Love, Don't Suppress: How to Deal with Uncomfortable Emotions

Self-doubt, reproaches, anxiety—these are the main companions of excessive self-criticism. Conquer them together with an audiobook by a well-known gestalt therapist! In it, you’ll find not only extensive theory, but also more than sixty psychological exercises to achieve results.

You can’t love without suppressing—how do you place a comma in the right spot when facing strong experiences and the next attack of your inner critic?

If you’re ashamed, you can shame yourself back. If you feel guilty, take it all upon yourself without trial or paperwork. If you’re afraid, scare yourself even more. And if anger rises, it’s important to hold it and redirect it back at yourself.

Reproaches, nitpicking, lack of confidence, doubts, and anxiety—these are the faithful and eternal companions of self-attack.

In the book “Don’t Go Killing with Love” (Love can’t be called suppression), gestalt therapist Anna Ivanyutenko explores the phenomenon of interacting with oneself in such a way, discovers its causes in childhood and its consequences in adulthood. She suggests not giving up the inner critic, but making peace with it—replacing self-aggression with a more compassionate attitude toward yourself.

In the book, you’ll find not only detailed descriptions of these phenomena and life examples-illustrations, but also more than sixty psychological exercises-practices aimed at turning the inner critic into an assistant and aggression into creative energy.