Why do we struggle to love ourselves? What does it mean to be truly good to ourselves? Have we been so disoriented by the messages we regularly receive from those around us and from our society and culture that we don't really know what loving our self looks and feels like? It's impossible to be the person everyone expects us to be. Still we make huge efforts and spend our resources to be someone we cannot be. We can try to convince ourselves that this is the way it is and has to be, but it's not. Tired of all the masks and games? Maybe you need to take time to discover who you truly are and what your very precious life is all about. It begins with a searching and honest look at your self. The person you will find underneath all the distortions is both good and loveable. This is the person you are invited to embrace and to care for. Through these pages, enter the too frequently unexplored territory between self-neglect and self-indulgence. Using the format of retreat conferences, the author blends together: personal stories, scriptural reflections, experientially sourced wisdom and a touch of humor to carefully bring to light and examine the possibilities and parameters of self-love. As You Love Your Self presents a compelling argument for why we need to start with love of self and why we cannot stay there. Authentic self-love is meant to free us to be able to wholeheartedly give the wonderful gift of our selves in love to others. Follow Tim Buckley as he recounts his journey from broken and wounded beginnings toward embracing and celebrating himself with love. This is our story, the human story--the story of hurt, faith, courage and grace--rooted in love and destined for love.