The Art of Extreme Self-Care: 12 Practical and Inspiring Ways to Love Yourself More

Just didn't work for me. This is the first self help book I've read, so I was desperately wanting to pay attention and love it. I found it very long winded and difficult to get into and that's because alot of time was spent on the author's marriage, job, her morning and evening routine. I tried to embrace the Karate Kid mindset of wax on wax off... Hoping eventually this material would lead to something that would help me. But I guess I got bored in between and missed the lesson or the thread. There are monthly exercises e.g say "I love you" when you see your reflection and try saying no more etc... I found it very easy to put the book down for a month and then forget about it the next month and eventually all together. I will try again at some point possibly after trying other books first. Maybe i can't connect to her style of writing and others will. But it felt like a stranger showing you 300+ holiday pictures of themselves with a different scenery in the background, over and over again. I really wanted to say 'this book changed my life' but that's not the case at all.

This book is a brilliant tool for anyone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/M.E or Fibromyalgia. It re-inforces the importance of putting ourselves first in order to get our needs met both emotionally and physically. We can take small steps at first and make small changes in our lives that have big impacts on symptom reduction.I recommend this book to all my clients.

I have sent this book to family and friends, it's transformational and reminds us of what we need to do to stay balanced, healthy and happy.

One of the best books I've read on self care and self awareness. Simple and easy to read.

Well worth buying because there are some ideas in this book that will stay with me from now on.Extreme self care may sound like common sense, but everyone and everything else in life seems to take over.Many ideas struck a chord with me (and a few did not)