About Unworthy

Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself  is a book about one of the worst feelings in the world: the feeling that you’d rather be anyone but you. Self-loathing can happen to anyone, but it is almost never reality-based. Nor need it be our permanent fate. Like the book whose name it shares, this blog is a gathering place for all of us who want to stop hating ourselves. It examines the many ways in which we lost our self-esteem, reveals the many weird things it makes us do — some of which are survival techniques in disguise — and offers positive strategies that can help us regain it.

And hey: In this strange selfie-riddled world, you don’t have to love yourself — but you don’t have to hate yourself, either.


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About Unworthy — 3 Comments

  1. Thank you so much for writing this book. Your words and stories resonated so much with me. For the first time in my life I don’t feel alone. I’m a forty-something professional woman who struggles with low self esteem every single day. I feel very alone because none of my friends (at least from what I can tell, but I’m pretty sure) suffer from this to the extent that I do. I have parents who are insecure with low self esteem, who were/are not very loving or nurturing, and probably never should have had children. My upbringing deeply affected me and I’m only realizing this now through therapy. I wish there was an online forum on this topic. Other than with my therapist, I can’t really talk about this with anyone.

  2. Thank you for this fantastic book! It came along at just the right time for me. I had a breakthrough recently discovering that this very critical voice inside of me originated from a controlling, judgmental dad. I am learning to invite these critical voices in (inviting your demons to tea) to decrease their power over me. And your book has given me even more validation! Thank you!

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