What a Time to Be Alone” by Chidera Eggerue is a powerful guide to self-discovery and embracing solitude. Chidera, also known as “The Slumflower,” shares her journey of self-love and personal growth, urging you to find strength in being alone and prioritizing your well-being. What you will learn?

Radical Self-Love” by Gala Darling is an empowering book that encourages you to embrace and celebrate your true self unapologetically. Through personal stories and practical exercises, Darling guides you on a transformative journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance. What you will learn? What is funny about life and our brains is that we treat ourselves entirely different than we treat others. While we might try to enforce a positive behaviour on our friend or family member experiencing a negative emotion, we would beat ourselves up for feeling this way. We reject self-love as the powerful, uplifting force in our lives it can be. We reduce it to the territory of “conceited people” or scoff at the

You will learn the importance of authenticity, self-compassion, and belonging to yourself first before seeking acceptance from others. The book inspires you to embrace your uniqueness and live wholeheartedly, creating deeper connections and a more fulfilling life. 23. “The Wisdom of Sundays” by Oprah Winfrey

By reading “Girl, Stop Apologizing,” you’ll gain the confidence and mindset to become the empowered and unstoppable version of yourself. 19. “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times” by Pema Chödrön Sunnyside Want to drink less? Sunnyside helps you ease into mindful drinking at your own pace. Think lifestyle change, not a fad diet. Develop new daily routines, so you maintain your new habits for life. Take a 3 Minute Quiz She shares her transformative experiences of embracing authenticity, shedding the masks of perfection, and discovering true love. What you will learn?You will learn practical strategies to cultivate self-awareness, overcome obstacles, and harness the power of incremental progress to achieve your goals. This book will inspire you to embrace change, step out of your comfort zone, and pave the way for big possibilities in your life. 7. “Pretty Sure You’re Fine” by David Veinna

You will learn to embrace impermanence, accept difficult emotions, and let go of attachments. The book encourages you to develop a deeper understanding of yourself and others, fostering inner strength and a sense of interconnectedness. Why blaming others when things go wrong can actually stunt any good regard you have for yourself, and how to get out of the cycle of

Did they initiate sex, or cuddle like they used to, or hold our hands when we walked down the street? (They are losing interest. They’ve met someone not intellectually but in the form of an electric wave of ecstatic sensation that swept up my body from my legs to my head. I reeled about under the trees, staggered by the impact of the energy. I felt as if a benign freighttrain of energy was roaring through my body. How I greeted the energy made a difference in how it felt. If I relaxed my body and moved around and let the energy dance its way through me, I felt the energy as an ecstatic, good feeling. If I tensed against it or stopped letting myself move with the energy, I didn’t feel as good. The energy continued to pulsate through me for the better part of an hour while I moved and danced and flexed my body in the stillness of the forest. After a while the energy subsided, and I discovered to my great delight and surprise that I now had all the answers to my questions. I felt a deep conceptual knowing of the answers along with a sense of joy and fulfillment in my body. It felt as if the energy had left behind a permanent imprint of the answers within me. Over the next few minutes I savored the answers to my big questions. I also discovered that if I wished to know more about any of the questions, all I had to do was to relax into the energy in my body and the answers appeared spontaneously in my mind. It was a whole new way of knowing, and it felt deeply nourishing. First, here was the answer to my question about how to deal with all the feelings of anger and sadness that recycled in me. The answer was simple: Feel the feelings in your body – don’t conceptualize about them in your mind. Be with them by directing sensitive awareness toward them. Feel them as intensely as you can, and love yourself for feeling them. I was stunned by this answer. All my life I had been trying to figure out with my mind how to deal with feelings, and now I realized that the way to deal with them was not a mental thing at all! I had been trapped by my proud intellect into thinking there was some way to deal with feelings through a mental manipulation. The answer indicated that feelings had only to be felt; the solution was beyond the mind. It was so foreign to my ordinary way of thinking that I went ahead and did it on the spot. Instead of trying to talk myself out of my feelings as I had always done, I simply stood there and allowed all my feelings to wash over me. I surrendered to loneliness, fear, and longing. I invited up all the anger that I had always suppressed behind my nice-guy facade. Waves of anguish A free newsletter from Choosing Therapy for those interested in mental health, therapy and fighting stigma. Sent twice weekly. Sign Up