9When you speak to yourself, do you use words of love and kindness? Or does your self-talk sound judgmental and cruel - bringing you down like a leak in a tire? Speaking to yourself with Love: Transform Your Self-Talk by Maryse Cardin is a roadmap to bringing more compassion, kindness and love into your life. Learn why self-talk is so important to our relationships - both at home and at work. Discover what a powerful force our self-talk is in charting the direction of our lives. Gain the skills you need to slow down and listen to your self talk and change your inner conversation. If you are ready to transform your inner conversation and change your life, this book is for you. Speaking to Yourself with Love: Transform Your Self-Talk is filled with personal stories of how Maryse changed her own inner speech. She went from being cruel and critical of herself to being kind, understanding, loving, and compassionate, and to standing by herself like a good friend does. Years ago, Maryse made a life-changing decision to stop self-bashing. She then embarked on years of studying self-talk, attending workshops, conducting university research and interviews, meditation, self-care, and work with top teachers and therapists, until she transformed her inner speech. She shares all her insights, secrets and the tools she developed for herself, and for her workshops and university classes. Her intention is to shed light on how to choose a different way to speak to yourself. You'll learn: -How to start speaking to yourself like a real best friend would. -How to give meaning to your own life with the words you choose to say to yourself. -How to speak the truth to yourself. -How to give yourself protection from your inner bully -How to comfort yourself in times of need and hold your own hand. -Self-talk for healing and self-care. -Listen to your deepest most inner voice for wisdom and guidance. This unique book also contains the inspirational stories of 12 women who are using their self-talk to create their right lives. Read about how: -Jacky taps into traditional African wisdom and dance to tell herself the truth, and to stand stronger. -Martine uses her self-talk to feel more courageous and follow what her soul calls her to do - like ride a Harley on the open road -Maggie's life completely changed when she started telling herself loving and positive words. She is now a successful entrepreneur and mother of five boys. -Trilby brings humor and levity to her self-talk to deal with life's most difficult challenges. Each chapter includes real life stories, self-talk information, and explorations to help you transform your self-talk. Chapter 1: There's only love, only love, only, only love or choose words of love and compassion Chapter 2: You've got a friend in me or choose words of kindness Chapter 3: It's my life and I get to decide what it means or choose words of meaning Chapter 4: I am more important than my problems or choose words of self-worthChapter 5: Tell yourself the truth even when you don't want it to be true or choose words of truth and acceptanceChapter 6: Saddle up even if you are scared or choose words of courageChapter 7: Secure your own oxygen mask first or choose words of healing and self-careChapter 8: Be your own lighthouse or choose words of guidanceChapter 9: Keep yourself safe even from your own self or choose words of protectionChapter 10: When in doubt, take a nap or choose words of calm and relaxationChapter 11: Lighten up baby or choose words of levity and humorChapter 12: I can hear you or choose words that show you are listening. Here's what a reader like you said about the book: "Self-talk is so powerful it can literally change your life for better or worse. Isn't it a blessing that, as Maryse writes, we get to choose what kind of self-talk we wish to create our lives with; and she makes it easy to learn how "