Self-Acceptance Project: How to Be Kind and Compassionate Toward Yourself in Any Situation Each of the 19 authors in this collection—a psychotherapist, a poet, an astrophysicist, a molecular biologist, a student of Buddhism, a hospice nurse, to name a few—struggles with self-acceptance just like the rest of us. Each has experienced a sense of inadequacy throughout the travails of being a person, including depression, chronic illness, body dysmorphia, and interpersonal conflict. Why is it so hard to love ourselves as we are?
