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The Inner Fix
THE INNER FIX is a unique and practical step-by-step programme to help you dramatically improve your relationships, feel more confident and satisfied with your work, confront your financial blocks and become the best version of yourself - both inside and out.
With our lives being overrun by social media and celebrity culture, being twenty-something has become pretty complicated. Wanting things we can't afford, finding ourselves stuck in a job we don't enjoy, or still living at home with mum and dad, we reach for things to try to perk us up (sex, booze and drugs) - but eventually, they turn out to be the very things that bring us down.
Having been caught in a cycle of self-destructive behaviour and come out the other side, Persia and Joey - friends, life coaches and founders of Addictive Daughter - colourfully chart their lives from childhood insecurities to adolescent obsessions.
With tools and exercises to work through at your own pace, THE INNER FIX is guaranteed to teach you how to stop worrying and start living.
'I love these two, they are the dream team to help you fall back in love with yourself.' - Madeleine Shaw
'A guide on how to build a happy, purposeful life in uncertain times.' - Stylist
With our lives being overrun by social media and celebrity culture, being twenty-something has become pretty complicated. Wanting things we can't afford, finding ourselves stuck in a job we don't enjoy, or still living at home with mum and dad, we reach for things to try to perk us up (sex, booze and drugs) - but eventually, they turn out to be the very things that bring us down.
Having been caught in a cycle of self-destructive behaviour and come out the other side, Persia and Joey - friends, life coaches and founders of Addictive Daughter - colourfully chart their lives from childhood insecurities to adolescent obsessions.
With tools and exercises to work through at your own pace, THE INNER FIX is guaranteed to teach you how to stop worrying and start living.
'I love these two, they are the dream team to help you fall back in love with yourself.' - Madeleine Shaw
'A guide on how to build a happy, purposeful life in uncertain times.' - Stylist
- GenresSelf HelpNonfiction
272 pages, Paperback
Published September 6, 2016
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February 7, 2017
If you're not inclined towards religion, it might be better if you don't pick up this self-help book. Both Joey and Persia have good relationships with the Higher Power, and they feel as though their relationship with the Higher Power helps them take control of and improve their lives, but that's not something that I could get on-board with.
There are some good exercises: the first part asks you to evaluate your past and see where you've gone wrong, while there are gratitude and forgiveness exercises in the second part that I'm trying to incorporate into my life on a daily basis, but overall I didn't find that this actively helped or inspired me.
There are some good exercises: the first part asks you to evaluate your past and see where you've gone wrong, while there are gratitude and forgiveness exercises in the second part that I'm trying to incorporate into my life on a daily basis, but overall I didn't find that this actively helped or inspired me.
August 7, 2016
'When the student is ready, the teacher will appear'. Having recently finished an eye-opening course of talking therapy, I found myself a willing and receptive student of this well-written and culturally-aware guide to breaking bad habits. Based on the Twelve Step model of many recovery support groups, the book is divded into three parts, 'The Problem', 'The Soultion', and 'The Future', each with its own chapters covering broad topics like shame, powerlessness and resentment with absorbing personal stories from the writers. Each chapter ends with meditation practices and hints and tips on how to handle these problems in your own life.
Honestly, there's nothing truly revolutionary here in terms of the psychotherapy rhetoric of looking back to childhood traumas, coming to terms and creating positive habits for the future. But 'The Inner Fix' is a welcome addition to the new stream of 'start with the feeling' therapy, brought into pop culture by gurus like Danielle La Porte and Gabrielle Bernstein (who are mentioned as recommended reads at the back of the book). You could think of this book as a kind of 'Desire Map' for 20-somethings, living at home, stuck in crappy jobs with unhealthy relationship patterns. It does go rather deeper into addiction and recovery than a lot of self-help books as both of the writers have imbibed more than their fair share of substances and some of their jaw-dropping tales of hell-raising will make the more conservative reader cock an eyebrow. But they're honest to a fault, all in the name of helping the reader right their own wrongs and find a way to live healthily.
If there's one thing that jarred with me in this book is it the strong whiff of class privilege, evident from tales of mediation retreats, swanky west London locations and jet-set adventures (albeit with the underlying sadness of an addict's life). I'm not sure the working-class could stomach much of the personal stories without rolling their eyes, but if they ignored those parts, and focussed on the end-of-chapter advice, there's a lot to be taken away from this book.
With online content available too, readers can continue their self-help journey with Addictive Daughter after reading. Solid 4 stars.
Honestly, there's nothing truly revolutionary here in terms of the psychotherapy rhetoric of looking back to childhood traumas, coming to terms and creating positive habits for the future. But 'The Inner Fix' is a welcome addition to the new stream of 'start with the feeling' therapy, brought into pop culture by gurus like Danielle La Porte and Gabrielle Bernstein (who are mentioned as recommended reads at the back of the book). You could think of this book as a kind of 'Desire Map' for 20-somethings, living at home, stuck in crappy jobs with unhealthy relationship patterns. It does go rather deeper into addiction and recovery than a lot of self-help books as both of the writers have imbibed more than their fair share of substances and some of their jaw-dropping tales of hell-raising will make the more conservative reader cock an eyebrow. But they're honest to a fault, all in the name of helping the reader right their own wrongs and find a way to live healthily.
If there's one thing that jarred with me in this book is it the strong whiff of class privilege, evident from tales of mediation retreats, swanky west London locations and jet-set adventures (albeit with the underlying sadness of an addict's life). I'm not sure the working-class could stomach much of the personal stories without rolling their eyes, but if they ignored those parts, and focussed on the end-of-chapter advice, there's a lot to be taken away from this book.
With online content available too, readers can continue their self-help journey with Addictive Daughter after reading. Solid 4 stars.
February 8, 2019
The best self-help book I have read. The stories from both women are incredibly relatable and the exercises at the end of each chapter are incredibly helpful in terms of helping you to analyse your own situation in an honest way. They ask all the right questions.
The only downside I have is that in parts, God, Church and a 'higher power' is mentioned as the reasoning behind them improving their lives - this isnt something I agree with but I also fully understand that each to their own and everyone has different experiences. I feel you can still learn a lot from this book and take from it what you want in order to improve your own life.
The only downside I have is that in parts, God, Church and a 'higher power' is mentioned as the reasoning behind them improving their lives - this isnt something I agree with but I also fully understand that each to their own and everyone has different experiences. I feel you can still learn a lot from this book and take from it what you want in order to improve your own life.
May 13, 2020
I absolutely love reading but only some books touch me! And this one deeply has! I loved the exercises at the end of every chapter and I loved how both authors brought their honest experiences in as examples to relate to! It brings in spiritualism but not in an obvious, "you must follow these beliefs way." Although I've always been spiritual anyway, so connected pretty well to their ideology. The book uses a 12 step model that is often used in AA but it works so well in analysing your behaviours generally too.
June 3, 2020
Transformational
I read this book after a 12 year relationship ended in good terms although I felt lost and like I didn't know what I wanted from life anymore. I could.relate to.a lot of what Joey and persia were saying. The tools and exercises helped me discover a lot about myself and what I want. I would highly recommend this book
I read this book after a 12 year relationship ended in good terms although I felt lost and like I didn't know what I wanted from life anymore. I could.relate to.a lot of what Joey and persia were saying. The tools and exercises helped me discover a lot about myself and what I want. I would highly recommend this book
July 26, 2019
For me it was interesting to see the approach for a Higher Power in a non committed pseudoreligius outlook. Sometimes it is not necessarily about what it is out there but the way different minds perceive everything.
November 14, 2018
Excellent book I couldn’t put it down and it was just what I needed after what I’ve been through. Highly recommended
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