How to Be Selfish
Book • 2025
Suzy Reading's How to Be Selfish reframes the stigma around selfishness by teaching readers to reclaim their right to self-care, self-advocacy, and healthy boundaries.
Drawing on psychology, somatic therapy, and neuroscience, Reading outlines practical steps to reconnect with bodily signals, resist toxic messaging about resilience, and ask for needed support.
The book normalises emotions, challenges cultural conditioning that shames needs, and provides simple practices to tune into and meet one's needs.
It emphasizes that replenishment benefits both the individual and their relationships, and that honoring self does not equate to exploiting others.
The work aims to help readers become more present, resourced, and able to give and receive love, care, trust, and respect.
Drawing on psychology, somatic therapy, and neuroscience, Reading outlines practical steps to reconnect with bodily signals, resist toxic messaging about resilience, and ask for needed support.
The book normalises emotions, challenges cultural conditioning that shames needs, and provides simple practices to tune into and meet one's needs.
It emphasizes that replenishment benefits both the individual and their relationships, and that honoring self does not equate to exploiting others.
The work aims to help readers become more present, resourced, and able to give and receive love, care, trust, and respect.
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Ep. 308: How to Be Selfish: Reclaiming the Right to Self with Suzy Reading
