Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

320 pages

Published April 19, 2011 by William Morrow.

ISBN:
9780061733512

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3 stars (1 review)

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3 stars

Have you ever read a very promising book only to get halfway through and feel like you've been reading about what the book has to offer you, rather than having read the offerings themselves? This book is a reminder that relying on PhD in the author's name isn't a long term strategy.

This book left me with the (probably wrong) sense that it was written for people who don't need help with serious issues.

Example: "Finally, as her pain started to subside, she began to trust others, and that her past no longer had anything to do with her present. The last time I heard from her, Emily was engaged to a wonderful man who deeply loved and appreciated her, and whose love and appreciation she could finally allow herself to receive."

Now this is probably a fairly common story about the power of therapy, and someone who grew through …