Reviews

Who You Were Meant to Be: A Guide to Finding or Recovering Your Life's Purpose by Lindsay C. Gibson

gemgem18's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

2.75

aura_sv's review

5.0

Este libro de Lindsay Gibson es una excelente guía de autodescubrimiento, especialmente para aquellas personas que sienten que aún no han encontrado su camino. ¡Muy recomendable!

imperfectcj's review

hopeful informative slow-paced

2.0

This book says a lot of things that I need to hear right now about selfishness vs meeting one's needs and advocating for oneself, and about addressing and changing old patterns of behavior, but it falls short for me in the "what to do next" department. I agree that identifying and meeting one's needs is critical, but how does one do this? Where do you start? There are a TON of metaphors and similes here, but not a lot of practical suggestions.

stephaniekrmr's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

I‘m a critical self-help book reader and I guess my expectations on this one were a little too high. I generally liked the theoretical and grounded approach and was able to gain more insights and explanations in topics, I was already aware of. However, did I discover who I was meant to be? No.

Because unfortunately, knowing something and acting on it are two different things. The explanations were interesting and helped to reflect about what’s going wrong, but I‘d needed to have more support in the form of exercises, concrete tasks or advise on how to get out of existing behavior, create new ones and how to break patterns (to be fair, in the beginning there were some but I missed them later on) to fully engage with the concepts. Sometimes, things are easier said then done and it’s difficult to get out of your skin, even if you rationally comply with what’s being said.

At some point I got annoyed be the countless examples of her clients because I often felt the most important information was left out - HOW exactly they were able to get from miserable and lost to happy and in peace.

Would I recommend the book? Yes, to readers, who are new to inner work and need a starting point getting in touch with their emotions and their selves. 

theamazingfencer's review

It just seems like psychobabble garbage. Not only that, it's riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes and I can't take it seriously. 

I don't think it is giving any advice that would improve my life in any noticable way. 

devind9bde's review

5.0

I rarely give self-help books 5 stars, but ‘Who you were meant to be’ is a stand out. I decided to read it after greatly benefiting from the author’s other book on dealing with emotionally immature parents and overcoming their toxic effects. My expectations were high (who has time to read mediocre self-help books?), and I was not disappointed.

Of course there were sentences that I didn’t agree with, but overall the ideas presented are extremely valuable. If the title resonates with you I highly recommend picking it up. Unfortunately the book is out of print and the ebook version has some annoying errors, but the errors are not a serious hinderance and it is easy to guess the correct word.

After reading this book I feel very nurtured and informed. The theme of Respect, Protect, Connect is useful to remember at low points of discouragement and frustration. I feel prepared for the challenges ahead and much more accepting and supportive (maybe even loving!) of myself as I am. Worth every penny.

rebelregun's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0