Learning To Love Myself

by alex aubrey

letting you go
was the beginning of me
learning to love myself

Genres: Poetry, Love, Self Help, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Personal Development, Mental Health

142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 21, 2023

Reviews

[Hiwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

”I am so grateful that I didn’t end up with what I thought I wanted”

[Nour ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

“i know it’s pretty fucking difficult. i know it hurts like hell. i know you have a million thoughts in your head and you’re repeating the same questions over and over. i know it feels like this pain will be forever and right now there is nothing ahead of you but darkness. i know you feel like you might not make it through. i know a part of you is questioning if it’s even worth making it through. i know. tonight will be difficult as hell. and so will tomorrow. and maybe the night after. but hey you know what? you’ve been through this before. and you can do this again. you know you got this in you. i believe in you. you will get through it. you will get over it. just like all the times before. you will be fine. you will be okay.”

[Kayla Nickels · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book feels like the advice of a big sister and being the eldest it’s one I will hold dear to me and pick up when I need a gentle reminder to love myself and let go and live in the present 💜

[SHOMPA · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s the kind of book I know I’ll come back to again.

[Marloes · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's difficult to rate a poetry book, because it's something personal of course! So, either way, a poetry book is beautiful no matter what! But I give this one 2.5 stars unfortunately.

Most of the quotes that were in here I have already read somewhere else and from other writers. So it did not feel unique or anything. Yes they were beautiful and I love to have a reminder of some of the messages that are in here, but other than that I felt like I have seen and heard these quotes many many times before.

Sorry!

[Riku · Rating 1 out of 5]

is the poetry in the room with us

[Millie Cullen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Alex Harker · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were some good poems in here, but as a whole the book wasn’t well crafted. There were some verb tense typos that were obvious mistakes rather than artistic choices. Many of the poems were so identical that they felt like drafts of each other instead of separate poems. Furthermore, many of the poems were so short they felt more like affirmations than fully developed poems.

Overall not a bad experience, but not a poetry book that I plan to reread or purchase.

[Marge Moen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this one will be a great source of journal prompts

[Paige Flowers · Rating 5 out of 5]

“letting you go was the beginning of me learning to love myself”

[Yamuna (Taylor’s Version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Letting you go was the beginning of me learning to love myself!

[London Moon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was short but it was really good

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

At least some credit is due because it couldn't have been easy to go through hundreds of instagirlies' posts and decide on only some dozen captions to post as a "poetry" book.

[McKenna S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book to remind yourself that self love is the most important kind.

“I know in a few years everything will be fine. This will bother me no longer and wherever I am, I hope I am happy and genuinely I hope by then I can wish the same for”

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Lesley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been going through some personal stuff lately and there were many passages that really resonated with me. The author caught my attention with some of her Instagram posts and I’m so glad I decided to take the time to read this book in all its entirety.

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

« one day at a time.
one step at a time.
you do not need
anything more
than that »

This is good in theory but the trouble is I feel like I’ve read this a million times and it’s become so cliché.

[Zara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a beautiful insightful read 🕊️

Some poetry feels quite abstract and is full of really complex metaphors, which has its own place and is good and its own way, but this just feels like reading my own thoughts

The words in this book are exactly what I needed to hear and I think it's something everybody should read at least once because it just allows you to appreciate and reflect on yourself.
Poetry can be quite confronting and difficult to read at times but this one is just very reflective and I think it has a positive and uplifting tone even though it reveals things about yourself that you need to face or difficult truths you need to accept ❤️

It's validating. It's reassuring. It tells you exactly what you need to know, and it teaches you to love yourself. 10/10

[Microwave Oven · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Jeg vet at det er ganske vanskelig, jeg vet at det gjør vondt. Jeg vet at du har en million tanker i hodet ditt og at du gjentar de samme spørsmålene om og om igjen. Jeg vet at det føles som om denne smerten vil vare for alltid, og akkurat nå er det ingenting annet enn mørke foran deg. jeg vet at du føler at du kanskje ikke kommer deg gjennom. Jeg vet at en del av deg stiller spørsmål ved om det i det hele tatt er verdt å komme seg gjennom. Jeg vet. i kveld blir det vanskelig. og det vil i morgen også. og kanskje natten etter. men hei vet du hva? du har vært gjennom dette før. og du kan gjøre dette igjen. du vet du har dette i deg. jeg tror på deg. du kommer deg gjennom det. du kommer over det. akkurat som alle gangene før.”

denne boken🥹🙏

nylig døde min nære venn av selvmord, og de siste månedene har jeg klandret meg selv. Jeg plukket opp denne boken for litt motivasjon fordi jeg begynte å virkelig avsky meg selv, og jeg må si at denne boken virkelig hjalp meg til å reflektere over hva som har skjedd og lærte meg å ikke legge skylden på meg selv for noe som var utenfor min kontroll i øyeblikket.
Jeg skriver bare mens jeg går, så beklager hvis denne anmeldelsen ikke gir noen mening, jeg prøver bare å få ut alle tankene mine på en gang😭😅

vennligst ikke ignorer tegnene, se opp for dine kjære, hvis noen viser tegn på at de kan være suicidale, vennligst ta kontakt for hjelp🙏

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

On todays episode of trying to heal:

- you can’t keep pouring into a broken cup
- Forgive yourself for the mistakes you’ve made when you didn’t know better
- stop expecting honesty from people who lie to themselves
-You can’t heal if you don’t let yourself feel
- is it loss or a redirection?
-become the person you would fall in love with, and that will be the beginning of you, loving yourself
- Chase life in life will love you back
- I am so grateful that I didn’t end up with what I thought I wanted

[Gigi Maroulis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've seen this book recommended to me on instagram a lot of times and while reading through the quotes, I couldn't help but feel so connected. Like honestly. I decided to buy the book and just by reading it once, I can already see myself reading it a lot more. I am very happy I picked up this book. It truly was what I needed.

[Sasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these little books. They remind me to push me in a positive direction. I think of my mom over my shoulder saying these to me. Working on overcoming two years of depression and grief and other things… these are positive reinforcement on loving yourself and you are worth it!!!

[Fleur van Eijck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dit waren de woorden waarvan ik niet wist dat ik ze moest horen, maar die ik wel moest horen.
Still healing and learning to love myself, but i’ll get there❤️‍🩹

[Lenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book ❤️ ‘You don’t need to be productive all the time… some days it’s good enough to simply exist’ 🙌

[Jessie Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Mary Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 very needed just wish it had a little more to the pages

[Ava · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 ✨

[Allie Fumea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple little book that I think everyone should read!

[kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

“sometimes
good things come to an end because
we aren’t ready”

Sometimes, you just need that poetry pick-me-up.

“dear me in 6 months,
i will make you fucking proud”

[Margot Verheyden · Rating 5 out of 5]

just ❤️