Self–Acceptance
How to accept yourself and transform your mental health

Interesting concepts from a brilliant psychiatrist. Reads a little repetitive if reading from cover to cover but it is possible to just read chapters of interest to avoid this.......more

DNF at about 25%…the way this book is written is frustrating. It’s like it’s laid out as facts, but they are opinions. And he talks about a lot of proof for his theories, but they’re just other theories. It’s a bit of a pointless exercise.......more

This was my first Harry Barry book. The first 2 or 3 chapters were quite heavy and I felt sort of lost reading it. However as the book progressed it got better. The overarching theme is that self esteem is something we shouldn't be trying to keep artificially boosted but rather we should develop res......more

Self-esteem is a harmful myth What if we are self-sabotaging our mental wellbeing by believing in a harmful myth of self-esteem? Self-rating or the rating of others of one’s worth as a human being is absurd. We can rate our competencies and behaviors, but not our worth as a human. Self-acceptance is......more

Interesting but a little repetitive. The first half of the book was more engaging overall, with stronger concepts. However, the techniques explained for achieving this so-called unconditional self-acceptance felt a bit weak.......more