💗 Self-Compassion

Books that challenge the cult of self-criticism and make the radical case for treating yourself with the same kindness you'd offer a friend. Grounded in psychology and mindfulness, they offer a gentler path to growth.

Tell Me More

by Kelly Corrigan • 2018

The hard, clumsy, healing words we try on the people we love most.

4.17

22k+

🫂 Grief And Loss 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Boundaries 🕊️ Radical Acceptance 💔 Apologies And Repair

Tell Me More

The hard, clumsy, healing words we try on the people we love most.

by Kelly Corrigan 2018

4.17

22k+ ratings

🫂 Grief And Loss 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Boundaries 🕊️ Radical Acceptance 💔 Apologies And Repair

Best Self

by Mike Bayer • 2019

Name your shadow self. Run the life audit. Build the person you actually want to be.

3.73

2k+

👤 Shadow Work 🧠 Internal Dialogue 🛑 Self-Sabotage 🌐 Life Design 🎯 Goal Achievement

Best Self

Name your shadow self. Run the life audit. Build the person you actually want to be.

by Mike Bayer 2019

3.73

2k+ ratings

👤 Shadow Work 🧠 Internal Dialogue 🛑 Self-Sabotage 🌐 Life Design 🎯 Goal Achievement

Overwhelmed

by Claudia Hammond • 2026

Anxiety fuels performance. Worry fits a schedule. The overwhelmed need real rest, not more hustle.

3.57

137

🧘 Stress Management 😶 Toxic Positivity 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 😵 Decision Fatigue 🌟 Positive Psychology

Overwhelmed

Anxiety fuels performance. Worry fits a schedule. The overwhelmed need real rest, not more hustle.

by Claudia Hammond 2026

3.57

137 ratings

🧘 Stress Management 😶 Toxic Positivity 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 😵 Decision Fatigue 🌟 Positive Psychology

Anxiety

by The School of Life • 2020

Evolution built you to worry. Modern life turned up the volume. Anxiety is the result.

4.28

527

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🕳️ Unconscious Mind 🏙️ Modernity And Anxiety 🐢 Slow Living

Anxiety

Evolution built you to worry. Modern life turned up the volume. Anxiety is the result.

by The School of Life 2020

4.28

527 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🕳️ Unconscious Mind 🏙️ Modernity And Anxiety 🐢 Slow Living

Change Your Thinking to Change Your Life

by Kate James • 2021

Your harsh inner voice was built to protect you. The reprogramming manual it never came with.

3.92

142

🧠 Applied Psychology 🧱 Limiting Beliefs 🗣️ Inner Critic Work 🧩 Habit Design 🦁 Facing Fears

Change Your Thinking to Change Your Life

Your harsh inner voice was built to protect you. The reprogramming manual it never came with.

by Kate James 2021

3.92

142 ratings

🧠 Applied Psychology 🧱 Limiting Beliefs 🗣️ Inner Critic Work 🧩 Habit Design 🦁 Facing Fears

OPEN

by Frankie Bridge • 2020

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

4.30

1k+

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out 💊 Therapy And Medication 📵 Digital Detox

OPEN

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

by Frankie Bridge 2020

4.30

1k+ ratings

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out 💊 Therapy And Medication 📵 Digital Detox

Daring Greatly in 30 Minutes

by Garamond Press • 2013

The thing you're most afraid to show is the thing people most need to see.

4.27

🫂 Vulnerability 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 😔 Shame 🎯 Perfectionism 👔 Leaders And Managers

Daring Greatly in 30 Minutes

The thing you're most afraid to show is the thing people most need to see.

by Garamond Press 2013

4.27

92 ratings

🫂 Vulnerability 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 😔 Shame 🎯 Perfectionism 👔 Leaders And Managers

How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness

by Toni Bernhard • 2015

Quiet the mental suffering your illness didn't create. Mindfulness for the chronically ill.

4.16

630

🏥 Chronic Illness 💊 Pain Management 🧘 Mindfulness Practice ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 👤 Invisible Disability

How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness

Quiet the mental suffering your illness didn't create. Mindfulness for the chronically ill.

by Toni Bernhard 2015

4.16

630 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness 💊 Pain Management 🧘 Mindfulness Practice ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 👤 Invisible Disability

Perspective

by Robert J. Wicks • 2014

Unshakeable calm isn't found. It's built through small, daily shifts in how you see.

3.86

🧠 Contemplative Psychology 🏋️ Resilience Training 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

Perspective

Unshakeable calm isn't found. It's built through small, daily shifts in how you see.

by Robert J. Wicks 2014

3.86

49 ratings

🧠 Contemplative Psychology 🏋️ Resilience Training 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

Big Feelings

by Liz Fosslien • 2022

Seven emotions you were taught to suppress, and the practical tools to make them work for you.

4.20

3k+

🎭 Difficult Emotions 🧠 Emotional Awareness 🚫 Toxic Positivity 🔥 Burnout Recovery 😤 Anger Management

Big Feelings

Seven emotions you were taught to suppress, and the practical tools to make them work for you.

by Liz Fosslien 2022

4.20

3k+ ratings

🎭 Difficult Emotions 🧠 Emotional Awareness 🚫 Toxic Positivity 🔥 Burnout Recovery 😤 Anger Management

Unlearn Your Pain

by Howard Schubiner • 2010

Chronic pain is real, but the cause is learned nerve pathways. A physician's program to unlearn it.

4.40

330

🩻 Chronic Pain 🌀 Mind-Body Medicine 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧊 Repressed Emotions ⚡ Stress Physiology

Unlearn Your Pain

Chronic pain is real, but the cause is learned nerve pathways. A physician's program to unlearn it.

by Howard Schubiner 2010

4.40

330 ratings

🩻 Chronic Pain 🌀 Mind-Body Medicine 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧊 Repressed Emotions ⚡ Stress Physiology

Learning to Trust Yourself

by Tama Kieves • 2025

Stop letting the critic choose. A practice for following the energy of your own desires.

3.86

🧘 Inner Critic Work ✨ Trusting Intuition 🕊️ Self-Forgiveness 🔥 Following Desire 🛀 Self-Care Practices

Learning to Trust Yourself

Stop letting the critic choose. A practice for following the energy of your own desires.

by Tama Kieves 2025

3.86

50 ratings

🧘 Inner Critic Work ✨ Trusting Intuition 🕊️ Self-Forgiveness 🔥 Following Desire 🛀 Self-Care Practices

Needy

by Mara Glatzel • 2023

Your needs aren't too much. Trust your compass, set boundaries, and stop performing for approval.

4.28

194

🧠 Emotional Needs 🚧 Boundary Setting 🔐 Self-Trust 🌱 Authentic Living 🎭 People Pleasing

Needy

Your needs aren't too much. Trust your compass, set boundaries, and stop performing for approval.

by Mara Glatzel 2023

4.28

194 ratings

🧠 Emotional Needs 🚧 Boundary Setting 🔐 Self-Trust 🌱 Authentic Living 🎭 People Pleasing

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

by Jayme Albin • 2021

Most anxious thoughts fail a simple reality test. Here is how to run the experiment yourself.

4.35

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔄 Thought Reframing 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🎯 Goal Setting 😌 Anxiety Management

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Most anxious thoughts fail a simple reality test. Here is how to run the experiment yourself.

by Jayme Albin 2021

4.35

40 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔄 Thought Reframing 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🎯 Goal Setting 😌 Anxiety Management

100 Days of Weight Loss

by Linda Spangle • 2006

Stop switching diets. Start training your brain. A 100-day program for the mental game.

3.72

166

⚖️ Weight Management 🧠 Diet Psychology 🍽️ Emotional Eating 🥗 Mindful Eating 👂 Intuitive Eating

100 Days of Weight Loss

Stop switching diets. Start training your brain. A 100-day program for the mental game.

by Linda Spangle 2006

3.72

166 ratings

⚖️ Weight Management 🧠 Diet Psychology 🍽️ Emotional Eating 🥗 Mindful Eating 👂 Intuitive Eating

Unlocking the Secrets of Self-Esteem

by Marie Hartwell-Walker EdD • 2015

Stop chasing the feeling; start earning it. A values-driven plan for real self-esteem.

3.89

💪 Self-Esteem 🧭 Values-Based Living 🌟 Character Strengths 😊 Positive Psychology 🧘 Mindfulness

Unlocking the Secrets of Self-Esteem

Stop chasing the feeling; start earning it. A values-driven plan for real self-esteem.

by Marie Hartwell-Walker EdD 2015

3.89

19 ratings

💪 Self-Esteem 🧭 Values-Based Living 🌟 Character Strengths 😊 Positive Psychology 🧘 Mindfulness

The Creative Cure

by Jacob Nordby • 2021

Born creative, silenced by the world. The way back runs through joy, not discipline.

4.06

444

🧱 Creative Blocks 👤 Inner Critic 🎨 Innate Creativity 🌱 Growth Mindset 🕯️ Creative Ritual

The Creative Cure

Born creative, silenced by the world. The way back runs through joy, not discipline.

by Jacob Nordby 2021

4.06

444 ratings

🧱 Creative Blocks 👤 Inner Critic 🎨 Innate Creativity 🌱 Growth Mindset 🕯️ Creative Ritual

Befriend Your Brain

by Faith G. Harper • 2022

Your brain confuses deadlines with predators. The neuroscience-backed playbook for retraining it.

3.92

180

🧠 Trauma Recovery 🧬 Neuroscience Of Trauma 🔄 Brain Retraining 🎢 Emotional Regulation 🩺 Trauma-Informed Care

Befriend Your Brain

Your brain confuses deadlines with predators. The neuroscience-backed playbook for retraining it.

by Faith G. Harper 2022

3.92

180 ratings

🧠 Trauma Recovery 🧬 Neuroscience Of Trauma 🔄 Brain Retraining 🎢 Emotional Regulation 🩺 Trauma-Informed Care

The Diet Trap Solution

by Judith S. Beck • 2015

Weight loss fails when your thinking sabotages your eating. Master the CBT skills that fix both.

3.92

395

⚖️ Weight Management 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 😢 Emotional Eating 💭 Sabotaging Thoughts 🔄 Behavior Change

The Diet Trap Solution

Weight loss fails when your thinking sabotages your eating. Master the CBT skills that fix both.

by Judith S. Beck 2015

3.92

395 ratings

⚖️ Weight Management 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 😢 Emotional Eating 💭 Sabotaging Thoughts 🔄 Behavior Change

The Mindful Place of Calm

by A. Paul Miller • 2019

Most reactions happen before you notice them. The practice for inserting a choice into that gap.

3.72

🧘 Meditation Practice 💭 Emotional Regulation 💎 Self-Worth 🌿 Practical Spirituality 🔄 Reactive Habits

The Mindful Place of Calm

Most reactions happen before you notice them. The practice for inserting a choice into that gap.

by A. Paul Miller 2019

3.72

18 ratings

🧘 Meditation Practice 💭 Emotional Regulation 💎 Self-Worth 🌿 Practical Spirituality 🔄 Reactive Habits

Your Coping Skills Aren't Working

by Richard Brouillette • 2023

Your deepest patterns were built by a child. Reparent them using the tools of schema therapy.

4.11

🧠 Schema Therapy 🧒 Inner Child Work 🏠 Reparenting 🔗 Self-Sabotage 🌱 Core Beliefs

Your Coping Skills Aren't Working

Your deepest patterns were built by a child. Reparent them using the tools of schema therapy.

by Richard Brouillette 2023

4.11

56 ratings

🧠 Schema Therapy 🧒 Inner Child Work 🏠 Reparenting 🔗 Self-Sabotage 🌱 Core Beliefs

How We Grow Through What We Go Through

by Christopher Willard • 2022

Post-traumatic growth is more common than PTSD. The body-first practices that make it happen.

3.85

213

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🧘 Somatic Healing 🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🌬️ Breathwork

How We Grow Through What We Go Through

Post-traumatic growth is more common than PTSD. The body-first practices that make it happen.

by Christopher Willard 2022

3.85

213 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🧘 Somatic Healing 🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🌬️ Breathwork

I Didn't Do the Thing Today

by Madeleine Dore • 2022

Guilt for what you didn't finish is stealing your joy. Take it back without another system.

3.58

3k+

🫣 Productivity Guilt 🐢 Slow Living 🎯 Perfectionism 🎨 Creative Living 🔥 Burnout Recovery

I Didn't Do the Thing Today

Guilt for what you didn't finish is stealing your joy. Take it back without another system.

by Madeleine Dore 2022

3.58

3k+ ratings

🫣 Productivity Guilt 🐢 Slow Living 🎯 Perfectionism 🎨 Creative Living 🔥 Burnout Recovery

Stress Resets

by Jennifer L. Taitz PsyD ABPP • 2024

Rapid, body-based ways to stop stress in minutes, from a psychologist who rewired her own anxiety.

3.98

479

🧘 Stress Management 🎭 Emotion Regulation 🌿 Mind-Body Practices 🌀 Overthinking 🧠 Third-Wave Cbt

Stress Resets

Rapid, body-based ways to stop stress in minutes, from a psychologist who rewired her own anxiety.

by Jennifer L. Taitz PsyD ABPP 2024

3.98

479 ratings

🧘 Stress Management 🎭 Emotion Regulation 🌿 Mind-Body Practices 🌀 Overthinking 🧠 Third-Wave Cbt

Deeper Mindfulness

by J. Mark G. Williams • 2023

There's a micro-moment before every reaction. Spotting it is the difference between calm and chaos.

4.02

122

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🪷 Buddhist Psychology 🧠 Meditation Science 🫀 Somatic Awareness ⚡ Overcoming Reactivity

Deeper Mindfulness

There's a micro-moment before every reaction. Spotting it is the difference between calm and chaos.

by J. Mark G. Williams 2023

4.02

122 ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🪷 Buddhist Psychology 🧠 Meditation Science 🫀 Somatic Awareness ⚡ Overcoming Reactivity

Your Weight Is Not the Problem

by Lyndi Cohen • 2023

Stop dieting. A layered system for health that begins with sleep, hydration, and forgiving yourself.

4.23

702

🧘 Intuitive Eating ✂️ Anti-Diet Movement ⚖️ Health At Every Size 💗 Body Acceptance 🔍 Diet Culture Critique

Your Weight Is Not the Problem

Stop dieting. A layered system for health that begins with sleep, hydration, and forgiving yourself.

by Lyndi Cohen 2023

4.23

702 ratings

🧘 Intuitive Eating ✂️ Anti-Diet Movement ⚖️ Health At Every Size 💗 Body Acceptance 🔍 Diet Culture Critique

Lean Mommy

by Lisa Druxman • 2007

Stroller as gym, baby as dumbbell. A fitness plan that works around nap time.

4.00

🏃‍♀️ Postpartum Fitness 🩹 Postpartum Recovery 💛 Body Acceptance 🍽️ Mindful Eating 📋 Habit Tracking

Lean Mommy

Stroller as gym, baby as dumbbell. A fitness plan that works around nap time.

by Lisa Druxman 2007

4.00

19 ratings

🏃‍♀️ Postpartum Fitness 🩹 Postpartum Recovery 💛 Body Acceptance 🍽️ Mindful Eating 📋 Habit Tracking

Complex Borderline Personality Disorder

by Daniel J. Fox • 2022

BPD rarely travels alone. A framework for untangling its overlap with depression, ADHD, and trauma.

4.22

184

🎭 Borderline Personality 🤝 Dual Diagnosis 🌊 Emotional Dysregulation 🛡️ Trauma-Informed Care ⚓ Grounding Skills

Complex Borderline Personality Disorder

BPD rarely travels alone. A framework for untangling its overlap with depression, ADHD, and trauma.

by Daniel J. Fox 2022

4.22

184 ratings

🎭 Borderline Personality 🤝 Dual Diagnosis 🌊 Emotional Dysregulation 🛡️ Trauma-Informed Care ⚓ Grounding Skills

Sovereign

by Emma Seppälä • 2024

You were born free. Modern life buried it. Seven layers back to the sovereignty you forgot.

4.13

194

🕊️ Inner Freedom 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🌬️ Breathwork 🔮 Intuition 🤝 Interpersonal Dynamics

Sovereign

You were born free. Modern life buried it. Seven layers back to the sovereignty you forgot.

by Emma Seppälä 2024

4.13

194 ratings

🕊️ Inner Freedom 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🌬️ Breathwork 🔮 Intuition 🤝 Interpersonal Dynamics

Hello Mornings

by Kat Lee • 2017

Three small morning anchors, one big dose of grace: the routine that survives your worst days.

4.19

1k+

🕰️ Morning Routines ✝️ Christian Spirituality 🔧 Habit Design 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 📋 Time Management

Hello Mornings

Three small morning anchors, one big dose of grace: the routine that survives your worst days.

by Kat Lee 2017

4.19

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Morning Routines ✝️ Christian Spirituality 🔧 Habit Design 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 📋 Time Management

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