Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself: 40 Ways to Transform Your Inner Critic and Your Life

I am not fully through this book, but I have found it to be a book of powerful reminders. It is not a book full of hidden knowledge that could not be found apart from it, but it is full of reminders of the truth that only true clarity of the mind can attain. Things we intuitively know but have somehow forgotten and keep forgetting due to the struggles of life. Alan Watts once said that anyone who tells you that they can lead you to enlightenment is like someone who picks your pocket and sells you your own watch. And it is my opinion that this book doesn't try to sell you a watch, it reminds you that you already have one. The walls we build to protect ourselves from pain unfortunately keep us from accepting love. Not just the love of other people, but the love we often need the most, our own. If you have come to this review, you have been courageous, you have had something happen where you realized you felt a little insecure, and instead of blaming anyone, you decided to look for some help. If you feel like you can't just get a firm grip on your own self enough to love it, you try, but it feels like you somehow always escape your own love, I ask you to be courageous again and get the book. Life is way too short to not love yourself and this book can really help. It just takes a little bit of courage. Love you all and wish you all the best on your journey towards healing.

I picked up this book when I was going through a bit of a personal crisis, which caused me to realize that I had internalized and suppressed a lot of issues that I've been struggling with since childhood. So, I decided to seek some help in understanding these issues and how I could turn them around to live a happier and mentally healthier life.Without giving away too much, I struggled with a lot of the issues detailed by Ms. Deschene and the contributing readers, and saw a little bit of myself in every chapter...some more than others, of course. Reading the stories by the contributers put things into more perspective, and it made the issues described more real and relatable, so to speak. The chapters were also very well organized, with an introduction, followed by stories, and then a summary in each one. I came out of it with a better understanding of myself and why I behave and think in certain ways, and while it will take time to heal old wounds, knowing is half the battle.So many of us grow up learning to do what others want and fulfilling others' needs before our own, and present an image to the world that's vastly different from what we're really feeling, and are afraid to be real, be ourselves. I was one such person. I recommend this book to anyone struggling with any sort of self-doubt, whatsoever. After all, how can we give love to others and learn to accept others when we can't love and accept ourselves?Very well done and inspirational book, and I look forward to reading the author's other works.

The outside of the book looked great surprisingly. If you looking for better packaging don’t order from here, they just just put in a plastic mailing envelope that has no bubble wrap or anything protecting the item. Opened the book and a bunch of pages were folded and pen marks inside so that’s pretty disappointing considering it was “new”. 3 stars due to all of this. I’ll keep the book but disappointed in over satisfaction.

I love this little book. It is an incredible read and helped me have so much more compassion for myself and a broader perspective for my life. I’ve read it multiple times and each time I glean something new. I’ve bought this book for a lot of friends and family as well. Highly recommend!

The best money I've spent! I have been a spiral to rock bottom. The money I have spent on books for help, wine to numb my pain, and becoming someone I did not recognize has been really sad and expensive. Scared I wouldn't find the help I needed. Searching the internet I come across the Tiny Buddha. This book has helped so much. I thank the author and all those who contributed the lessons and their time to help others. Using this book I am going to work at healing myself and help others on their healing journey to getting better.

About a third of the way through and lots of very helpful advice. I am so excited to have this book. I struggle with being a highly sensitive person, depression, and anxiety. My personality type is literally less than 1% (INFJ), so I find it difficult to love myself when nobody understands me and I feel all alone. I have a mood disorder that I struggle with every day, so life is difficult. I find it very hard to love myself because I am extremely different from everyone else. I have very low self-esteem because of my height and weight and I get made fun of all the time and my body is too tiny for adult clothes, so just everything is a huge struggle. I don't feel like an adult because my moods and my body size. I don't fit in the social norms at all, and all I want is to be normal so I can live a normal life and not be made fun of or feel different. But guess what? I can't and will not ever be normal no matter how hard I effing try. I want to end my life, but the means isn't easy. So this book is really helping me learn to love myself. I have so many judgments in my head, and this book helps with that too.

This has been valuable in reinforcing that we are all unique and we have a right to be us and live and learn through life's changes along the way. I recommend it to anyone who wants to be put in touch your own uniqueness and at the same time being prepared to make challenging changes along the way which all contribute to learning, loving and growing.

J'ai beaucoup apprécié le contenu et le format du livre!

Although this is a compendium of articles that are available to read on the Tiny Buddha website, the author has skilfully brought them together into discrete themes and distilled the key takeaways from each piece to help the reader understand exactly what you should do with the information. The chapter introductions are brilliant at setting the context of each theme and are profound in themselves.Up until this point, I’ve navigated tough life situations by being even tougher on myself. Something I’ve read many times before but only stuck when I read it this time in this book was the concept of treating yourself like someone you love. If I’d treated anyone I cared about the way I treat myself, they’d have left long ago. I’ve learned that self-love and self-compassion are crucial if I want to get along with the one person who will be there with me until the bitter end!

I haven’t finished this yet but am enjoying it so far. This would be very helpful for teenagers especially who suffer from lack of confidence, self esteem and/or bullying.........

This book is fantastic. It was guided into my life at the right time, as I have been suffering from low self esteem and felt out of control. I finally picked up the courage to do something about this aspect of myself, but was having difficulty trying to put into words my feelings and how I see life at present. This book was reviewed in one of my favorite magazines and I decided to buy it. Never has such a book reflected my life and it has become so precious to me. I finally know that I am not losing my mind and am not alone and that I will get better and that I am good enough just as I am. All I need now is to believe it.