How to Love Yourself

A Guide to Building Your Self-Esteem When You Don't Know Where to Start

By: Lakeysha-Marie Green

Narrated by: Amy Barron Smolinski

Length: 51 mins

Publisher's summary

How to Love Your Authentic Self

Is your reflection marred by your failures? Are you afraid that you'll be judged, compared, and found lacking?

Unrealistic Expectations Can Distort Your Self-Perception

When the sensitive parts of you aren't loved, you stop loving yourself in return.

Imperfections can make you feel inferior and undeserving.

Rejection can fill you with shame and anxiety.

Fear can make you hide behind a false facade of safety.

You may think that if you're a little more confident, a little more social, and a little more successful, you'll find happiness.

Real happiness comes from within.

Transform Your Relationship with Yourself

You can love yourself without breaking the bank or putting on a show.

How to Love Yourself: A Guide to Building Your Self-Esteem When You Don't Know Where To Start breaks through the fear that keeps your authentic self under lock and key.

Boost your self-confidence. When depression is beating you down, it's easy to feel inadequate.

How to Love Yourself: A Guide to Building Your Self-Esteem When You Don't Know Where To Start teaches you how to overcome harmful patterns, replacing negative self-talk with positive emotions.

Realize your self-worth. When you fall short of your goals, self-esteem can take a nosedive. Identify your strengths, reinforce confidence, and discover your life's value.

Be genuine without fear.

How to Love Yourself: A Guide to Building Your Self-Esteem When You Don't Know Where To Start helps you push past your differences, forgive your mistakes, and look beyond your flaws.

Experience a life of happiness, freedom, and relief. Filled with actionable steps, this book helps you master two critical areas to love yourself in a deeper way.

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Very basic but good

Sometimes self-evident to the point of idiocy (e.g. you have to maintain personal hygiene), but good overall. Very, very short.

Uncommon Wisdom for Women

If you could sum up How to Love Yourself in three words, what would they be?

Trust, Balance, and Wisdom

What other book might you compare How to Love Yourself to and why?

I've read a lot of books on the topic of successful relationships and living well. This book really stands out because Ms. Green provides really sound advice and guidance that is accessible and applicable. I think this book could easily have a companion journal!

Which scene was your favorite?

Ms. Green discusses how the world we live in is based upon creating dissatisfaction in some area and then offering a "solution", which is usually an expensive purchase or hobby. This is a paraphrase from the book: "There's a large market for unhappy people" meaning that the world teaches us that we'll only be satisfied when we buy, buy, buy. But this really isn't the case! There's some really sound advice in this book about choosing friends. We have to listen to ourselves and if a person makes you uncomfortable you have to pay attention to it. There's a lot of important information about choosing the right people to spend time with. I wish I'd had this advice years while I was in college.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from How to Love Yourself?

There are a lot of pearls of wisdom in this book and it's very thought provoking. The first is to trust yourself, which Ms. Green points out is "defectively simple." How true! Also, a way to show others respect is to give them permission to be imperfect. Finally, all areas of our lives need to be in balance in order to be genuinely happy.

Any additional comments?

This is a great book! Having a healthy relationship with yourself will change everything about your life. I highly recommend this book for women of all ages, but especially young women.

Geared toward young adults

Nice advice for young adults but not so useful for someone more mature. Narrator has a pretty voice.

Telling about Loving yourself in an unique way

What made the experience of listening to How to Love Yourself the most enjoyable?

Just understand about how to love yourself in so many different facets and what ways truly make a difference in loving yourself in a whole new fashion

What did you like best about this story?

Just listening about the tips and how basically to love yourself fully as a person to understand that you control everything that you can and that you can bring yourself to a better place.

What does Amy Barron Smolinski bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Just her voice brings calmness and helps me understand the book further through her own explanations and it brings a much joy able atmosphere.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I wanted to listen to it in one full seating but i had to allow myself for breaks to fully immerse myself in the story a lot better when i went back and forth

Any additional comments?

No other comments

Building your self Esteem from ground 0

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes! Learning to love yourself is important, especially for the single person. You can't love someone else if you don't love yourself. This book gives you step by step help on how to learn to love yourself and build self esteem.

What did you like best about this story?

The helpful information on loving yourself and embracing who you are as a person and what makes you so amazingly special and happy you aren't somebody else.

What does Amy Barron Smolinski bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I enjoy listening to audio books because you can hear the inflection in their voice and it adds to how the book flows.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Just the chapters about "trusting yourself" and "Who you are" those were key for me.

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Would you listen to How to Love Yourself again? Why?

I would definitely listen to this book again! It helped remind me of what a wonderful person I am, and really picked up my mood.

What did you like best about this story?

If you're struggling with self doubt and self esteem issues, try listening to this book. I played it on my commutes home from work, and it was able to remind me of my assets and skills, and that I should be proud of who I am.

Which character – as performed by Amy Barron Smolinski – was your favorite?

I particularly liked the inflections that Amy Barron Smolinski included in her reading. It really felt like she was bringing Greens words to life, and was really urging you to be happier with yourself.

Extremely helpful audiobook!

What was one of the most memorable moments of How to Love Yourself?

I have read many self-help books regarding this topic, but this audiobook really stands out from the rest. I had problems with negative thinking and negative self-image (I am overweight) my whole life, and I’ve tried out some exercises and advice I learned from this audio book and they really did help. The principles are simple but aren't easy to apply without practice ans persistence. I plan to listen it a few more times, and next time I will take notes!

A must read

I listene to this book at lease a couple of times a week. After being in a Manipulating, Verbal Abusive,and being married to a Alcoholic Narcissistic Man for 26 year's.
NOW it's time for YOU selves worth....it's time

THE ONE THAT IS N NEED OF SELFWORTH AND SELFESTEM

love it and needed it was very broken down inside an I have lost myself in life but God has blessed me with reading this. I am going to be myself again one day thanks for this

Very Empowering!!

This book has truly blessed me to see the beauty that lies within me and loving who I'm; flawed and all. Very encouraging!