The Self-Love You Were Never Taught: Rest, Boundaries, and the Courage to Care for Yourself Too, (Paperback)

<p>Many women have been taught how to be loving, dependable, resilient, and strong-but not how to include themselves in the care they give so freely to others.</p><p>If rest makes you feel guilty, boundaries feel uncomfortable, or asking for support feels like weakness, this book helps you understand why.</p><p><i>The Self-Love You Were Never Taught</i> is not about performative wellness or shallow self-care routines. It is a practical and reflective guide to the deeper work of self-awareness, self-compassion, emotional regulation, boundaries, and sustainable care.</p><p>Through honest insight, relatable stories, and faith-informed reflection, therapist Shameka Dixon, PLPC helps women examine the patterns that make self-care difficult and offers a new framework rooted in alignment rather than survival.</p><p>Inside, you'll learn how to: </p><ul><li><p>Recognize inherited patterns of overgiving and depletion</p></li><li><p>Redefine strength in ways that include limits</p></li><li><p>Practice boundaries without guilt</p></li><li><p>Reclaim rest as restoration, not weakness</p></li><li><p>Ask for support without shame</p></li><li><p>Build self-care as an ongoing practice, not a crisis response</p></li></ul><p>This is not a book about becoming someone new.</p><p>It is about learning to care for yourself with the same seriousness you use to care for everyone else.</p><p>Because self-care is not optional.<br>And neither are you.</p>

• The Self-Love You Were Never Taught: Rest, Boundaries, and the Courage to Care for Yourself Too, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798259126138
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-04-28
• Page Count: 82