YOU SAID:
elizabeth needs to get a grip on her life
INTO JAPANESE
エリザベスは彼女の人生を把握する必要がある
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Elizabeth needs to know her life
INTO JAPANESE
エリザベスは彼女の人生を知る必要がある
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Elizabeth needs to know her life
That didn't even make that much sense in English.