07/30/2025
We are thrilled by this Review!
A friend recently told me how “accessible” “Yellow Paint” was - a mirror for everyone to explore their darkness and then have useable tools through and out and up!!!
“A debut author and psychotherapist blends memoir and self-help in this guidebook to overcoming life’s obstacles.
“I had become a complete bitch to live with,” writes the author in the book’s jarring opening lines, adding, “I couldn’t stand the sound of my own voice anymore.”
Goslin details the nadir of her marriage, telling her own story while providing guidance to readers for applying its lessons to their own lives.
Hitting rock bottom, she notes, was like drowning in quicksand (“the more you scramble, the deeper you sink”) as the author became increasingly resentful of her husband’s passivity and frustrated by her inability to become her best self.
What Goslin eventually discovered is that obstacles in life, from personal tragedies to deteriorating relationships, are also invitations to grow, and often provide us with the wake-up calls we need to re-evaluate our lives with clarity.
As the book’s narrative reveals through a series of anecdotal vignettes (each punctuated with clinical analysis),the author rebuilt a network of strong women friends after her divorce, provided a loving environment for her daughter, completed graduate school, and opened her own private practice.
This would not have happened, Goslin suggests, had the trauma of her divorce not prompted her to regroup and grow as a person.
Her book is deeply personal and grounded in scholarly best practices (the advice is accompanied by a multipage reference section).
The author’s conversational, empathetic style welcomes readers who may be experiencing their own rock-bottoms.
Each chapter begins with a QR code that takes readers to a well-curated online playlist with songs (such as the intense, determined beats of an instrumental version of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”) matching the tone of each section.
The book’s ample backmatter features charts, diagrams, and a glossary all designed to help readers apply Goslin’s self-empowerment techniques to their own lives. While the specific circumstances of the author’s story may not resonate with every reader, the advice is universally applicable.
An intimate, relatable memoir bolstered by thoughtful strategies for self-empowerment.”
A debut author and psychotherapist blends memoir and self-help in this guidebook to overcoming life’s obstacles.