Life as an adult can be hard. Everyday challenges can seem insurmountable amid the constant barrage of negative messages about one’s shortcomings and failures. Best-selling writer and Illustrator Liz Climo offers healing words and delightful drawings of animal friends through I’m So Happy You’re Here. The illustrated volume features Climo’s signature artistic style depicting endearing and fanciful creatures to balance the heaviness of proactively confronting daily troubles. Climo delivers an encouraging message to help anyone dealing with past mistakes, worrying about the future, and sustaining anxiety about the unknown.
Self-worth easily erodes in a culture and society that profits from perceptions of one’s inadequacies. I’m So Happy You’re Here will make a thoughtful keepsake for any occasion. This is a delightful book that will appeal to anyone of any age, especially one’s younger self. When self-compassion is in short supply, this book offers gentle reminders and affirmations that one is loved beyond measure. For other creatives, it may also serve as an inspiration to breathe life into a vibrant and soothing inner world, as Climo has done through her writings and artwork.