Name: You Can Do All Things
ISBN: 9781633538627

Kate Allan

You Can Do All Things is a collection of captioned illustrations from popular art blogger, The Latest Kate. The featured images are colorful, imaginative, and are accompanied by quotations that both validate readers and encourage mindfulness. While calming and supportive, The Latest Kate artwork is also candid about the internal problems that many people in this hectic modern world face.

You Can Do All Things

Katerina Thorson

3.5/5
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First, I would like to start by stating that this book is very positive. I loved turning the pages and seeing the beautiful illustrations and inspirational quotes. Not only that but I love how Kate Allan breaks slightly into her own perosnal journey with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. 

However, other than those few things I was not really a fan of this book. I don't know if it should be a considered a personal memoir, a self help book, an affirmations guide, or just a personal journal/diary. This book really doesn't fit into any of them. 

1. We are given nothing of Kate's true struggles
Yes, Allan talks about some of the struggles she has as a kid but really she just glazes over them. As I have also struggled with anxiety and depression, I thoughts I could connect to her and her story on a personal level. I couldn't. There was nothing there, no deep story about her struggles and I just found it boring. How can you think to give "advice" or tell others you understand them without giving a way a little of yourself. 

2. The "advice"/"tips" are very generic
You can do all things gives no new self-help tips or thoughts into depression that most of us didn't already know. From "being honest with yourself" to "take a break from social media", I gained no new insight or ways to help with depression or anxiety. It's really sad. Yes I loved the illustrations and they were refreshing. However, the affirmations were either repeated for 200 pages or generic affirations that we already know. 

I was really excited to read this book and maybe even get a few new insights into ways that I can incorporate other ways of self-care into my life to help with my depression. However, it just was too basic for my tastes. If you are reading this for some positivity great! It really has some great affiramations to repeat. However, if you are reading this to add new unknown ways to your self-care list, unfortunately this is the book not for you.

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