I like Pueblo's perspectgive and approach and this compilation was reflective of their presence on social media.

While I absolutely love seeing Yung Pueblo's quotes show up as I'm scrolling through social media, this is the first time I've read one of his books.
I was excited to begin, and after a slow start, I figured things would pick up as I learned his longer format writing style. However, I found that as the chapters went on, it became more and more difficult to stay interested.
Each subject that he brought up became long, drawn out sentences filled with language that was entirely flourished. I found myself struggling to knock out each chapter and had to take several weeks to make it to the end.
For me, I think I'll stick with the shorter bits of wisdom that Yung Pueblo offers on social media. I find so much more insight when someone can be concise.

I decided to request Lighter by Yung Pueblo as I previously read and enjoyed his poetry/essay collection Inward. Inward was full of small poems and essays more on the self-help side that reminded me of small meditations on how to survive life's everyday obstacles. In Lighter, Yung Pueblo gives us furthers insights on how to live life through healing and meditation. This is read more like a nonfiction/memoir book with a few poems in between sections so it wasn't really my style. DNF @ 30%.

Perhaps it is because yoga instructors often incorporate passages from other Yung Pueblo publications, but I had come to associate the author with bits of poetry and meditation. However, Lighter is something more. It is a journey of healing with advice interspersed with activities and introspection. Yes, there is the compulsion to meditate and think deeply, but there is dialogue to be had with our authentic selves and the people we hold dear. This isn't the type of book to read through in one sitting, instead, you must digest it bit by bit. And there may be stretches in time between sections - before you are ready for what comes next. It depends on you and how you are able to forgive yourself. To heal. To connect. However, if you take in the content, know it will challenge your self-awareness and ability to love.

This is a transformational book…here’s the deal, you can’t have radical self acceptance without radical honesty… This book points the way to accepting all of who you are, the good the bad—- the work in progress we all are. It has a self- compassionate tone and the author admits he is not above reproach. You feel like you’re being talked to by a best friend who has your back on the path to transformation. Highly recommend.

This is what a "self-help" book should be: easy to read and non-preachy. The author's compassion came through as I read. Everyone has some form of trauma in their past, so this book is an essential read for anyone that cannot move past it.

What a treat! I love Yung Pueblos' books, and this one is no exception.
Thank you so much for sharing whats in your heart and us all feel a little bit Lighter.

My thanks to both NetGalley and the publisher Rodale for an advance copy of this book on how to deal with the problems and traumas we suffer, and life a life that we all deserve.

The last couple of years have been tough. I think this probably about the only thing most people can agree with. Even the simple act of getting off breathing seems to take more effort than it should. The world is a heavy place, mentally emotionally and that effects us all physically. People are carrying a lot in their souls and it doesn't seem like it is getting easier. Lighter by yung pueblo, pen name for Diego Perez, a force in social media for self care and community betterment, has written a book that is part memoir, part self improvment, but in all ways helpful and informative. A book designed to make our psyches less weighty, our days brighter and better for our love ones.

The book begins with a confession and an incident. The author didn't like himself much at the time, and liked to self medicate with legal and illegal pharmaceuticals. After a particularly bad incident, yung pueblo began to look at his life, his past and the things that made him, and at the time were weighing him down. As he began to think about his past, his family, the love he had for them, he began to feel slightly better, as if a great weight was leaving him. Slowly he began to work on himself, facing uncomfortable truths, working at meditating to learn to relax and to delve into why he couldn't do the things he really wanted to. Like feeling better about himself. And soon he began to feel lighter, and became better.

What I liked most about this book was is there is not magic cure or snap of the fingers that will make you feel better about yourself. yung pueblo worked hard, and continues to work on himself, meditating, trying to suss out why things bother him, or why his mind is holding him back. What he explains is something that will have to be made a part of your life, and it will take work, but the end result might be a life that a person would be proud living. There is nothing earth shaking, nor magical thinking, but a good introduction to meditation and how it can be used to help relieve the mental burdens that life, and a lot of the time our own minds weigh us down with.

A very helpful book, with a lot of great ideas and presented well, and with a strong feeling of someone who wants us all to be even just a little bit happier then we are. That is a big message of the book also, once we help ourselves, we can help others. We need to help others. Or the world sinks.

Lighter explores what insights you can find into yourself while meditating. I liked the theme of healing yourself, and I appreciated the prompts at the end of each chapter.

In general, this is a basic book about letting go. Letting yourself heal. There was nothing groundbreaking or earth shattering in this book for me. Nothing I haven’t heard before. That said, it may suit someone exploring meditation and living in the present. Letting go of everything else. Mastering that is a practice that this book explains and lets the reader explore. You still have to do the work, but this is a great guide book to get you started.

Yung Pueblo is one of my favorite follows on Instagram and just like Clarity and Connection and Inward, this book is a must-read for all self-help enthusiasts. Pueblo has a way with words that grips the reader and keeps their attention. I love how I don't want to put his books down once I begin reading them. I finish his books in one or two sittings and I am continually refreshed after reading his words. Highly recommend for anyone who just needs a breath of fresh air.

Yung Pueblo, a new York Times bestselling author, writes about two insights he had while meditating. The first is you can only heal yourself by letting go of the past, connecting to the present, and expanding on the future. The second is that humanity has not yet evolved. The messages thar we were taught as childen--to clean up after ourselves, to treating others fairly, sharing, and not harming each each other-'-has not been yet applied at a societal level. This book is a restounding call to personal and global transformation which are intertwined and support each other. Reflection questions at the end of each chapter