Sonia Jhas, in her new book I’ll Start Again Tomorrow: and Other Lies I’ve Told Meself, encourages readers to live by their internal compass rather than by the expectations of family or society.
She tells Sonia Baghdady Advocate Now Her own journey to self-discovery was and is “so messy.”
It’s not pretty. Jhas says that healing doesn’t happen in one therapy session.
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Jhas admits that, despite having a successful professional career and strong relationships with others, she’s never felt happiness. Jhas says she has tried other life milestones, but they didn’t satisfy her.
Jhas explains, “I achieved all the ticking boxes.”[The] Then you will be “happy.” “I was sitting in this empty space, waking up each morning with the same feeling.”
Jhas began to feel fulfilled only after she looked within and decided what she truly wanted in life. Her identity is also a result of her inner self, she realized.
“When that illusion was utterly and brutally destroyed for…
