Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It: The positive self-help phenomenon
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The bestselling self-published phenomenon addressing our urgent need for self-love in the world today.
Now expanded with new reader oriented lessons, and a powerful and transformative personal story of the practice in action.
Kamal Ravikant knows misery well. In 2011, the company Kamal had spent the last ten years of his life nurturing and growing, suddenly and embarrassingly went under. He experienced a profound depression, the kind that made him physically ill and bedridden. The only source of light in this darkest moment was a meditation, a chant that came to him and provided the only source of comfort he could muster: I love myself.
Kamal began his transformational journey by repeating this over and over to himself. I love myself. I love myself. I love myself. Even when he didn’t believe it (especially when he didn’t believe it). This meditation grew in the form of a system of tools for keeping him positive, balanced, and moving forward. Kamal’s spiritual healing changed his physical and emotional states, and his entire person shifted for the better.
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It is the powerful story of Kamal’s radical self-growth journey and his specific practice for readers. Dynamic, vulnerable, page-turning and ultimately lifechanging, these pages hold a universal appeal for anyone who has ever struggled to get out of bed in the morning or smile through profound sadness.
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Additional information
| Publisher | HQ (6 Jan. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 240 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0008374708 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0008374709 |
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm |
by Fes
I’d been struggling with motivation and general mental health for about 8 months. Happy pills did nothing (tried multiple types). I had zero motivation or enthusiasm for all the stuff I used to enjoy. A friend recommended this book and immediately I recognised the downward spiral that happens when you don’t love yourself. At the same time I started taking tyrosine as I read it may help with dopamine (motivation chemical) so I gave those a go too (same review left there). That was 4 weeks ago. I don’t know whether it is the book, the pills, or a normal body cycle, but I am feeling a LOT more motivated, I’m getting things done and actually want to get out of bed. Depression not gone yet but easing (I’m off the ADs). For the price, this book & the pills are worth a shot if you’re struggling in a similar way. Hardly anything to lose. Good luck.
by Katheryn Hope
The book starts out well and feels very positive but could easily have ended with the first section which was the original and basically booklet size. The rest is drawn out, repetitive and a lot about the authors experience which starts to get boring. The same sentence is written multiple times – how many times do we have to read about his ‘rug flip’? I’ve read far better including Wayne Dyer who he includes word for word near the end. Not really worth the price especially as he is really just telling you to keep repeating ‘I love myself!’
by MaryS
This is interesting once you get over the self-absorption required to follow his advice. But I suppose that’s the whole point. Get over it and love yourself! I’m convinced enough to give it a try
by Blueskies
As a Brit who lived in California for a long time, I’ve been on the stiff upper lip AND the “self-help” side of the fence. This book resonated with me with a capital “R” (partly because my own life philosophy is very simple and very clear: Keep it simple, be kind, and keep (being) thankful for the good things and people in your life).
Kamal Ravikant’s book stands out for 3 main reasons: Its truth/honesty, its wisdom, its simplicity. And he writes beautifully too, so it’s a breeze to read.
I didn’t buy it because I’m going through a dark patch (I’m not) but if you happen to be, it just might dig you out of a hole, switch on a light, clear the clouds. Bring some blue into sight where there was dark grey. If you’re in life’s stagnant, stuffy waiting room, it’s like a big blast of oxygen.
Deep but not heavy, light but not “lite” Kamal talks about experiencing what you choose through the filter of LOVE. We humans are good at playing negative thought loops over and over in our heads, like the grooves in an old LP – and when we replace the negative loops with positive ones that’s when things start improving and it all starts to happen. “Love is all you need”. Put your oxygen mask on first, love yourself first, and see…
This is probably one of my favourite books for quite a while and at under £2 for the Kindle edition, well worth dipping your toes into. I love(d)it.
by Carol ‘avid little bookworm’
and I think this is one of those times. The essence of this book is just two simple words love yourself. But it’s not enough to just say these words; we have to continually work towards this goal.
Kamal Ravikant writes about his experience, going from what he calls `breaking point’ a life in darkness to a complete, fulfilled and happy life, and he shares with us how he did this. Maybe, if you haven’t been there yourself it could be hard to grasp the concept of this book, but if you have and you can relate to this then this book is quite literally capable of changing your life beyond recognition.
I’ve always believed in the power of the mind, and also that, if we allow it to, it can cause us real pain and confusion. This is what Kamal Ravikant addresses ~ as he puts it “the mind left to itself, repeats the same stories, the same loops. Mostly, ones that don’t serve us.
He admits that in the beginning when he started repeating over and over again `I love myself’ he didn’t even believe it. But the mind does not know that, it just works on the data we feed it. It gently shifts your focus from wherever you are – whether it’s anger or pain or fear, any form of darkness – to where you want to be, your mind and body has no choice but to follow. Try it, it really does work. Again, as Kamal Ravikant puts it ~ `reinforce the connections between the neurons. The mind already has a strong wiring for love and the body knows it’.
Think about the huge problems with mental health issues in these modern times of stress and anxiety. `We think we’re thinking when in fact we’re remembering… re-running negative thoughts over and over again’. I decided to make a conscious effort to stop this and when I felt a negative thought pass through my mind, replace it with the `I love myself’ affirmation. It really does calm the body and mind and make things feel better. As the author puts it `this is a practice. You don’t go to the gym once and consider yourself done……….. loving yourself, perhaps the most important of all, is a practice’.
Kamal was extremely brave to share his experience, at a time when he worried it could do untold damage to his business and his credibility and I for one, commend him for that.
Keep this thought in mind, until you learn to love yourself you will never know how to really love other people. I highly recommend this book, especially to people who are open to the concept of the power of the mind, particularly to heal when properly directed.
by Sue Reid
This book is less than 100 pages long. You could read it in a day easily. It’s worth reading every day for a week, at least until you get the message. We have to love ourselves. Love and connection are basic human needs. We are connected to each other and the world. The unhappiness and lack of love in our lives is harming not only ourselves, but humankind and the world. Change starts with us. It starts in our heart.