From an NHS nurse, thank you for this book @thewhitmore We probably all have the same thoughts about certain situations and life's moments, but only you alone should have control and power over your choices and how you choose to live your life ✨ She gives a raw account of her struggles, whilst using humor , it’s like sitting with a friend. Giving advice along the way. Different people have a different way of looking at the same situation. It is your mind that filters how you see the world around you and how you interpret every situation. If your mindset is negative, you will find faults and negativity in every situation. But if you keep a positive outlook, you will find solutions in every problem. So always have a positive mindset no matter how negative the situation is. Laura has learned that optimism, self-belief and learning to accept yourself, will bring you more than anyone else can ever give you. And she shows how her own struggles can help you through yours.

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A gentle and uplifting feminist first read. Great advice mixed with thoughtful anecdotes and real world examples. Thought provoking, empowering and most of all enjoyable! Change is so many things. It’s scary, exciting, and unpredictable, but most of all its necessary. So work towards bringing the positive change in your life. We are meant for unique greatness in many forms and we know when we feel it in our hearts, no matter how wrong or crazy the world tells us we are. Many of us with good intentions feel like outsiders when the whole world seems to exclude us, when the whole world points and says: ‘You’re the one who is wrong. Because you don’t fit into a box.” Laura tells us of her own struggles from heartbreaks to body image. A lot of which we can all relate too. I definitely got a lot from this book, and I loved the mixture of 'self-help'/'self-care' writing, along with anecdotes from Laura Whitmore's own life. It was nice to get a slightly closer look into Whitmore's early life too. She is a very private person, so there isn't too much detail but it was welcomed nevertheless. Each section ends with an affirmation, and a summary - which means that the book is good for dipping in and out as well as reading in one go (like I did!)There is advice about friendships, relationships, social media etc, and she puts a positive spin on every lesson that she’s learnt. The book is relatable and uplifting – Whitmore takes us on a positive and uplifting journey! Many people talk a lot without knowing what they are talking about. They are just reflecting their current state of being, not yours. Trusting something because everyone else is doing it doesn’t mean it’s right. Trust yourself and go with that.” This is a lovely debut from Laura Whitmore, describing her life and the lessons that she has learnt throughout. Each chapter is titled with a stage of Whitmore’s life: ‘she is strong,’ ‘she is happy,’ ‘she is vulnerable,’ each section giving a poignant insight into what has led Whitmore to where she is today. It’s an incredibly easy read, but thought-provoking as well. Have you noticed small children? They are always willing to learn new things, try something that they didn’t do earlier and this is how they progress in life. But by the time people reach the age of twenty five, they began to settle and give up on learning new things. This is wrong, learning is a lifelong process. Keep learning something new each day, whether it is work related or a new hobby or reading just another book. But never give up on getting to learn new things. Hold On” topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for a week in April of 1990 and the Billboard Hot 100 for a week in June of 1990.

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A lot of the topics discussed are completely relatable as well as finding yourself able to resonate. At 25 years old, I was able to understand and relate, if I had read this at 21 I would have been able too and if I were to read this again at 30 - I’d still resonate but the lessons would mean something different. You don't have permission to access "http://www.asos.com/books/no-one-can-change-your-life-except-for-you/prd/202364809" on this server. We all have some people in life; whether they are your friends, relatives or cousins, who don’t like to see us succeeding. It is better not to give an ear to those people’s criticisms or de-motivation. Avoid negative people; focus on your goal and every day work towards achieving it.I love a good self help book, I always finish them and feel like I can conquer the world! 😂 I’ve read so many you would think I could be a life coach by now but nope I’m still learning and I think I always will be. Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part We speak harshly to ourselves in our own minds, despite it being the worst thing we can do for self-growth. Being your own hero means stepping in, at the point when critical self-talk and negative spirals of thinking are starting up in your head.” The bottom line is that life is way too short to waste time with people who don’t treat you right. Surround yourself with people who lift you up when you’re down, and then return the favour when you’re able.”

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People often believe that dreams, goals and passions are only for children. Once you are out of the college, you have to settle for things like a good job, own house and having a spouse and children. But passions aren’t restricted to age. Passion is what keeps a person going. Have new passions or work on one single passion but never live a passionless life You are not in this world to live up to what someone else thinks you should be, nor should you feel that others are here to live up to your expectation.” I like Laura Whitmore anyway so I could be slightly biased but the book is written as if you’re in communication with one another. Whitmore’s poetry is interspersed throughout, a particular favourite of mine being ‘A Sad Poem,’ where Whitmore goes through the emotions and feelings that she experienced during one breakup. Each chapter ends with a related reflection and affirmation, ensuring that the reader is left thinking about her words.

Change is an important part of life. In fact, it is not a part, it is a way of life. So who is responsible for the change? No one except you! Whether you like it or not, it is you who is making the change in your life, you may or may not be aware of it. Life’s challenging isn’t it and Laura’s book looks at self help in ways that you have the power to be your own hero. I LOVE that. In this book Laura discusses things like perspective, expectations and vulnerability. Along with beneficial advice that you can enforce yourself. We all have the power within us to save ourselves from anything. It’s a fun read with great advice.