Compassionate self-help book about how to treat yourself with both grace and truth.
The book is written from the Christian standpoint, but it is not preachy and non-believer can read it too without feeling influenced by this standpoint.

I recognize the deep truth that one can be the worst enemy to themselves, to treat themselves more harshly and untruthfully that the real enemy would. And also that we are precious, created by God Himself and we have been given the stewardship of us (our body, mind and soul) by Him, too.
But it is very hard to really do that, to treat ourselved like that, in real life. And how we treat ourselves vcan (and will) affect the other areas of our lives, too.
Simple truths? Yes. everybody knows them? Yes? Do we behave like that? No.

Ms Fredrickson gently points these truths and offers a lot of in-depth, well-explained information about the nature and consequences inner/learned attitudes and the tips to self-soothing procedures.
I, coming from the cultural background where the honest (which sometimes means honest without any grace) approach is considered the part of the culture, have been a bit discouraged first - by the supposed "too much sweetness". I say "supposed" - because I came to understood that the authoress does not mrean to skip out the truth - but to treat ourselves gracefully while realizing/admitting the truth and acting on it graciously to both us and the other persons related (if there are any).
And I quite like that. I need to incorporate this attitude more.
And I can well use some of the offered practices, too.

I find this book being complementary to another wonderful self-help book I have read recently: "F*ck Feelings: One Shrink's Practical Advice for Managing All Life's Impossible Problems" (non-Christian and quite to-your-face book, but very beneficial when leaving out all the (truly innecessary) cussing).

This book well promotes the gentleness and the value of every person - and this person should be us, too, as we walk with ourselves daily every day and truly, we are the only one person we are responsible for.

Recommended read.