Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It

I teach business management. My interest in students extends to their mental and emotional well-being, and I have obtained special credentialing to support my capacity to help those who feel anxious and alienated. Part of my journey involves getting as close as I can to the pain of this generation.This author probably means well, but this is many pages of repetitive advice that can be boiled down to a couple of sentences. One can only read between the lines here, as no idea is ever really explored; nor do I get any sense the author is able to be "with" a person who feels anxious. I had the sense that the author is seeking validation and still struggles. It seems as if he has a challenge following his own advice - he admits as much occasionally in the short book. Then he continues the challenge to:1. Listen to music he likes while saying "I love myself" for seven minutes.2. Stare at his eyes in the mirror while saying "I love myself" for a couple minutes (he focuses on his left eye)That's it. The advice is what it is, but expressed so much more eloquently in other places, by other people. What does it take to look at oneself, to face oneself honestly, allowing for the steps and missteps we take along the way? Where does self-forgiveness fit in, and how?I give him credit for wanting to save and preserve himself. It's a hard path, and I wonder who he compares himself to, if this is a factor. But I have a feeling the author is. himself, a crafted persona - a figment, looking to alight somewhere.Finally, I object to the cover. It is an assault upon the senses, and I don't know who chose it, but my heart goes out to him and those who suffer. I would not recommend this book for any student, for fear that image would somehow stick with them in a nightmare, memory, stupor, or hallucination. We, ourselves, are not the problem - it's the hauntings and real sadness that need to be acknowledged and dealt with. His central idea isn't a bad one - what moves us so readily away from self-work, self-regard, and self-respect, and into the realm of connecting with the world in such random ways that we become lost and hurt? What is it we really need? Just my opinion and I wish the author blessings wherever they will do the most good for him.

A bunch of ramble..This book could have been written with 7 words "Love Yourself" and just keep repeating it.. because that's exactly what the author does the entire book. It never explains how to love yourself or ways that would help you learn to love yourself. I uploaded a photo of he two pages that sums this book up so you don't have to waste your time or money on it.

As a practicing licensed psychologist, I read a large amount of information on how to help my patients with various "new" interventions and treatments. For the past few years, self-compassion and self-love have been "hot topics" in the psychological world. I have used it with great success with many of my patients - I've come to the conclusion, that for many people who suffer from anxiety and depression, also seem to lack the ability to have self-compassion or love themselves...There have been many books written on self-compassion /self-love by some great authors. But... This $2.99 Kindle book is almost magical in its brevity, heartfelt message, effectiveness and practicality. I have re-read Kamal's book in order to help myself during stressful times in my life. I personally practice his self- 7-minute meditation with music and it feels awesome. Great book and highly recommended.

I received this book recommendation from a friend. She battles depression and said this book helped her cope with some of her negative thoughts.I knew this was about 68 pages so it wasn’t going to be overwhelming with self-help points.I liked what the author did with this book. He didn’t dumb it down and he didn’t try to say more then what was needed. If you battle negative thoughts and struggle with mental health issues, this might help you as it helped my friend.Good advice to change the negative loop in your head to something positive. I think we can all work on this concept in a society that tries to pull you down.Say this constantly throughout the day or even while having tough times in your life."I love myself. I love myself. I love myself."It’s not as easy as you would think.

I am a family therapist and have many clients struggling with depression, low self-esteem, and addiction. I read this book yesterday and just ordered 6 more to give to clients. I love teaching empowerment to folks and this is a great tool. Thank you Kamal!

This book is a game changer. I read it in about an hour. Then the next day I read it again. And then I started doing what he tells you to do. It seemed too simple to be truly useful. But I was wrong. The effect of saying "I love myself" over and over every day was astonishing. My unscientific explanation of it is that I am reprogramming my body. I am teaching it to believe in a new approach to living. I am conditioning it to respond differently in situations. Don't take my word for it. Just read it. And start doing it.

I read Kamal's original self published version of Love Yourself..and in 2020 reaching for something I decided to pull it off the bookshelf and re-read again. However I caught a podcast where Kamal was on talking about this new edition. Where he went back and answered questions people had sent him over the past 7 years.I appreciate those answers in section 2 but what helped me most was his vulnerability in discussing how he fell off the wagon and what that looked like and how he managed to drink his own kool-aid and recover again.I so very much appreciate it and believe all who appreciate version one would benefit from this revisit

I rarely leave reviews but this one had to be written! This book is the most powerful way to heal yourself and actually make your life *magical*. I am a self development junkie and have benefitted from so many books, but nothing comes close to the way this affected my life. Maybe because it’s message actually shifts your heart energy rather than your intellect. Nothing will be the same after you’ve read this, and thank you thank you thank you Kamal Ravikant for keeping it so simple and direct. No complicated babble - that’s all ego anyway! I will be forever grateful for this message 🙏🏼

As a follower of the teachings of Abraham Hicks, this book makes pure, magical and instantly-usable sense to me. Readable in one sitting and beautifully poetic, the truth and sincerity and intensity vibrate palpably from the text outward.Within 2 hours of reading this I quit 2 very bad habits I had without any resistance, just because of the miraculously simple question he poses for us: If I truly, deeply loved myself, what would I do? That's transformational magic right there folks.Can't recommend it enough to every single person on the planet. This, and the amazing The Mind Your Business Podcast by James Wedmore where I heard about it.Bless you Kamal, for your courage, your journey and most of all for sharing. I look forward to reading your other books.With deep love and appreciation,Tam Johnson

A lot of the negative reviews seem to say it's a waste of time to read, too brief, not worth it etc. etc. But maybe that's the point?I must say I've never read a self-help/love book before, so I cannot compare to other authors, but I found this after seeing Naval on Joe Rogan's podcast. That podcast was fantastic and I watched it twice because Naval had some great points and was fantastic to listen to.This book on the other hand was brief, yes. It was simple and a short read. For me personally, that's all I needed. I don't want to invest in a 300-page book with possible endless waffle about how to magically change my life. I wanted quick, easy steps to implement and to hear a little about Naval's experiences. I needed a reminder that self-care is important and this book does that. It's one I keep on the side as a quick reference guide or to show to family who stay over. It's likely a good starting point for most and something you then build on by reading Naval's other books or the works of other authors.It's simple and can be effective, and if that's what you're after then I'd recommend this book.

Small book, simply written. For those who can't be asked to go trough pages and pages of fillers.Very simple techniques given here. They will seem silly to some. I have been meditating for the last few months (every day). It is the one thing that I actually stick to. It changed me. I am now scared not to meditate even for a day, in case I fall out of the practise (like Kamal did, and things started to go wrong again). It seems boring at first, but boy, if you apply yourself, it's something. I sometimes use binaural beats to intensify the experience, (Make sure you go in with a positive intention of love and peace).As for the mirror work (I heard about it before and thought it was strange). I made myself do it for the first time today. 5 Min. I thought that I loved myself but I tend to avoid looking (in my eyes) in a mirror, so perhaps there are some issues to fix. I am committing to the additional 5 min/day. YOU should too. Nothing to lose and potentially a whole new life to gain. If you don't believe in it, it doesn't matter. Do it anyway ;)I will update my progress after a month

I never leave reviews for anything but i'm so bewildered by how this was deemed worthy enough to be a book that I felt obliged to leave one. It could've been an instagram post for all the actual ‘useful’ content, and I use the word useful very lightly.How has this got 75% 5-star reviews?! The practical takeaways are explained in less than a few pages; the mantra 'i love myself', meditated on routinely. That’s it. The rest is just a series of unnecessary diary entries of nothingness, an attempt at baring his pain to the world and instead just spewing vapid nonsense onto the page.I had listened to a podcast with Kamal which led me to buying this book out of curiosity. In the podcast he came off as really likeable and relatable, but this book is just disappointing garbage and his personality didn’t translate to paper - if anything he came off as quite the opposite.I appreciate he is trying to live his truth but do yourself a favour; buy a coffee and some cake instead of this book because it’s a bigger act of self love than the 2 hours of your life wasted reading it would be.