An updated, commercially-viable version of the definitive book on self-esteem for the LGBT community. This groundbreaking book sets out to explore the cultural underpinnings of problems of low self-esteem. Through thoughtful discussion of negative messages from family, religious and social institutions, Dr Hardin provides a starting point for determining how self-esteem affects one's life!

Loving Ourselves is designed to help gays and lesbians from all backgrounds, upbringings and levels of professional and personal success with the ongoing process of healing past wounds, coping with the present and planning for the future.

Part One and Two teach readers to recognize the old distorted messages, and current negative messages that society feeds them, as a start to stop the influence of these messages. But as blocking negative messages is only a part of building self-esteem, Part Three teaches readers to expand the way they view themselves, their true selves. Specific exercises throughout help readers understand the concepts and apply them to their own situations.

248 pages

Dr Kimeron Hardin is a licensed clinical psychologist and he lives in San Francisco.