Get to know your life story, understand it, and rewrite it with the help of this wonderful guide to self-acceptance by psychotherapist and renowned author Lisa Olivera. When Lisa Olivera was born, her mother abandoned her behind a rock near the Muir Woods in Northern California. She was later found and fostered by a family. Like many adopted children, many questions arose within her, most notably: "Why did her mother abandon her?" Since she found no answer, Lisa fabricated her own story: "There must be something wrong with me," she thought she wasn't enough. This story wasn't true, but it was her way of understanding a perplexing experience. With the help of a therapist, Lisa began to tell herself a better story, and now, as a therapist herself, she will show you how you can do it too. In this book, Lisa speaks candidly about the stories we carry within us and how they affect us more than we often realize. She also guides us through the courageous work of rewriting our self-narratives, to remind us that we are inherently enough, just as we are. This book is an invitation to break free from the constraints of the past, by integrating who we were, who we are now, and who we wish to be – in all our messiness and beauty – to live a more complete and meaningful life. "In these pages, Lisa Olivera explains how we change the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, and through subtle shifts in thinking, she shows us that we are capable of profound healing. She lights a path that was once dark. This book is a wonderful, contemplative, moving, and hopeful work." - Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global