When You Think You're Not Enough: The Four Life-Changing Steps to Loving Yourself

by Daphne Rose Kingma

It’s time to stop feeling like we’re not enough. We’re either too fat or too thin. We're not good enough, pretty enough, popular enough, powerful enough, bold enough, brave enough, interesting enough... The solution? More self-love. Know yourself.  Bestselling author and psychotherapist, Daphne Rose Kingma, offers a four-step plan to reclaim and love ourselves. Complete with stories and examples to drown out the inner critic,  When You Think You’re Not Enough  sets out to remind us that we’re more than enough. Be nice to yourself.  If we’re being honest, we don’t take ourselves much into consideration. Acceptance, appreciation, respect, compassion… we reserve these virtues for others. Daphne reminds us that we need these to feel good too. It is only after we foster these in ourselves that we can apply it to a greater purpose. Inside, she’ll encourage you to love who you are, and look at and let go If you’re ready to start loving yourself, and enjoyed books like,  I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't) ,  More Than Enough , or  You Are Enough , then you’ll love  When You Think You're Not Enough .

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Spirituality

176 pages, Paperback

First published December 8, 2011

Reviews

[Louise Nguyen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a nice book to read when you’re going through a tough patch

[Telah]

* helped me find myself a lot good way to kick off the new year

[Rochelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[R · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Bobby Foster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Life changing.

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.

[Bridget Hickey · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I far prefer her other books: Coming Apart and The ten things to do when your life falls apart.

[LemontreeLime · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

very helpful book

[Maureen Medakovich · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot from this book.