Book Review "The Year of Yes" by Shonda Rhimes

When this book first came out, I tried to read it and, admittedly, I couldn't.  I wasn't ready.  To be honest I had a hard time saying yes to myself because I was so busy saying YES to everything and everyone outside of me.

But this year I was ready!

I am a slow reader, partly because I work full time- the other thing is I want to be able to take in the spirit of the words offered.

With this book, I have to say that you need to take your time reading it- one, because you deserve to. Second, you need to take in the multiple considerations Shonda offers to fully accept, embrace, give grace, and compassion to yourself to step into your greatness- day by day and step by step. 

I took this book in like a meal I didn't want to stop eating, but knew I had to get out the restaurant- my next read was waiting for me to crack the spine. As a WRITER this is another book that gave me the permission to EMBRACE my voice.  As a WOMAN, this book reminded me of my mortality in a positive encouragement to live my life, give it my best, and to make the temporary hard decisions to meet, experience, and prolong the joy that is mine to have when I step away from people, places, environments, habits, and self-depreciating ideas and treatment of myself. 

I intentionally started out with this book to set the accountability bar in front of me for 2026. If you haven't read this book yet- do so before the REAL new year, which begins to awaken in March 2026. 

Let these words lay seeds that can blossom into that next level in you that you want to meet and be.