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\nEvery year\, nearly 30 million Americans sit on a therapist&rsquo\;s couch&mdash\;and some of these patients are therapists. In her remarkable book \;Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, Lori Gott lieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training\, her most si gnificant credential is that she&rsquo\;s a card-carrying member of the hu man race. &ldquo\;I know what it&rsquo\;s like to be a person\,&rdquo\; sh e writes\, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down.
\nEnt er Wendell\, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenl y lands. With his balding head\, cardigan\, and khakis\, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be a nything but. In her book\, Lori explores the inner chambers of her patient s&rsquo\; lives&mdash\;a self-absorbed Hollywood producer\, a young newlyw ed diagnosed with a terminal illness\, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better\, and a twenty-something who can&rsquo\;t stop hooking up with the wrong guys (even one from the wa iting room)&mdash\;she finds that the questions they are struggling with a re the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
\nWith startling wi sdom and humor\, Gottlieb reveals our blind spots\, examining the truths a nd fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope bet ween love and desire\, meaning and mortality\, guilt and redemption\, terr or and courage\, hope and change.
\nMaybe You Should Talk to Someone \;is revolutionary in its candor\, offering a deeply personal yet uni versal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a b oldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human\, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power t o transform them.
\nWe invite you to join us as Gottlieb shares her wisdom on examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves to help us b reakthrough what is holding us back and getting in the way of living the l ife we desire. Register now to start your journey! \;
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