While I feel like this book is only worth one star I gave it two stars because the advice can be helpful to those who are looking for it. what heals is going inward, loving yourself, accepting yourself, listening to your needs, addressing your attachments and emotional history, learning how to let go, and following your intuition. There is material on self-awareness, personal relationships, and society at large, but it all comes back to self. I enjoyed this free-verse poetry book, it gave me the words to purge my emotions , especially during these times of Covid, when we are isolated from loved ones and still forced to survive under the reigns of capitalism and a careless government.

How many times have you been unable to fully enjoy a special moment because you couldn’t stop thinking about what was missing?Yung is a genius, and this is a book to be savored, to be read in fits and starts because you need time to digest the gorgeous prose and ruminate on how his messages apply to your own life. On top of that, I really didn't like that some of the paragraph poems didn't have sentences that started with a capital letter. From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. As a self help book this book would have worked so much better for me, longer text, more details to everything, not so many repeats (that made me feel like we are running in circles), and this book would have at least been a 4 star read. I appreciate self help books and I like them but this isn't listed as a self help book it's listed as poetry.

I also took the opportunity to reflect on my relationships and see where I can improve on with the advice this book provides. A powerful resource for those invested in the work of personal transformation, building self-awareness, and deepening their connection with others. He didn’t really need to tie it all up in a bow and it is a bow that will sadly turn some readers off.With his distinctive voice, at once spare and evocative, the author guides us through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.

Als Self Help Buch hätte mich das Buch komplett überzeugt, längere Texte, genauer auf Dinge eingegangen und nicht so viele Wiederholungen (manchmal hab ich mich echt gefühlt als wenn wir uns im Kreis drehen) und das Buch hätte mindestens 4 Sterne von mir bekommen. we are young, [his pen name means young people] but we are more open to learning, growing, and reorganizing our world than ever before. Whatever it is, the collection is a bit uneven - it felt repetitive and overly long, but also a bit incomplete. Maybe this is palatable on Instagram in small doses, but I cannot sit here and read nearly 300 pages of it. Follow him on his socials, sign up to get his writings delivered to your inbox, pick up a copy of CLARITY AND CONNECTION, and prepare to be blown away.But he does suggest, rightly so, I think, that we “throw away the idea that you need to pause your life until you are fully healed. I felt like I was being told what to do, think, feel, and how to live by someone who… I’m sorry, what are your qualifications?