Self Love What They Forget to Tell You

Nearly half of Canadians would not describe their mental health as excellent or very good. Across Trinidad & Tobago and the wider Caribbean, many more are quietly carrying the same weight, often taught from childhood to put everyone else first and keep their own struggles to themselves.Most of us learn early how to take care of other people. We become the parent, the partner, the employee, the caregiver, the peacemaker, and the one everyone else leans on. Somewhere along the way, the relationship we have with ourselves gets pushed to the bottom of the list, until we can't remember what we actually want, or why we feel so tired, or when we stopped liking the person in the mirror.No one teaches you how to love yourself without feeling selfish. No one explains the difference between self-love and narcissism, how to quiet the critic in your own head, how to keep a promise to yourself, or what to do when the life you built around everyone else suddenly asks, "e;Now what?"e; That's what they forget to tell you.Written from both lived experience and more than thirty years as a mental health professional, Selflove: What They Forget To Tell You is an honest, practical, and often funny guide to finding your way back to yourself. With real tools, journaling prompts, and stories from both sides of the therapy room, it's for anyone who has given so much to others that they forgot to save some for themselves....and here begins my story.