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Introduction
Thousands if not more have written about the process of letting go of people and situations we love most, but only a few succeeded at transmitting the experience as true as it is. This was exactly what Heidi Priebe tried to do in her astonishing read This Is Me Letting You Go. No one can deny how tough and complicated the process of letting go can be for us as human beings, let alone trying to adapt to the change that takes place after letting go of particular people.
Book’s Name – This Is Me Letting You Go
Author’s Name – Heidi Priebe
Genre – Self-help, Psychology, Poetry, Essays
Language – English
About the Writer
Heidi Priebe is a Canadian writer and essayist whose main focus lies in writing about personality psychology. Heidi is a freelance writer and consultant as well. She trained many on how to write quality content and she designed many online courses that you can find on her official web page.
The writer worked with Thought Catalog in Brooklyn, New York where she had a very rich working experience. She also collaborated with many specialists to produce virtual training courses related to personal development. Heidi is highly inspired by Myers-Briggs and Jungian psychology systems. She wrote several works based on personality psychology among which are The Comprehensive ENFP Survival Guide and How You’ll Do Everything Based on Your Personality Type.
About the Book
Written by Heidi Priebe, This Is Me Letting You Go is sort of a self-help and psychology-centered book that comprises a series of 30 essays. Just like her other works, this book is written with a quite simple style and easy language that suits her audience.
The genius of the book lies in the fact that it is written with honesty and it truly reflects the real experience and true feelings of every human being going through a difficult time after breaking up with their loved ones. The book will give you insights into how you could adapt to change after your breakup.
Major Themes
Again, Heidi divided her book into 30 interesting essays that delve into the process of letting go. However, I have selected two major topics that she covered in her work.
1. Lifestyle You Want vs Someone You Want: Most of us, if not all, had to go through this dilemma of choosing between living life the way we want it and living the life with the person we want. Heidi, here, developed a very interesting debate in which she confirmed that love compromises always win in novels and movies but the reality is something different. She insisted that you should not prioritize being with someone you love if that would take you leaving your desires aside.
2. Moving On: Heidi said very logical things about moving on as a process. Moving on does not happen in a blink of an eye. Just like the process of building a bond with someone would take a while, breaking up and forgetting someone we loved would take time too. So, if you ever felt like you would never get over somebody, just remember that this kind of thing is a matter of time and that no one can tell you how much time it would take you to heal.
Famous Quotes
“Sometimes you're going to have to let one person go a thousand different times, a thousand different ways, and there's nothing pathetic or abnormal about that. You are human.”
“The people we meet at the wrong time are actually just the wrong people. You never meet the right people at the wrong time.”
“At the end of the day, you have two choices in love – one is to accept someone just as they are and the other is to walk away. There is no in-between. There is no bartering, bargaining, expecting, and falling short in love. There is just choosing to be there or not. Anything in between is a tired, self-interested excuse for love.”
“If there’s one thing we all need to stop doing, it’s waiting around for someone else to show up and change our lives.”
“For Every Fierce Woman Who Has Tried To Be Tame, I Know you. I know that you have always felt different –a little bit more restless than perhaps you ought to be as a child. A little less timid, a tad bit too brash. I know you’ve grown up with inklings of suspicion –that your mind does not work the way it should, perhaps. Your thoughts whirl around at strange speeds and you cannot seem to reel yourself in.”
The Bottom Line
This Is Me Letting You Go is a reflection of the human psyche mainly exploring letting go as a difficult and heartbreaking process. Read this book if you want a paper friend that will show you the pathway to coping with change that proceeds your breakup.
My ratings for the book - 4 on 5
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