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When I Loved Myself Enough Hardcover – January 1, 2001
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- Print length176 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSidgwick & Jackson
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2001
- Dimensions4.84 x 0.87 x 4.76 inches
- ISBN-100283073373
- ISBN-13978-0283073373
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- Publisher : Sidgwick & Jackson
- Publication date : January 1, 2001
- Edition : 38948th
- Language : English
- Print length : 176 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0283073373
- ISBN-13 : 978-0283073373
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.84 x 0.87 x 4.76 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,933,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,562 in Self-Esteem (Books)
- #36,249 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
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Customers find the book uplifting and deeply touching, with thoughtful and soulful writing. Moreover, they appreciate its simplicity, with one customer noting how easy it is to relate personal experiences to the text. Additionally, the book receives positive feedback for its image quality and serves as a great gift option.
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Customers find the book uplifting and deeply touching, with one customer describing it as a great little tome of self-love.
"...The honest and inspirational messaging will keep that inner chi flowing!" Read more
"Simple, profound truths to finally befriend yourself. I believe this is the way to inner peace - making peace with yourself...." Read more
"...Inspiring and complex- simple and broad reaching...." Read more
"...Thanks for this powerful vision of self-discovery through loss. I am buying this book...." Read more
Customers appreciate the simplicity of the book, with one customer noting it's easy to compare to personal experience, while another mentions it's a booklet that can be shared with friends.
"Simple, profound truths to finally befriend yourself. I believe this is the way to inner peace - making peace with yourself...." Read more
"...: I have gone back to this book over and over and taken away so much from the simple statements. I'm really thankful this book was published...." Read more
"...Given the simplicity of this book (82 completions of the title of the book--"If I loved myself enough..."), I wasn't expecting too much, but this..." Read more
"...useful for flipping open randomly and reading the respective text as an inspiration or thought starter...." Read more
Customers find the book thoughtful and written from the soul, with one customer describing it as a beautiful collection of affirmations.
"Thoughtful. Add some of your own to stretch yourself! I wrote some of these as affirmations. This is a feel-good book." Read more
"...allowing your breath and heart beat the chance to coax and nurture your true expression, life desires, and love for yourself to priority...." Read more
"...It's a simple book that was written from the soul...." Read more
"...It’s one I believe I’ll keep and reread many times. So beautifully soulfully sweetly written. I adore it." Read more
Customers find the book makes a great gift.
"...gifted this book to me twenty years ago, and it's still such a special gift...." Read more
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Customers find the book beautiful, with one mentioning it provides a simple view into self-image.
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2025Bought this many times. Love to gift it as a special card of sorts :))
- Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2016Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseOk. So normally I do not write book reviews - mainly because I feel like they are one sided and non objective. Just because you don't like someone's writing style doesn't mean it isn't good!
So the first thing I loved about this book is that a good portion of the translated text was made into a poem of sorts, and then passed off as prose by Charlie Chaplin. " Gosh I love when that happens... " - Ben Franklin - yeah. You see what I did there? Anyhow, I digress. When I went sleuthing the original author of that prose - I happened across a comment by Alison McMillen, Kim's daughter where she eloquently described how and when her Mom wrote this book and when she think the text was re-appropriated as Charlie's. I was in! I ordered three copies of this little cute self help book and sent out one to my sister in law (struggling with being older and hating the way that makes her feel) and to our daughter, just turned 22 - also struggling with body and aging issues... like she doesn't want to like herself, because no one her age does!) I digress.
I kept one for myself. I read it in half an hour and refer back to it when I need to share a snippet of good will with another human being. Get this book. Keep it on your shelf for your needy occasions. Buy a few copies so you have one on hand to help that struggling friend find their way through a depressive haze. It's worth it. And it will mean so much to the receiver. This is a book that will be shared reader to reader forever. The honest and inspirational messaging will keep that inner chi flowing!
- Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2017Someone gifted this book to me twenty years ago, and it's still such a special gift. Every once in a while, someone comes along who needs it, and I gift it to them, too. I hope Ms. McMillen knows that her mother's life work is still having an impact, all these years later. My most recent gift of this book was to an executive consulting client...a woman who's had massive success, but needed the soul-level, self-loving perspective this book offers. And every time I give it to someone else, I read it through for myself again. The gift that keeps on giving, indeed.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2021Thoughtful. Add some of your own to stretch yourself! I wrote some of these as affirmations. This is a feel-good book.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2020Simple, profound truths to finally befriend yourself. I believe this is the way to inner peace - making peace with yourself. Who do we push away, reject, snub, criticize and judge that would want to hang around? Yet this is what alot of us do to ourselves. If you want to end the internal battle, this is a good place to begin.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2012A very personal little book that is large in voice and speaks volumes. The journey "in" includes quieting the other voices (judgments, expectations, roles, shoulds, etc.), and allowing your breath and heart beat the chance to coax and nurture your true expression, life desires, and love for yourself to priority. It inspired me to begin my own book of "When I loved myself enough" truths.
I have read and re-read this book 1,000 times over the years. It was a gift (in both senses of the word) to me and I have gifted it numerous times, as well.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013I got this book for myself and in turn have purchased it for several as my friends have gone through difficult times. It's a simple book that was written from the soul.
Update: I have gone back to this book over and over and taken away so much from the simple statements. I'm really thankful this book was published. It makes sense to me that this was the end goal for the author - she shared what she had learned and then went on to other things. Thank you for the book.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2009I have read many books on self esteem (most notable and life-changing among them being everything written by Dr. Nathaniel Branden, especially The Six Pillars of Self Esteem, as an aside). Given the simplicity of this book (82 completions of the title of the book--"If I loved myself enough..."), I wasn't expecting too much, but this book far exceeded my expectations. I decided to copy the most profound sentences--those that personally touched me--in my journal, and I ended up copying over half of the book! Highly recommended.
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sabine bReviewed in France on July 2, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Citations pour remonter le moral
Les citations de ce livre sont toutes inspirantes Ravie de cet achat
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EliziaReviewed in Germany on March 14, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars wunderbar
Format: HardcoverVerified Purchasedieses büchlein sollte pflichtlektüre für alle menschen werden, es erweitert das eigene herz und fut einfach der seele gut. kann es jedem empfehlen
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Dario F.Reviewed in Italy on February 17, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Non lo conosco l’ho comprato per un amico
Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseNon lo conosco l’ho comprato per un amico
- 🙏Reviewed in India on April 18, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars A gift for all daughters ~to comprehend a simple art
An Extraordinary book every mother needs to place in the hands of her young daughter,to teach her the wisdom of loving herself completely,heal the unloved parts of herself....and realize the simplest insight....that first cultivating compassion for ourselves is the way to recognize the compassion towards the World.The only way to let divine compassion and healing flow to the world....you must first master the gift of loving yourself....
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on January 2, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book ever
I have ordered it over and over for friends