There are thousands of reasons for not loving ourselves. Every person has one, or one hundred, it seems. We're too fat or too thin. We cry too easily or not at all. We're not good enough, pretty enough, tall enough, powerful enough, brave enough or interesting enough. We convince ourselves that we don't deserve the lives we desire.In When You Think You're Not Enough, bestselling author and psychotherapist, Daphne Rose Kingma, helps readers root out the behaviors and beliefs that have prevented them from loving themselves. She offers a four-step plan for reclaiming speaking out our heart's desire, acting out to meet our heart's desire, clearing out old patterns, and setting out on a new path.Through stories and examples, Kigma offers a profound, yet simple process for practicing how to feel good enough, smart enough, and deserving of happiness. When You Think You're Not Enough is a positive guide to a fuller, happier life; one filled with compassion for yourself and others.Kingma's book The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart, published by New World Library, is the Winner of the 2010 Books for A Better Life Award, Best Spiritual Book.
It reads like a love letter from a good friend, and then it reads like notes from the people who Daphne has worked with over the years, and then again, it reads like an intimate guide with questions that help you target the issues you need to address and offers helpful guidelines for implementing change. For at the end of the day, change is what you need to implement if you want things to change for the better for you. She can't do it for you, but she's stood where you are standing and can give you encouragement to take the first steps.
I generally liked the book. It was a quick read and it had some good insights. However, I wish they would have been more profound. I felt like the 4 steps could have been described in more detail. They were helpful, but for me they were not something new that changed the way I feel about myself. I liked the real life examples, but again, I wish they would have been more detailed and in more depth.
If you’re having a hard time loving yourself this book is for you. It details out in so many ways what you’re going through and how to change. Spoke to my soul.
Excellent read about how we all find faults in ourselves and how we can get past them and work on loving ourself.Basically to totally love some else you must have some self love.I really enjoyed reading this and how she used examples to show her points
4.5 ⭐️ This book was like a big, warm hug. I would highly recommend to anyone who is practicing self-compassion or inner child work. The writing is accessible and practical; even so, I had several ah-hah! moments while reading. This book is a gift and way ahead of its time!
This is very good, well written, and totally on topic....but somehow i feel like the last chapter is missing. Here's how you gain self esteem now go out there and do it!! I sort of feel lost in translation, wait, wheres the flow chart, i missed something i know it... i suspect like everything in life, it is more work than just reading a book. But what a fine book it was!