The Self-Acceptance Project: How to Be Kind and Compassionate Toward Yourself in Any Situation

Each of the 19 authors in this collection—a psychotherapist, a poet, an astrophysicist, a molecular biologist, a student of Buddhism, a hospice nurse, to name a few—struggles with self-acceptance just like the rest of us. Each has experienced a sense of inadequacy throughout the travails of being a person, including depression, chronic illness, body dysmorphia, and interpersonal conflict. Why is it so hard to love ourselves as we are? Each author offers up a unique and radically imperfect answer-in-progress to the lifelong project of learning how. Learn how to converse with your inner critic, how to aspire to change while still loving this version of you, and how to treat yourself with compassion every step of the way. Wherever you are in your self-love journey, there will be something for you among the lovingly-offered insights, self-acceptance techniques, and generous interdisciplinary (scientific! spiritual! artistic!) teachings of this text.

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