“The thing I needed to climb up out of, first and foremost, was the self hatred and find the self love,” Mary told Bevy. She credited a T.D. Jakes sermon with shifting her entire perspective, ...

“You have to love yourself before you can love anyone else” is a staple of pop psychology. It is a feel-good mantra that’s repeated in self-help books, pop culture, and endless internet memes. The ...

Scientists have a problem studying self-love. Research abounds on self-compassion, self-esteem, self-care, and even unconditional positive self-regard. Scholars have published definitions of these ...

College is an extremely comparative time in our lives, from grades to internships to looks, and it can be easy to get lost in the constant comparisons. While it can be difficult to overcome these ...

It’s become commonplace to proclaim that truly loving another depends on first loving yourself. But just how warranted is this maxim? Is it supported by science or academic research? Or is it little ...

“Self-love is not personal, it’s political”—These Black-owned brands remind us that choosing ourselves is a political act. September is Self-Care Awareness Month, and I’ve been thinking about how much ...

We might have moments when we look in the mirror and feel like something needs to change, not just on the outside, but within ...

Love Is Blind UK returns to Netflix on August 13. For those who haven’t seen it, the show describes itself as a “social experiment” in which single men and women look for love and some get engaged—all ...

Jaime King is approaching engagement and love in a different way. The 46-year old actress recently revealed that the ...