From the outside looking in Valerie seemed to have had a very successful life. When Valerie hit 60 though, she felt she wasn't really happy. Writing about that time, she says, "I feel like I have neglected myself while spending my entire life doing what I think will please everybody else. Publicly, I have pretended to be the bubbly, upbeat, all-American girl everybody wants to believe I am, but in private I have rarely thought of myself as anything but a failure." And Valerie decided to do something about it. This thoughtful, bighearted book is sure to be a hit with Bertinelli fans and those with an appetite for stories of hard-won self-acceptance. A warmly intimate memoir.”

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I laughed, I cried, I felt every human emotion possible while reading this (even hunger pains, because her recipes are mouth watering!). This woman gets it! There are also a couple of unnecessary political asides slamming Trump for Covid and praising Dr. Fauci, who has not only flip-flopped dozens of times during the pandemic but also may have ties to the start of the crisis. She says she's very worried about the direction the country is going, but doesn't call out current president Joe Biden for his many bad decisions that have hurt the country. Namely, she seems to pay too much attention to biased media reports and should do more intelligent research to become less stressed. I’ve been a fan of Valerie’s since she was on One Day at a Time. We are close to the same age. I meant to read her first memoir but I’m glad I read this one. She writes well and is very relatable.As an employer, you have a responsibility to provide a safe, healthy work environment for employees, free from sexual harassment and related retaliation. Another epiphany: why can't we all just help our fellow man (as she's spending millions on renovations while living in a multi million dollar home)

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Towards the end of the book she talks about the death of her ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen. I found him really likeable and felt for the whole family in losing him. They clearly were soulmates, even though they've been divorced for years and they both were married to other people at the time of his death. It was very weird that she didn't write AT ALL about her current husband other than a few vague things about their marriage dissolving. Surely he existed in her life though??? The same can be said for poor EVH's widow, who was there too as he died. I LOVED this book! And I love Valerie Bertinelli! Valerie, if you are reading this, can we please be BFF’s?! Sexual harassment in the workplace might seem easy enough to identify, but it can come in many different forms – some of which can be surprisingly subtle. Learn what to watch out for, how to identity it and what you should do when it happens. https://enoughalreadysk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Enough_Already_WITH-AUDIO.mp4 How can Enough Already help me?Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond. Frankly, I'm comfortable in my own skin- and have been for a long time now. I don’t analyze myself in terms of how others see me physically. I’m more concerned with just being healthier, not just for myself for others in my life, as well. I never stand on the scales, or angst over gray hairs or wrinkles- but of course, I’m not on TV, nor am I under the social media spotlight being scrutinized by trolls everyday… so there’s that. I know I will be in the minority here, but after reading this book I actually think less of Bertinelli than I did before I read it. The passages about her son and ex are all quite touching and I agree with her new approach to the next 20 years (plus or minus) of her life. However, I found the book much too repetitive to be enjoyable. I ended up skimming until I found passages of interest. To be honest, I only knew of Valerie Bertinelli as Eddie Van Halen’s wife/ex wife. I didn’t even know she had a cooking show on the Food Network 😬. Somehow or another her posts started popping up on my social media feed, and I thought I’d like to follow her and read her book. I am SO glad that I did! Did I mention that I loved this book?!