Online Resources
- Steps to Improve Self-EsteemTips from a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to improve your self worth.
- Healthy vs Unhealthy RelationshipsResource from University of Washington on how to tell if you're in a healthy or unhealthy relationship, and what to do if your relationship is unhealthy.
Books in Fitzgerald Library
The Gifts of Imperfection by Call Number: Lower Level 158 B87ISBN: 9781592858491Publication Date: 2010-08-27The author, a leading expert on shame, authenticity, and belonging, shares ten guideposts on the power of wholehearted living--a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.
Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation by Call Number: Lower Level 152.41 I29ISBN: 9780745661520Publication Date: 2012-06-05The purpose of this book is to change the way we think about modern relationships. The problem is not dysfunctional childhoods or insufficiently self-aware psyches, but rather the institutional forces shaping how we love.
Academic Articles
- Self-Knowledge and Self-LoveIn this article from Ethical Theory & Moral Practice, the author argues that self-love is necessary to true self-knowledge.