Self-Love in Action

A practical approach to self-love with evidence-based therapy skills to trust your inner voice, make confident decisions, and live with greater personal empowerment in your relationships, career, and everyday life.

Many studies show that self-love is central to good mental health. Self-Love in Action helps you cultivate compassion, accountability, and self-respect in all areas of your life. In this practical, everyday guide, self-love becomes a verb—a moving declaration towards personal empowerment. This psychology-driven book offers proactive strategies to redirect you back to your authentic self by learning to listen to the voice within. Guided by a therapist, you'll confront the past, examine the present, and prepare for the future by setting boundaries, taking accountability, and practicing the ultimate act of self-love.  

• Boost confidence with small rituals that shift the focus from “them” to “me”—reminding you that true love flows from the inside out.  
• Implement “Time to Practice” exercises to pause, set boundaries, say no, and invest in yourself.  
  
• Take self-love quizzes to reflect on the ways current habits might impede self-love action.  
  
• Explore real examples of clients who have overcome common hardships through their commitment to self-love.   
  

“In this compassionate and deeply insightful book, Zoë Crook teaches what she has had to learn in an alienating culture that instills self-judgment and even self-loathing. Her concept of self-love, and the simple, practical but transformative guidance she offers does not lead to narcissistic self-regard, but to an expansive acceptance of who we are and to a better extension of heartfelt loving kindness to ourselves and to our world.”
—Gabor Maté, MD, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
 
“Zoë Crook has generously given us a practical guide to help us achieve a self-love that is supportive and nourishing. This book features wise and centered practices to linger on and enjoy.”
—Carl Erik Fisher, author of The Urge: Our History of AddictionZoë Crook, MA, is a writer and therapist who guides individuals and couples towards healthy relationships. With a master’s degree in counseling psychology, she supports clients struggling with low self-worth, attachment trauma, and anxiety.