the Self-Love You Were Never Taught: Rest, Boundaries, and Courage to Care for Yourself Too

Many women have been taught how to be loving, dependable, resilient, and strong-but not how to include themselves in the care they give so freely to others.If rest makes you feel guilty, boundaries feel uncomfortable, or asking for support feels like weakness, this book helps you understand why.The Self-Love You Were Never Taught is not about performative wellness or shallow self-care routines. It is a practical and reflective guide to the deeper work of self-awareness, self-compassion, emotional regulation, boundaries, and sustainable care.Through honest insight, relatable stories, and faith-informed reflection, therapist Shameka Dixon, PLPC helps women examine the patterns that make self-care difficult and offers a new framework rooted in alignment rather than survival.Inside, you'll learn how to: - Recognize inherited patterns of overgiving and depletion- Redefine strength in ways that include limits- Practice boundaries without guilt- Reclaim rest as restoration, not weakness- Ask for support without shame- Build self-care as an ongoing practice, not a crisis responseThis is not a book about becoming someone new.It is about learning to care for yourself with the same seriousness you use to care for everyone else.Because self-care is not optional. And neither are you.