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Kristin Neff, Ph.D., says that it's time to "stop beating yourself up and leave insecurity behind." Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind offers expert advice on how to limit self-criticism and offset its negative effects, enabling you to achieve your highest potential and a more contented, fulfilled life. More and more, psychologists are turning away from an emphasis on self-esteem and moving toward self-compassion...
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"You were made to be extraordinary, so get going! Your Difference is Your Strength is a book for anyone and everyone who has ever felt out of place, misunderstood, or just...different. It's the book for the kid who was too creative or too shy or too "weird" and who grew up into an adult who still isn't quite sure where they fit in or if they even want to. It's a book for you. In Your Difference is Your Strength, Kris Ferraro, author of Manifesting,...
6) Puddle
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A puddle sits despairingly as she is trampled on by humans and animals alike until something miraculous happens that makes her feel worthwhile.
8) The OK book
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A character enumerates a great many things that it enjoys doing, although not great at any of them, knowing that someday it will excel at something.
11) Buy yourself the f*cking lilies: and other rituals to fix your life, from someone who's been there
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By the time she was in her late twenties, Tara Schuster was a rising TV executive who had worked for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and helped launch Key & Peele to viral superstardom. By all appearances, she had mastered being a grown-up. But beneath that veneer of success, she was a chronically anxious, self-medicating mess. No one knew that her road to adulthood had been paved with depression, anxiety, and shame, owing in large part to her minimally...
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In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgment and discrimination are rife. From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for listeners, drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way. Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned...
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Out of nowhere, like a breeze in a marketplace crowded with advice, comes Byron Katie and "The Work." In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage, despair, and thoughts of suicide. Then one morning, she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her, and now in Loving What...
18) No body's perfect: stories by teens about body image, self-acceptance, and the search for identity
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Collects stories by teenagers about retaining a positive body image, staying true to oneself, acceptance of positive and negative circumstances, and forgiveness.
19) Knee-high Nina
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Little Nina, after wishing hard, suddenly becomes as big as a grown-up and gets to experience their viewpoint, as the adults in her life become knee-high.
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