I so underestimated this book going into it. Allie is a conservative Christian who has impacted me through her podcast, Relatable, and somehow she always knows how to perfectly articulate the things I think but can’t quite put into words. The book especially spoke to me because, like Allie, I am a type one perfectionist who feels the need to ‘be enough’, do it all, and overthink things until I just can’t think anymore.

I have wanted to read her book for a long time but have always put it off for later because I figured it wouldn’t apply to me since I don’t struggle with obsessing over self-care and self-love and every other selfish action that is so popular in our culture today. Or so I thought. As I was reading the book, I realized that, though I may not act on this selfishness in the extreme ways that others might, I have still let some of the lies of our society affect how I view certain things.

Throughout, Allie speaks of how this me-centered attitude effects one’s everyday attitudes, politics, parenting, and marriage, among other topics.

In parting, I’ll leave you with something the Lord has taught me through many seasons of my life and this book reminded me of it once again: I’m not enough. I was never meant to be and I never will be. Jesus was enough so that I don’t have to be.

4.5 stars.

God bless,
Kaya :)