This is such an encouraging book! The Answers Are Within You is just the right amount of sweet, reflective, and thought-provoking. You could pick up the book, let it fall open to a random page, and most likely, there'll be something there that you would need to hear. I bookmarked so many pages to save for future reference. Rae created the kind of self-help book I most enjoy: short snippets, journal/thought prompts, beautiful quote imagery, and pages that feel like a kind, wise friend is trying to encourage you to be the best possible human you can be.

Recommended for you if you love sharing encouraging quotes on instagram, like to be introspective, or want something that will both perk you up and make you want to be your best self.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the e-ARC.

I've been following Amber Rae on social media for a few years now, so I know that Amber Rae's writing prompts and advice mesh with my personal style of reflection.

Like every self-help book, not everything in this book will be relevant to you, and even Amber brings it up in her introduction when she talks about using this book exactly how you need to, even if it's just jumping to the various sections that you want to explore. I've been feeling a bit restless recently and I love to journal, so I decided that I was going to read this book cover-to-cover and journal for each of the prompts that she brought up.

There's a lot of interesting ideas explored here that I haven't seen before, even as a fan of Amber's. I found myself bookmarking various sections that I know I want to come back to explore further one day. About 20 pages in my journal and almost all the ink in one of my gel pens later, I find myself more assured about which direction I want to move in, which is exactly what I wanted from this book.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Essentials, and NetGalley for the ARC.

Amber Rae has created a lovely little book here. The illustrations really stood out for me. I enjoyed the presentation- little bites of advice and ideas, each with a graphic. I bookmarked so many of them, with the intent to revisit them through time. Easily digestible with solid advice.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC.

She writes. She illustrates. She inspires. Amber Rae has a following for those that are looking for a new way of thinking that brings joy into their life.

She says, "The reason we seek the answers outside is because we don't know how to access them from within." She writes about how to find inspiration, compassion, trust and strength in your day-to-day life. The book comes with illustrations that reinforces how one can unlock the creativity inside. She notes that one can read this book page-by-page or simply pick a page that inspires.

This book presents a soft approach on helping people that need a boost in life. Amber Rae is an enthusiastic 36 years old on social media and it feel like she's addressing the needs of those that are young who are looking for creative ways of making a living.

She makes some unrealistic goals such as "Life life on your terms when someone tells you how to life your life." It's complicated when you have jobs, families and responsibilities to simply change your path when things get tough. She says: "Observe emotions from a distance" Sure, it's nicely said; hard to do. It's like Marie Condo telling book lovers that they should only have 30 printed copies in their homes. Some things are good suggestions but simply not possible.

A few of her messages were repeated from her last book, "Choose Wonder Over Worry," when she says, "Don't die with your gifts inside." She adds a quote from Todd Henry's book, "Die Empty." It says, "In the graveyard are buried all the unwritten novels, never-launched businesses, unreconciled relationships, and all the other things that people thought, 'I'll get to that tomorrow.' One day however, their tomorrows ran out." Rae's book references other inspirational gurus and she includes some personal stories.

If this book helps people, then that's a good thing. She says that people pick up books like this for a reason. Maybe there's a message inside that can help them.