{"product_id":"a-compassionate-mess-melissa-parks-9798995047100","title":"A Compassionate Mess: A Therapist, Her Monsters, and a Journey to Self-Acceptance","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Melissa's boyfriend breaks up with her over Skype, she finds herself in Madrid with nowhere to live, her career as a therapist at risk, her life in ruins. She'd moved to Spain to become someone new. Instead, she's become someone lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is an unraveling across continents during Melissa's early adulthood-panic attacks, anxiety, insomnia-with her Spanish therapist, Pili, by her side. An expat therapist herself, Melissa pours herself into helping others navigate their own anxiety, depression, and cultural dislocation. Still, she realizes her clients aren't truly healing. And neither is she. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she discovers self-compassion-and everything changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnflinching and tender, \u003cem\u003eA Compassionate Mess\u003c\/em\u003e is both a therapist's confession and a radical invitation. It's for anyone who's been called \"too sensitive\" and spent years trying to fix themselves, only to discover the answer isn't discipline or willpower. When she finally stops searching, Melissa finds what she needs has been inside of her all along: the power of self-acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Parks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995047100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pontejos Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Melissa Parks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801640644863,"sku":"9798995047100","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-compassionate-mess-melissa-parks-9798995047100","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}