Why Self-Love Is Making Us Lonely | Time - TIME
E xtolled by politicians and pop stars alike, it seems like everyone is talking about self-love these days. In a Vogue make-up tutorial, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains that loving yourself is "the one foundation of everything." Nicole LaPera, the clinical psychologist behind the popular Instagram account, @theholisticpsychologist, tells her 6.4 million followers, "Self-love is our natural state." And in her most recent chart-topping hit, "Flowers," Miley Cyrus sings proudly, "I can love me better than you can." Self-love has become the core tenant of modern wellness culture, with the promise that what follows self-love is good health and freedom. In her book, The Self-Love Experiment , author Sharon Kaiser claims, "Whether you want to achieve weight loss, land your dream job, find your soulmate, or get out of debt, it all comes back to self-love and accepting yourself first." ...