This was a challenging and thought-provoking read. Therapist and author Adam Young packed this book full of wisdom about understanding and exploring your "story" (your childhood experiences) and how it has shaped you. There are chapters that explain attachment styles, the "big six" needs of children, how your story affects your sexuality and body, and exploring your story with self-compassion, hope, and in connection with others. Young also encouraged exploring your collective story from your racial/ethnic group. He made several bold and controversial claims that gave me pause and allowed me to be curious about my reactions to them. Because this book goes deep, I would not recommend it to someone just starting out with healing or someone with a lot of unprocessed trauma. Since this book was focused on your own individual healing, the author discourages readers from examining their own parenting or how their story impacts them as parents, which I found to be a missing piece, but one likely meriting a separate book. Overall I gained a lot from this book to apply to my own personal work as well as my professional work as a therapist and would recommend this book to those farther along in their healing journey who are ready and resourced enough to take a deeper dive.