Inner Workout

What a cool book and perspective on self care. I’ve been practicing self care for a while and I love the author’s approach and practices. Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy for the purpose of this review! I most enjoyed Morrison’s song choices throughout as well as celeb pics for certain modalities. I thought this was unique and a great feature. 5 stars! Great structure and writing!

I like how Taylor Elyse Morrison discusses stress and identity — as a factor as she starts to explore the myth that self care is one size fits all.

She’s real in her writing, talking about getting all fired up which made me smile because I’m fiery too but it’s not often discussed in the same circles as self care practices. BUt… her point and I happen to agree is that there’s no criteria that you have to live by — you make and take whatever time you can for self care and that does not have to be very long at all. You do what you can with the time you have. No comparisons, no guilt or shame. Decide what your intentions are and go with it.

She continues to bust myths throughout and I think this book really gives permission to newbies or anyone else that has thrown their hands up thinking they have no time, nor are they the type for self care. Inner Workout guides you to do you, while providing some great tips and inspiration to create or strengthen a self care practice.

A beautiful look though how to utilize your inner light in life and how to make your life brighter. Pun intended. Highly recommend. Especially loved the reflection to true life to humanize my feelings and relate. I felt like this book was SPEAKING TO ME. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This is a brilliant book. It goes into the complexities of "self-care" and the harm of simplifying the movement/practice. The author takes an intersectional approach to self-care and explains how it cannot be one size fits all approach and must be unique. The author guides you through the work you can do.

I love this beautiful, informative self help book. It is packed with so much information on how to put a self care practice in motion & really make it stick. It helps us better understand stress & how to counteract that with various types of self care. It also breaks down self care myths to help us get in the right mindset to actually make it happen.
The author’s conversational tone really made this an enjoyable read that I will recommend to others!

I sat with this book for a while trying to really feel it out. There is plenty that I agree with and wish more people would talk about instead of swearing under the rug, leaving younger generations to figure it out the hard way when sharing experiences could be a huge growing factor for the sender and receiver. Inner Workout attempts to guide you on your journey to navigate these waters in a way that feels like talking to a friend instead of laying on a couch in a small room with the clock ticking above your head as a licensed professional trying to pry the information out of you.

There are no two people who are alike. So, why should peoples own self care be the same as someone else's? It shouldn't. Self care is not black and white. There is no right, there is no wrong. Inner workout made me realize I was trying to check boxes off of someone else's list. I don't know whose but it sure wasn't my checklist.

Inner Workout stresses the self in self care. Find what works for you, find what heals and nurtures your mind body and soul. What one person may need is not what you may need and that is ok. I love that Taylor Elyse Morrison puts the self back into self care. Forget what social media is telling you. Forget what that influencer or that other influencer tried to influence. Listen to your self. You're body tells you what it needs. You just need to listen.