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The Selfish Romantic

How to date without feeling bad about yourself
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"Carefully researched, incredibly relatable and filled with firm yet compassionate advice." Megan Jayne Crabbe, author of Body Positive Power If you've ever felt you didn't deserve love, think again. Life coach Michelle Elman is here to show you how to make the most of dating while... Read More
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Combining Michelle's expertise in boundaries and body positivity, this is your guide to navigating the modern dating landscape.

Combining Michelle's expertise in boundaries and body positivity, this is your guide to navigating the modern dating landscape.

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"Carefully researched, incredibly relatable and filled with firm yet compassionate advice." Megan Jayne Crabbe, author of Body Positive Power

If you've ever felt you didn't deserve love, think again.

Life coach Michelle Elman is here to show you how to make the most of dating while staying true to your authentic self. Combining expertise in body positivity from the Queen of Boundaries along with practical tips and real-life scenarios, The Selfish Romantic will revolutionise your mindset and empower your love life like never before.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781802796605

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 January 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 192.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Michelle Elman is a five-board accredited life coach, broadcaster and public speaker. Named as one of the Sun's most inspirational women in the UK, Michelle quickly established herself as the Queen of Boundaries. With a following of over 500,000, Michelle is a media favourite - celebrated by the likes of Stylist, Glamour and Grazia. ITV daytime, BBC, the Telegraph and Guardian have shared Michelle's wisdom, and with appearances on The Today Show, Teen Vogue, E! News and MTV, it's no surprise her message has gone global. With two best-selling books that changed the landscape of mental health literary genre, Michelle's third release in 2023 will again break the mould in the best of ways. Cosmopolitan said best by praising her most recent The Joy of Being Selfish (Welbeck January 2021) as one of the best books on mental health that everyone should read.

You can find her at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.

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