Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance by Lisa Olivera
Discover a pathway to self-love and acceptance with Already Enough by Lisa Olivera. Lisa's inspiring words help us face our inner struggles and find self-compassion with practical, real-world advice. 10% of every purchase supports adult literacy through ProLiteracy. Are you ready to transform your life? Explore the power of self-acceptance today!
From Bev & Her Books:
Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance by Lisa Olivera shows us how to transform past childhood experiences into positive stories of self-acceptance. Thoughtful advice and gentle exercises show us how to move forward into our true self by shifting our mindset and healing our story. A hopeful guide to healing our self-identity and reclaiming our sense of belonging.
From the Publisher:
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.
Lisa Olivera is a writer, therapist, and creative who shares work centered around radical acceptance, cultivating compassion, integrating our stories, and embracing our full humanity. She holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and has worked in schools, community-based mental health, and private practice. Lisa’s work and writing has been featured in many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, HuffPost, and Good Morning America. She lives with her husband and daughter in Northern California.