By Jane E. Brody — 2007
With each diagnosis, knowing her life hung in the balance, she was “stunned, then anguished” and astonished by “how much energy it takes to get from the bad news to actually starting on the return path to health.”
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How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People) is a smart, hip guide for spiritual seekers who want to experience more love and stability in all forms of relationships.
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Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.
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Many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inward and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression. Others react by working harder at the office, at school, or at home, hoping that this will make ourselves and the people we love happier.
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The 5 Pillars include: 1. Self-Awareness, 2. Self-Knowledge, 3. Self-Acceptance, 4. Self-Compassion, and 5. Self-Love. You need to understand yourself and your history to know what has been preventing real love from entering your life until now.
Having compassion for the shadow parts of ourselves is key for our personal healing.
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