Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other

Part memoir, part constructive road map to increasing one’s daily mental health and overall well-being, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s book, Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other is a must-read for anyone looking to reconnect with themselves and build stronger relationships. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s book is a parsing of her passionate interest in what she describes as our common “unique emotional alignment.”

Those looking for an intimate tell-all memoir outlining Trudeau’s marriage and subsequent separation with Canada’s current Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, should know that Closer Together is anything but a gossip-filled overview of her life as his wife—this is a book about personal transformation and the power of self-discovery. Trudeau details her personal struggles with self-effacing candor and sincerity, as well as her ongoing addiction to food, which often, in her teenage years, had her purging in out-of-the-way high school bathrooms. Trudeau also delves into the nitty gritty of relationship repairs, including informed advice from experts on how to foster effective interpersonal communication skills.

With an accessible and adaptable toolbox of tactics and strategies to help the reader actualize the person they aspire to be, Closer Together is both an invitation and a guide to creating a more fulfilling, balanced life. Trudeau both encourages and equips readers with the mechanisms, simple practices, and adaptable exercises tailored to accomplish our personal quests for a successful and replenishing life balance.

Opinions from several renowned medical practitioners, such as Canadian physician, author, and addiction expert Gabor Maté, and the intimate sharing around managing depression from the well-known and respected public figure Mary Simon, Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, is an encouragement to us all that with the right tools and the willingness to change and evolve, we can mindfully achieve a state of physical well-being and emotional contentment.

While there are strategies and ideas in Closer Together that are well-familiar to most—good nutrition, consistent sleeping habits, and physical activity, all of which positively impact stress and anxiety while promoting mental health well-being and cognition in young and old alike—what sets this book apart is Trudeau’s ability to weave science, personal experience, and expert insights into a deeply engaging and transformative read. Readers who are open and dedicated to improving their relationships, sense of contentment, and overall health will enjoy Trudeau’s journey of “becoming,” as she provides research, highlights, and clear choices and patterns within which to nourish and flourish. For those ready to embrace change, Closer Together is the perfect place to start.

—CANREADS TORONTO BOOK REVIEW

Published by Random House Canada

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