Tara’s first book, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies, was a practice for the heart - learning to love and take care of and be gentle with oneself. But Glow in the F*cking Dark .. Glow is a book for the soul. Glow goes deeper, asks more of you. Tara is the mentor + older sister + spirit guide + magical earth angel we all deserve. It's impossible not to journal along with this book, even outside of any actual journal prompts she may give, I found myself grabbing a pen to write along. Her profound insights and sly humor unlock things in you, bring clarity. This book is empowering. Tara shows you all the ways you can find and reclaim your personal power, build your own safety and eventually recognize that it's all already within. That we can bloom into ourselves not by DOING more but by shedding more and releasing into our true selves. Tara teaches that no part of us is truly unacceptable. That we can’t banish parts of ourselves or insist on endless self fixing. Tara walks us through the various ways to reach self acceptance, to get in touch with our inner glow, to find our star dust. This book is magic

'Glow In The F*cking Dark' by Tara Schuster is a look into how you can begin to find your glow by facing your past traumas, how to heal through acknowledging them and pointers on how to love yourself as you heal . I found the book to very relatable and encouraging, With each chapter I found myself feeling like I was being heard, because she shared a very similar childhood to myself. I didn't feel like she was forcing self-help, but more like 'here's what happened to me, if you went through something similar, here's what you can try to get through it'. My favorite section is Part III: Glow - where she goes more in depth on how to heal. I'm definitely going to try meditating and journaling now because of 'Glow In The F*cking Dark'.

Thank you NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group and Tara Schuster for the ARC for my honest review.

Glow in the F*cking Dark by Tara Schuster

From the acclaimed author of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies, Glow in the F*cking Dark is not your mother’s self-help book. It’s much, much better.

If Tara Schuster’s message of self-care and self-love is like a warm hug from a best friend, her salty and humorous tone is like the best kind of hang with that same friend. Tara will make you feel seen - she’s been there, sister - and give you practical tips for healing your past and building the life you want.

Glow in the F*cking Dark is the story of Tara’s experience healing herself from trauma and finding the light inside of herself – the same one that’s in each of us. In this book, Tara teaches us how to find it for ourselves so that we can GLOW.

Glow in the F*cking Dark by @taraschuster is available in bookstores everywhere on February 28th, 2023. Preorder your copy today!

Thank you to @netgalley, @penguinrandomhouse and @taraschuster for the ARC.

I found Tara’s first book, “Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies” at a time in my life where I really f*cking needed it.

You know how if you enjoy the first book an author writes, you often worry about the follow up of the second? I wasn’t worried with “Glow in the F*cking Dark”. I knew Tara had me and I could trust her to not lead me astray.

It did not disappoint. I love hearing about Tara’s experience in growing and healing her soul. She’s teaches through her own personal stories and what she has found that helps.

Tara is bold an unapologetic in sharing her stories and her vulnerability inspires me to not shy away from the “hard parts.”

There are so many golden nuggets from this book and I cannot wait for everyone to get their hands on it on February 28th.

Thank you to Tara Schuster for bringing me into your space and allowing me to have early access to this book. Big thank you for Netgalley + The Dial Press.

4.5 /5 glittering stars!
I picked up this book as I was intrigued by the title, and the authors other book “Buy the F*cking Lilies” has been on my TBR list since it was released. I was not disappointed. Tara Schuster is so real yet hilarious, it feels like you are sitting down and having a conversation with a best friend. She offers very practical and accessible tools to live your best life, and shares stories from the highs and lows of her own life. Her chapter about the possibility of “LadyGod” really made me open my mind. It was comforting and enlightening to read. I also liked the chapter about using the idea of “future you” to help guide you through life’s difficult decisions. Readers of Glennon Doyle will love this book.
I did notice some errors in the book, and was disappointed that the “Wheel of Emotion” wasn’t included in the ARC. I also found the many footnotes to be distracting, and kind of wished they weren’t there at all.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. This book is being released Feb 28- check it out!

I really enjoyed this self-help book. It was different than the usual self-help books, and acknowledged how hard it can be to be a human on this earth sometimes. It was funny writing at times, direct and honest.

This book is so amazing! I read the first and quickly feel in love with Tara’s way of writing! She did it again with such engaging, real, down to earth methods to talk about mental health and self-growth! My first read is always an ‘I cannot for the life of me put this down’ and then quickly I reread to digest and implement all of her awesome tools and tips! All I can say is way to go to Tara for getting me reading again and ready to better myself some more because it is never a complete process. I am happy I get to share this with close family and friends on their on journeys, too.

Omg I loved this book. Definitely will be reading any book by this author. I love her keeping it real and it made me feel like she was talking to me

When I was in my early twenties, I read A LOT of self help books because, well, I was in my early twenties, lost, and needed some sort of direction in my life. What I didn't realize at the time was that so many self help books were chock full of toxic positivity and pill shaming around antidepressants, which made my feelings of being lost even worse.

Tara Schuster's Glow in the Fucking Dark is the opposite of the toxically positive, spiritually bypassing material that is saturating most of the self help genre today. Tara writes with such a unique and refreshing voice; the acknowledgement of, "Hey, the world can be a messed up place, it's pretty fucking scary, but guess what? We can find ways to heal our anxieties, make a micro shift in the world for the better, and maybe have fun along the way." So many times, I gasped when reading because I had experienced really scary bouts of anxiety and depression, but until reading this book, I thought I was alone in feeling this way. While the tools outlined in this book are invaluable, the greatest gift was knowing that finally, somebody sees me. I highly recommend it.

Perfect for fans of self-help and motivational books. Schuster has turned her own trauma,, distress, and difficulties into life lessons and encouragement. It's not new but she's put a different spin on finding your best self and living your real life. Thanks to netgalley for the ARC. For those looking for a motivator.

I really did want to like this one as much as I liked her first book, but this one was a little too rambling for even me, a oversharing rambler! I do like her personality that completely shines through both books, and appreciated her recaps at the end of each chapter. But I found myself skimming and all together skipping chapters that I didn't have interest in. I think I'll just stick to her newsletters from now on.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!

I was lucky to receive an ARC of this book. I am so grateful! I was a huge fan of Tara's first book, Buy Yourself the F-ing Lilies. I've read several times, and purchased as gifts for many of my friends. I was so excited when she announced her following, Glow in the F-ing Dark. Let me tell you, I was not disappointed. While Lilies helped me build daily self care rituals, that drastically improved my mental health, Glow goes so much deeper. To get to the root of our issues. Many times, I had to put the book down because I felt like she was speaking directly to me. And that's one of my favorite things about Tara's writing. Her books aren't filled with a lot of medical and scientific jargon. They are conversational and relatable. Honestly, she feels like a friend and I desperately want to be a member of her lady harem.

So I will start by saying I don’t think this was nearly as good as her first book and simultaneously if you haven’t read that book you probably wouldn’t get as much out of it. That being said, I really like her style of writing. It’s part self help, part essays, part comedy. So even if I didn’t feel like I was learning anything I didn’t know, or if was disjointed, it didn’t really matter that much. I was still entertained and still happy she wrote another, if only to get a life update on how she’s doing.

When I got an e-mail from Tara, saying that I was among the Chosen ones to enter her Secret Glow Club, I was beyond happy. At first, I couldn't believe that this was happening. Immediately, I had to see the video that she sent to us, where she, by herself, talked about what a journey this will be. The vibe inside our community was like a glowing star, every single one of us was so excited that this is happening.

My feelings towards Tara's book are that this is a raw journal of emotions. In there I feel a woman who is working every day on learning about herself, healing, finding her truths, and not being afraid to dig deep in a quest to open up her soul and show us every little part of her. And in that process, she selflessly shares all that she had felt and learned, because she wants to be there for all of us because she wants all of us to glow together. She is a woman on a mission, wanting that no one of us feels alone. That we don't feel that it's not possible to heal and learn how to work on ourselves. It's hard, she is not hiding that, but it is possible. I laughed, I cried, and I took breaks to process everything that she said, I repeated questions that she asks us in the book.

The thing that I love about Tara's writing is that she is so honest with herself, and with us readers. She is not trying to wrap her words in the paper, so they sound more acceptable. No, she is sharing her truths with us and she is sharing everything that helped her in this path of soul-searching and mending. It's not important if we don't share the same past. But as Women, we all experienced the emotions that Tara is describing in her book, towards love searching, job relations, money, self-love, body acceptance, learning how to be alone, accepting and loving ourselves so we can be good on our own. I love how she is learning all the time throughout the book and how she is brave to confess when she is wrong and accept the new and realized truth.

We are not alone in this world, we matter and we have so much to offer. We just need to look closely into ourselves. That's what Tara wants us to know. She shouts that to us, with love and joy. GIRLS; WE GLOW!

Thank you, Tara Schuster, for making me feel so special!

Thank you, Bonnie Donaghy, for believing in Tara and supporting her.
Thank you Stephanie Bowen for our Secret Glow Club in Mighty Networks.
Thank you, NetGalley for the opportunity to read Tara's book, which RELEASES FEBRUARY 28, 2023.

I really enjoyed Tara Schuster's first non-fiction book and I was excited to see that she was coming out with another book. I equally enjoyed this book. I personally feel if you have had childhood trauma and you feel like you have been lost for most of your life and had to grow up faster than what you wanted to, this book is 100% for you. I highlighted so many quotes and just took my time with this book letting every single chapter sink in. I know "self help" books aren't for everyone, but this one didn't come across as cheesy or preachy. The humor in this book is great as well. If you enjoy nonfiction books that really make you reflect on your own life, this is the book for you. 4.5 stars.

**Thank you to NetGalley for the Advanced Review Copy. All opinions are my own.**

Tara’s first book, Buy Yourself the F*ing Lilies, is one of my all-time favorites, so I couldn’t wait to read this one. While her first book is about reparenting through self-care, this one goes deeper into examining trauma and healing your relationship with yourself, family, spirituality, money and more.
I love that Tara is able to offer such great wisdom and compassion while at the same time being hilarious. This is a book that makes you happy to be alive and realize that you alone are responsible for that happiness. I also adore the idea that self-care is community care. I loved this book and look forward to revisiting it when I need a boost.

Wow! Thank you Tara for giving me the gift of your book and also the gift of being an early reviewer and reader. This book is like have a convo with your BFF about the sh*T of life while laughing and crying. This book is great at helping you to find your confidence and why you deserve to glow! I will be sending this book to my 23 year old daughter so she can also find her GLOW! So many great excerpts that I could share, so many, that you may as well get the book. This book will help you along your healing journey while laughing at yourself and loving yourself all at once.

Just when I thought that no book could ever top "Buy Yourself The F*cking Lilies", Tara Schuster did it again!

With her new book, Glow in the F*cking Dark, Tara goes beyond self-care and reparenting and explores the little, yet powerful steps that you can take to reconnect with your authentic self and grow yourself up to build the life YOU want. Unlike other self-help books, Glow in the F*cking Dark is not at all condescending and does not tell you what to do to solve your "problems". Instead, the book emphasizes that “Getting lost is as important as getting found” and that “You don’t need to change into someone else, you need to grow into yourself”.

Glow in the F*cking Dark is a kind, genuine, practical, empathetic, relatable and honest memoir from “Someone who’s been there”. You will feel seen, supported, heard and acknowledged - but also, less lost and alone. As Glennon Doyle put it for Tara’s first book, “You are going to want Tara to become your new best friend”. Correction: TARA IS GOING TO BECOME YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND. In fact, Tara is 100% going to make you laugh, cry, dream, and look inwards, all of which will help you heal, grow and GLOW ✨ into the person you want to become.

As Tara explains, healing is not a linear process and you can’t hustle your way through life. But, if you are:

- Wondering ‘Who am I?”,
- In the middle of a life crisis,
- Questioning what you really want out of life,
- Uncertain about what you are hustling for,
- Feeling lost or as if you are in the backseat of your own life,
- Unsure about how you feel, or
- Trying to solve an undefined “problem” within you

Then look no further. Glow in the F*cking Dark is the book for you! Do yourself a favour and get yourself a copy 💛

I was thrilled to receive an advanced copy from NetGallery, having been a fan of Tara’s work since I devoured Buy Yourself the F****** Lillies when it first came out. Reading her work is like having a conversation with my Inner Self, she is sharp and honest and candid in a way that feels refreshingly human.

While this book seemed to be a little more wandering in nature than Lillies it seemed to mirror all that we collectively went through over the last few years. At times it has an almost scattered nature to it that feels similar to how we’ve all been making it through since the pandemic really began. Just a honest, doing-our-best, tackling one thing at a time and adding it on to our arsenal as we trudge on. The tools Tara presents here are practical and easy to use as you work to build rituals in your day-to-day life.

And, if ever there was a time that we needed a book that felt so much about trying our best to find joy, and pleasure, and satisfaction in a chaotic world, it’s now.

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Fans of Tara Schuster’s first book do NOT want to miss this fantastic follow-up.

The best way I can describe this book is that it has “women’s bathroom” energy: giggling, knowing girliness coexisting with shake-you-by-the-shoulders real talk.

None of the advice here is particularly revolutionary or novel. This is not a lifestyle manual, a hot new fix-your-brain regimen or a 30-day cleanse to reach your deepest self. Self-improvement readers have heard it all before: meditate, journal, care for your physical health, and build up a community you can rely on. The value of Glow in the F*cking Dark is not in its suggestions, but in the earnest “someone who’s been there” case it makes to DO THE HEALTHY THING, even when it sucks.

Tara does not prescribe fixes, but she extends her love and good humor to anyone who is “going through it.” Her writing is hilarious, vulnerable, “relatable” without being trashy, “powerful” without being corny or pompous. The book is a fun, breezy, loving reminder to focus on what truly matters and let the rest fade away.