You've Been Holding It Together: Creating a Life You Don't Need to Escape From

What happens when showing up for everyone else starts to cost you yourself?You've Been Holding It Together names the quiet ways people lose touch with themselves through years of responsibility and expectation, and how strength can slowly turn into self-abandonment without ever being recognized as such. This is not a book about falling apart or starting over.It is a book about paying attention to yourself again, recognizing the patterns you have learned to live with, questioning the expectations you have carried, and making room for a different way forward.Written by licensed therapist Cherise Small, LCSW, You've Been Holding It Together offers grounded reflection and practical insight drawn from years of clinical practice to help readers reconnect with themselves, question what no longer serves them, and move forward with greater intention. If you have been doing everything you are supposed to do and still feel unsettled, this book was written for you.