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Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself

40 Ways to Transform Your Inner Critic and Your Life

by Lori Deschene

Patheos Book Club features "Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself" by Lori Deschene, offering 40 ways to transform your inner critic and your life. | read more»

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Featuring stories selected from hundreds of TinyBuddha.com contributors, the book provides an honest look at what it means to overcome critical, self-judging thoughts to create a peaceful, empowered life. | read more »

Loving Yourself: A Q&A with Lori Deschene

"I wanted to share a collection of vulnerable, insightful stories, including my own, to help readers acknowledge their own self-love journey, and realize there is nothing wrong with them for having room to grow." | read more »

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"I highly recommend Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself to anyone who needs a little help recognizing their worth and potential." Read what author Karen Salmansohn and others are saying about the new book. | read more »

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How do we let go of the stories that we’ve been clinging to for years? How can we begin to move beyond trauma and pain? How can we release our shame and start recognizing our worth and beauty? | read more »

Discovering the Sacred

What do you hold sacred, as greater than any one life? And how can you honor that to connect with yourself and other people a little every day? | read more »

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