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A review by xxivo
Somacultural Liberation: An Indigenous, Two-Spirit Somatic Guide to Integrating Cultural Experiences Toward Freedom by Roger Kuhn
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.25
This book felt halfway in between regular non fiction and self help and did this perfectly.
In this book the author uses his own life experiences to make you reflect at your own. And when he explained in the intro he'd be doing that I was a bit hesitant to be honest if that would make sense. But it worked really well. During the book I felt that through reading about his life, I could look at my own with the same kind of lens. These examples of his thoughts helped a whole lot for this. I'm very autistic and when people explain me things to think on or reflect they usually feel very abstract and I would be feeling extremely lost. Many therapy sessions I've had in my life I just listened to and felt very confused how to apply this to myself and my own life. But with the author of this book sharing his own experiences and how he reflects on those suddenly the tips became more tangible and I understood them.
In this book the author uses the BOLD ADDRESSING assessment. This model of looking at people from all angles and uses that to be aware of all parts of yourself. This he also gives a full example for with him as model and it was very interesting to see that. Then when doing this assessment myself I felt like I learned quite a lot about myself. Suddenly a lot of sore spots I was pushing away came to the forefront and I was forced to acknowledge them. Not fun to do, but important nonetheless and I learned a lot.
I loved the way the book was organized as well. It had a few shorter chapters at the beginning explaining all sides of the word "somacultural liberation" and then one long chapter in chapter 6 going deep into it how this could be achieved in your life. The explanations in the earlier chapters were well done and I would easily follow what I needed to know. The long chapter on the liberation on your own life had a lot of things to try out and learn from that I feel like really helped me look at myself in more detail.
Concluding this was a very interesting book that I learned a lot about myself form.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.
In this book the author uses his own life experiences to make you reflect at your own. And when he explained in the intro he'd be doing that I was a bit hesitant to be honest if that would make sense. But it worked really well. During the book I felt that through reading about his life, I could look at my own with the same kind of lens. These examples of his thoughts helped a whole lot for this. I'm very autistic and when people explain me things to think on or reflect they usually feel very abstract and I would be feeling extremely lost. Many therapy sessions I've had in my life I just listened to and felt very confused how to apply this to myself and my own life. But with the author of this book sharing his own experiences and how he reflects on those suddenly the tips became more tangible and I understood them.
In this book the author uses the BOLD ADDRESSING assessment. This model of looking at people from all angles and uses that to be aware of all parts of yourself. This he also gives a full example for with him as model and it was very interesting to see that. Then when doing this assessment myself I felt like I learned quite a lot about myself. Suddenly a lot of sore spots I was pushing away came to the forefront and I was forced to acknowledge them. Not fun to do, but important nonetheless and I learned a lot.
I loved the way the book was organized as well. It had a few shorter chapters at the beginning explaining all sides of the word "somacultural liberation" and then one long chapter in chapter 6 going deep into it how this could be achieved in your life. The explanations in the earlier chapters were well done and I would easily follow what I needed to know. The long chapter on the liberation on your own life had a lot of things to try out and learn from that I feel like really helped me look at myself in more detail.
Concluding this was a very interesting book that I learned a lot about myself form.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.