle to love themselves as much as their families, Already Enough is a manual to healing and self-love. Urging us to believe that we are already enough, just as we are, this is a tender, hopeful and inspiring reminder that we are the authors of our own stories, deserving of a more nourishing life.

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'Lisa Olivera explains how to change the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves ... Beautiful, meditative, touching and hopeful' - Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO of Thrive Global

'One of the best books ever about healing from the past and finding a better future. Lisa Olivera offers deep insight and practical suggestions grounded in the science of change ... an extraordinary therapist' - Rick Hanson, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Resilient

'Thought-provoking, touching and supportive, a book for all who have ever thought they might not be good enough' - Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Change

'With honesty and grace Lisa offers a beautiful roadmap for transformation' - Shauna Shapiro, PhD, Professor and author of Good Morning, I Love You

'Wrapped in truth and vulnerability. Each page creates a sense of soulful reverence' - Alexandra Elle, author of After the Rain

Author Bio

Lisa Olivera is a writer and therapist whose work centers 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, and shares her work on Instagram @_lisaolivera.