From Self-Neglect To Self-Compassion
A compassionate guide to creating a thriving life

I picked up Hayley’s book during a reading slump, from overexposure to emotionally distressing client content. I was worried that I wouldn’t have the emotional or cognitive bandwidth to switch to a slower more focused deep reading state essential for processing new narratives. However, the warm and......more

Some books inform you. Some books sit beside you. This one sat beside me. From Self-Neglect to Self-Compassion speaks to something many of us carry quietly — the way we speak to ourselves, the way we push ourselves, the way we abandon our own needs while continuing to show up for everyone else. Reading......more

When I first picked up From Self-Neglect to Self-Compassion, I thought it would be a gentle book about self-care, bubble baths and breathing exercises. But what Hayley has created is so much deeper. It is an intelligent, soul-stirring guide that invites you to look honestly at your relationship with......more

Without even realising it, I approached this book as a clinician first, curious to see how Hayley had translated some of the frameworks I know and love into something accessible for a general readership. And she did that so beautifully. However, what I did not expect was to be stopped in my tracks o......more

I don’t say this lightly, but this is one of the most emotionally intelligent books on women’s burnout and self abandonment I have read in a long time. As a practitioner who works with women navigating exhaustion, hormonal shifts, overwhelm and quiet resentment toward their own bodies, I see daily ho......more