A motivational journal with prompts, positive affirmations, inspirational quotes, and age-old wisdom, Affirmations for Self-Love is an invitation to listen to your inner self and be inspired. 

“Lynda Monk and Eric Maisel, a journaling expert and a psychotherapist, are a dream team when it comes to a journal that will help you understand yourself through the kind of inner work we all should do. The prompts and practices herein will send your self-esteem sky high! I will be turning to Affirmations for Self-Love on a daily basis in my journey to self-acceptance.”
—Becca Anderson, author of Badass Affirmations

“This book is a delightful guide to living true to the life you love! I loved reading each quotation and each affirmation, then writing to know myself even better.”
—Joyce Chapman, author, www.joycechapman.com

“This journal with its quotes, affirmations, and prompts is exactly what I need for my clients who struggle with journalling. The fear of not performing hinders their creativity, but this book gives them back a more useable format to take a risk with their inner selves and journal. It is insightful, practical and nurturing.”
—Chris Leischner M.S.W., R.S.W.

“Authors Lynda Monk and Eric Maisel have created a quintessential journal for exploring and increasing the invaluable quality of self-love. While we’ve been told to love others more than ourselves, self-compassion actually enhances our ability to authentically and consistently have compassion for everyone and everything. Affirmations for Self-Love is easy to use, and the benefits to be gained from doing so are greatly needed.”
—Sue Patton Thoele, author of The Courage to Be Yourself and How to Stay Upbeat in a Beat Down World

“The authors of this life-affirming, love-affirming workbook know, as they write, ‘Affirmations are ‘right thoughts’ that produce cognitive health, emotional well-being, and the necessary motivation to achieve our goals and realize our dreams.’ That may sound like a tall order, but the quotes and prompts the authors offer for envisioning ways to take action in our lives to hold the love we must nurture in ourselves make it all seem very possible indeed. And the more we live in love, the more peaceful we become and the more we have to share with others. I feel enriched by the wise quotes the book offers and what I write from the prompts.”
—Sheila Bender, founder of WritingItReal.com

“Strengthening self-love is at the core of this book, and how to accomplish that, through affirmations and journaling, are the keys. The authors offer all the guidance anyone needs to grow in self-love, which means a better life personally, and how to be a better wayshower to all the others one encounters on this journey. This book is a great read! And a true life changer.”
—Karen Casey, PhD, author of Each Day a New Beginning and many others: www.womens-spirituality.com

“For most people, there is a gap between what we know is good and positive and the experience of those qualities. Affirmations for Self-Love is a beautiful, guided journal that fills in that space with actual practice. Every page is a dose of wisdom linked to activity that builds calm, simple, and realistic self-love. Step by step, Affirmations for Self-Love is a path to internal peace, where everything that matters begins.”
—Beth Jacobs, PhD, author of Long Shadows of Practice: Poems, The Original Buddhist Psychology, and Writing for Emotional Balance

“Affirmations for Self-Love: A Motivational Journal with Prompts for Self-Worth, Self-Acceptance, and Positive Self-Talk offers a variety of excellent tools that help the reader cultivate, nurture, and support feelings and thoughts of self-love. The carefully chosen quotes, affirmations, and journal prompts are followed by blank pages, allowing one to explore and foster self-love through writing. This book is a gift to anyone interested in nourishing one’s soul. I highly recommend it.”
—Merle R. Saferstein, author of Living and Leaving My Legacy, Vols. I and II

“This journal is an extraordinary tool that empowers individuals to break free from the shackles of negative self-talk and limiting beliefs. Through its inspiring quotes and thought-provoking writing prompts, it nurtures a profound sense of self-acceptance, encouraging readers to embrace their unique story and potential. It's a must-have for anyone seeking to cultivate a deeper, more loving relationship with themselves.”
—M.J. Fievre, author of Radiant Faith

“Affirmations for Self-Love is the newest collaboration from Lynda Monk and Eric Maisel. Created in a journal format, it offers a multitude of fresh and positive quotations followed by affirmations and journaling prompts. Begin at the beginning of the book or find a topic that you are drawn to; either way will give you a deep sense of personal quietude and positivity. This journal is a must for anyone wanting inspiration and self-confidence.”
—Susan Borkin, PhD, author of Writing to Heal, When Your Heart Speaks, Take Good Notes, and When the Times Get Tough, the Tough Get Journaling

“How good to be guided into writing in love and appreciation of self by two generous and gifted teachers, Lynda Monk and Eric Maisel. The daily quotes, affirmations, and prompts provided in Affirmations for Self-Love gently encourage our words, our words in turn lead us into our own heart’s desire. This journal is a gift to give yourself and those you love.”
—Judy Reeves, author of A Writer’s Book of Days and When Your Heart Says Go

“In their new guided journal, Eric Maisel and Lynda Monk elevate affirmations from wishful thinking to action. This work is a loving invitation for us to read, write, contemplate, digest, and begin. Get their book and start your transformation today!”
—Nita Sweeney, bestselling author of A Daily Dose of Now: 365 Mindfulness Meditation Practices for Living in the Moment

Family therapist Eric Maisel is the author of 50+ books and America’s foremost creativity coach. His books include Redesign Your Mind; Why Smart People Hurt; and the edited volumes Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists, and Clients (Routledge) and The Great Book of Journaling (Conari), both with Lynda Monk. His successful “blank books with quotes” include Artists Speak (Harper San Francisco, 20,000+ copies sold) and Writers and Artists on Love and Writers and Artists on Devotion (New World Library, 20,000+ copies sold). He writes the “Rethinking Mental Health” blog for Psychology Today, with 3,000,000+ views, and presents webinars, keynotes, and workshops nationally and internationally.  Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW, CPCC is a Registered Social Worker, a Writing for Wellness Coach, and the Director of the International Association for Journal Writing, IAJW.org. She leads a global creative community especially for journal writers with members from countries around the world.  Lynda is co-editor, with Eric Maisel, of two books, including Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists, and Clients: A Complete Guide to the Benefits of Personal Writing and The Great Book of Journaling: How Journal Writing Can Support a Life of Wellness, Creativity, Meaning and Purpose. She is the co-author of Writing Alone Together: Journaling in a Circle of Women for Creativity, Compassion and Connection. She developed Life Source Writing: A 5-Step Journaling Method for Self-Discovery, Self-Care, Wellness and Creativity. Lynda regularly teaches, writes, and speaks on the healing and transformational power of journaling and expressive writing. She is currently writing a memoir called Adopting Love: An Adoptee’s Journey with Finding Her Birth Mother and Losing Both Her Parents to Alzheimer’s. Lynda lives with her family on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. She has discovered the voice of her own heart's wisdom in the pages of her journal for over 40 years.