Something to Hold Onto, Kate Robson
Something to Hold Onto, Kate Robson
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Something to Hold Onto
Simple Metaphors, Images, and Practical Tools to Transform Your Life

Author: Kate Robson

Narrator: Kate Robson, Sarah Polley

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2026


Synopsis

Written with expertise and empathy, Something to Hold Onto is the book to pick up whenever life feels overwhelming, offering warm guidance and practical skills to better your mental and emotional health.

With an introduction by Oscar-winning screenwriter, director, actor, and bestselling author Sarah Polley

Imagine opening a trunk full of family heirlooms and trinkets.
Imagine you’re given an old-school tape recorder that lets you hit pause on life.
Imagine stocking a medicine cabinet with your go-to coping mechanisms.

Collecting the most effective and inspiring exercises from her years working as a psychotherapist and NICU family support specialist, Kate Robson invites our imaginations to play with simple metaphors, out-of-the-box images, and engaging prompts to reframe our thinking. Kate’s expert advice shows us what it can look like to be curious, attentive, and intentional in our lives, equipping us with new creative strategies for navigating discomfort and adversity. Through the accessible, bite-sized entries, we’re able to better recognize the weight we carry through life and the stories and language that restrict our sight lines. Perhaps most importantly, Kate draws out the why behind our actions, bringing foundational values and beliefs up to the surface for us to identify and reevaluate—so we can decide what to let go of and what to hold on to.

In this empowering collection, Kate shows us how listening to our inner voice and small acts of self-care can help us fortify our minds, explore new possibilities, and cultivate a truly fulfilling life.

About Kate Robson

Kate Robson is a registered psychotherapist in Toronto, Ontario. Inspired by her own experiences with her children in a neonatal intensive care unit, she worked with babies, parents, and families for more than twelve years as a NICU family support specialist. She’s travelled all over the world educating parents and clinicians about family-centred care and trauma informed care practices. Her workshops focus on cultivating attachment in relationships and creating emotion-friendly homes and workplaces. In her private practice she supports individuals and couples experiencing infertility, high risk pregnancies, NICU hospitalizations, and bereavement. She manages Canada’s largest support community for NICU families and runs a weekly support group for parents and caregivers. She has degrees from McGill University and OISE/UT, completed her psychotherapy training at the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy, and has also studied modalities such as ACT, the Internal Family Systems Model, EMDR, PACT, and Somatic Embodiment. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Selma on January 06, 2026

4⭐️ Thank you Simon and Schuster for providing this ARC via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This is a book teaches you to use specific skills to help you through certain situations. I liked how we were taught in this to picture things as pictures or certain items, it really put a lot of t......more

Goodreads review by Elena on December 07, 2025

Thank you to Simon and Schuster Canada and the author for the ARC copy of this book. This book is full of metaphors and different ways of coping with what life throws at us. I’ve definitely heard of some of the techniques in therapy, and some are new that I’ll be trying. I definitely think this is on......more

Goodreads review by hope on January 06, 2026

The author is a psychotherapist, and in this book, she focuses on the use of metaphors for emotional healing. Throughout the book, she presents many of the tried and true examples of metaphors that worked well throughout her years in practice. She argues that metaphors often give us a way of discuss......more

Goodreads review by Alexandra on November 21, 2025

This book fell into my hands at a much-needed moment in my life, and I am genuinely grateful it did. The warm guidance and bite-sized therapy sessions didn’t just comfort me; they gently challenged the way I think. Each chapter encouraged me to reconsider the patterns I slip into, the stories I tell......more

Goodreads review by Whatithinkaboutthisbook on January 05, 2026

Something To Hold Onto: Simple Metaphors, Images and Practical Tools to Transform Your Life by Kate Robson I tend to go through cycles with reading self help books. There are periods when I consume them nonstop, followed by stretches where I don’t pick one up at all. I firmly believe that we are alw......more