What does it mean to be kind to yourself or "love yourself"? People say you should do it, but how? A list of prototypical acts of self-soothing might help define what people mean by self-love: Take a ...

Scientists have a problem studying self-love. Research abounds on self-compassion, self-esteem, self-care, and even unconditional positive self-regard. Scholars have published definitions of these ...

Love of self is not a new concern. Granted, we now have sprawling popular literatures on self-love, self-esteem, and related concepts, most of which are of fairly recent vintage. During the entire ...

DEFINITION: A regard for one’s own well-being and happiness. It involves an appreciation of one’s worth and the practice of ...

Self-love might as well be a misnomer, as its positive ripple effects radiate to the social, romantic as well as familial aspects of your life. In a society that often promotes self-criticism and ...

Extolled by politicians and pop stars alike, it seems like everyone is talking about self-love these days. In a Vogue make-up tutorial, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains that loving yourself is “the ...

I have spent years pondering the idea of self-love, only for it to elude me repeatedly, having never found the language that could hold it. The term feels familiar, yet foreign, born of a Western way ...

Until now, I’ve never been a fan of the words, “self-love.” They’ve always seemed indulgent and totally individualistic. And in the past decade, I’ve unfairly associated “self-love” with “Give Us Your ...