Book · 2019 · Biography & Autobiography
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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Go and grab a copy of the book. I promise you it's a fun read.
Jay Shetty · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 2020 Listen at 1:03:49 What they say about it
- Praise as a bestseller“already a bestseller”2
- Helps many people“helped so many people”2
The best things said about it
It's such a phenomenal book; it's helped so many people.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Aug 2023 In the book I follow four very different patients where I'm their therapist and then the fifth patient in the book is me.
The book is amazing, check it out.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Sep 2019 Her new book, already a bestseller, is called Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.
Lori got Le is a psychotherapist author of maybe you should talk to someone and a relationship expert who's here to remind us why being single at 28 or any age is not a bad thing.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Feb 2025 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb is a candid, deeply personal exploration of human psychology that pulls back the curtain on the therapeutic process from both the patient's and the therapist's perspectives. The book was highlighted across several prominent podcasts. Jay Shetty welcomed author Lori Gottlieb on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, where they discussed dating, relationships, and emotional wellbeing, while also encouraging listeners to pick up her related journal providing weekly sessions for personal transformation. Gilbert Cruz and Lauren Christensen discussed the book on The Book Review, with Christensen praising it as a standout audiobook that mirrors engaging podcast structure. Rich Roll also recommended the book to his audience at the conclusion of an episode featuring Gottlieb, describing it as an amazing read. Additionally, Mel Robbins referenced the book on The Mel Robbins Podcast, reading a specific passage about idiot compassion from its pages during a discussion about feeling stuck in life. Across these appearances, hosts praised Gottlieb's ability to demystify therapy, offering listeners profound insights into emotional health, vulnerability, and the universal struggles that prompt people to seek professional help.
Every mention
Jay Shetty If you've been listening or watching today everyone, I hope that you go and grab a copy of Maybe You Should… 6
Recommended
“Lori got Le is a psychotherapist author of maybe you should talk to someone and a relationship expert who's here to remind us why being single at 28 or any age is not a bad thing”
Discussed
“Maybe you should talk to someone, which is the book that I interviewed you about a couple of years ago, and it's such a phenomenal book; it's helped so many people.”
Recommended
“If you've been listening or watching today everyone, I hope that you go and grab a copy of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, The Journal, 52 weekly sessions to transform your life by Lori Gottlieb.”
Recommended
“If you've been listening or watching today, I hope you grab a copy of maybe you should talk to someone—the journal, "52 Weekly Sessions to Transform Your Life" by Lori Gottlieb.”
Discussed
“now laurie gottlieb is a psychotherapist and new york times best-selling author of maybe you should talk to someone which is being adapted as a television series with eva longoria”
Recommended
“may be you should talk to someone go and grab a copy of the book i promise you it's a fun read”
Gilbert Cruz author Lori gotle a therapist herself May well persuade you she'll be here to discuss her new book maybe yo… 1
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“author Lori gotle a therapist herself May well persuade you she'll be here to discuss her new book maybe you should talk to someone”
Lauren Christensen the first one is definitely maybe you should talk to someone by Lori gotle I think actually it does speak t… 1
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“the first one is definitely maybe you should talk to someone by Lori gotle I think actually it does speak to what we were just talking about in terms of episode podcast structure”
Rich Roll the book is amazing check it out maybe you should talk to someone coming to a TED stage soon 1
Recommended
“the book is amazing check it out maybe you should talk to someone coming to a TED stage soon”
Lori Gottlieb i always say like there's a woman in the book she wants her adult children to forgive her for what she had… 7
Discussed
“i always say like there's a woman in the book she wants her adult children to forgive her for what she had done their estranged from her”
Discussed
“there's a woman in the book who keeps hooking up with the wrong guys right um and including by the case one from the waiting room”
Discussed
“because so in the book i follow four very different patients where i'm their therapist and then the fifth patient in the book is me”
Discussed
“because the title of the book maybe you should talk to someone doesn't mean we should all go to therapy necessarily”
Discussed
“In the book I say, "Insight is the booby prize of therapy," because you can have all the insight in the world like, "Oh, now I understand why I keep picking those guys."”
Discussed
“There was something that my therapist said to me that I write about in the book where he said, you know, where I was like, just feeling trapped by all of these sort of external circumstances. And I wasn't willing to make changes.”
Discussed
“there's this great paper that came out decades ago called the ghost in the nursery by Selma Freiburg”
Mel Robbins this is on page 51 of your New York Times bestseller. 1
Discussed
“this is on page 51 of your New York Times bestseller.”
Pamela Paul her new book already a bestseller is called maybe you should talk to someone 1
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“her new book already a bestseller is called maybe you should talk to someone”
Steven Bartlett In your book you you say something in your new book maybe you should talk to someone. 1
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“In your book you you say something in your new book maybe you should talk to someone.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (17: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“and it's so interesting, you know, whether whether it's like, you know, in in maybe you should talk to someone in my book, um, I follow four of my patients, but I'm the fifth patient in the book and I'm going to my therapist and I do the same thing.”
Passing
“In this clip, relationship expert, therapist, and best-selling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and one of my favorite guests on the podcast talks about how we expect a sense of closure.”
Plugged
“so the workbook came about because um, I wrote this book called Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and it's the stories of it's my story going to therapy and then it's the story of these four other patients that I had”
Plugged
“So, the workbook came about because um, I wrote this book called Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and it's the stories of it's my story going to therapy and then it's the story of these four other patients that I had and um, when I working with them and um, and people said, "Wow, there was so much that”
Plugged
“But, also I I write about in Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, one of the patients that I write about is this young woman uh who I call Charlotte in the book. And Charlotte is somebody who is in her 20s”
Plugged
“And And so, this is why I talk about it so much in Maybe You Should Talk to Someone because it's not just that you lost the present with that person. It's that you lost the future that you had created in your mind.”
Plugged
“There are so many things that I would I would like to do but I think that if you read maybe you should talk to someone you'll see that what I did was I made sure that I'm already doing the things that I want to do now instead of putting them off for later.”
Plugged
“I talk in the book, maybe you should talk to someone, about the stages of change, and you can see them happen.”
Plugged
“So, that doesn't mean, "Oh, it's fine that you called him. You just get back in the relationship with him."”
Passing
“She's a journalist, she's an author of the book "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone." And our conversation was about what happens when a therapist experiences her own personal crisis and seeks help.”
Plugged
“you know I talked about that tension in the book between wanting your therapist to be a human being who has life experience”
Plugged
“and I that was a big message of the book was you know you see the people in the book as they struggle”
Plugged
“I talk in the book about the difference between idiot compassion and wise compassion”
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“and that's why I wanted to include my own story in the book because you can see my evolution”
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“and so I thought right hence the title of the book and I thought great crisis management”
Plugged
“and in fact when this book came out maybe you should talk to someone um she was the first person to say to me I read your book”
Plugged
“both things happened this is the experience of each person so they're parallel stories that happened”