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Turn Your Pain Into Art Review

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Turn Your Pain Into Art by Ariel Bloomer Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “What will being true to your soul allow you to accomplish?” Turn Your Pain Into Art: One Self-Hater’s Journey to Self-Love, Authenticity, and Creative Freedom by Ariel Bloomer is both an autobiography and a self-help guide. The book is split into two parts: her life story followed by the story of her recovery from self-hate. Ariel approaches both of these subjects with humor and heart. To be perfectly honest, I approached this book with a massive bias. I enjoy Ariel’s weekly vlogs and am a little obsessed with her band, Icon For Hire. However, I don’t normally read self help books. I didn’t think I would like the parts of the book that focused more on subjects concerning self-care. Still, I wound up really connecting with her words and her suggestions. Ariel doesn’t preach about or imply that her life was terrible but now everything is great. It’s simply “Hey. This thing helped me feel better. Maybe it can help you t...