Books like How to Love Yourself by Meggan Watterson

Guides readers through practical steps to release fears, heal disease-causing blocks, and empower personal health and life fulfillment.

From Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s Mindfulness Essentials Series, *How to Love* offers a concise, compassionate guide that explains loving relationships through self‑love, understanding, compassion, and mindful communication.

x, 305 pages ; 24 cm

A shy young girl must weigh friendship, family, and dating as she considers ending a relationship to regain her independence.

"Have you ever heard the phrase "It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission?" Violating consent isn't limited to sexual relationships, and our discussions around consent shouldn't be, either. To resist rape culture, we need a consent culture--and one that is more than just reactionary. Left confined to intimate spaces, consent will atrophy as theory that is never put into practice. The multi-layered power disparities of today's world require a response sensitive to a wide range of lived experiences. In Ask, Kitty Stryker assembles a retinue of writers, journalists, and activists to examine how a cultural politic centered on consent can empower us outside the bedroom, whether it's at the doctor's office, interacting with law enforcement, or calling out financial abuse within radical communities. More than a collection of essays, Ask is a testimony and guide on the role that negated consent plays in our lives, examining how we can take those first steps to reclaim it from institutionalized power"-- "A collection of essays by writers, journalists and activists exploring the role of consent in confronting power structures in day-to-day life"--

A case for friendship as a radical practice of love, courage, and trust, and seven strategies that pave the way for profound social change.

Learn to assert yourself and break the cycle of people‑pleasing with mindfulness‑based techniques that address fear of failure, self‑sacrifice, identity loss, and approval seeking.