It’s hard to avoid mentions of self-love these days. Social media inundates us with jargon about achieving self-love by knowing our attachment styles and “re-parenting ourselves,” while assessing ...

Self-love is no longer fodder for Saturday Night Live jokes now that scientists have discovered it pays off in spades with career success. February is known as the month of love and “Heart Month.” ...

Scientists have a problem studying self-love. Research abounds on self-compassion, self-esteem, self-care, and even unconditional positive self-regard. Scholars have published definitions of these ...

PhD Candidate (Teaching roles at Macquarie & Wollongong), University of Wollongong “To love what you are, the thing that is yourself, is just as if you were embracing a glowing red-hot iron” said ...

The observer self, self-as-context, is a core component of acceptance and commitment therapy. It is the part of you that notices, and you can think of the observer self as awareness. Consider that you ...

Self-love sounds like something you’re supposed to figure out through bubble baths and positive affirmations, but the reality is that being genuinely kind to yourself is way harder than it sounds and ...