The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness and Compassion

How To Love Better

This book is a beautiful offering from the heart, to the heart. I read through it in one quiet sitting, feeling its wisdom fill my spirit with hope that – after all the difficulties that relationships can bring – love (when blended with grace) can and will prevail.

Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love

I am a huge fan of Yung Pueblo. He has a unique ability to offer the perfect words to capture the feelings, insights and lessons we need to feel, see and hear. How to Love Better is no exception. In it, Yung Pueblo holds a mirror to the relationships we have and offers clear directions to the relationships we desire. I’m so glad this book exists!

Simon Sinek, New York Times bestselling author of The Infinite Game and host of the podcast A Bit of Optimism

Get ready to underline and highlight so many pages of this beautiful book. In the time we are living in today, we are all on a growth journey. I always say the hardest part is showing up. Yung Pueblo serves as an unpretentious and pertinent guide for how to participate compassionately in your own growth, lean into your healing era and set yourself up to be of service to others.

Adriene Mishler, creator of Yoga with Adriene, artist and actor

How to Love Better is destined to change your life. Yung Pueblo is determined to help us understand that true love starts within. A lot of us are looking outside of ourselves for our happily ever after. But this book reminds us that happiness is not the goal; peace is.

Lena Waithe, Emmy Award–winning writer, producer and actor

Each of us must understand our own needs and our wants to build a healthy, loving relationship. Yung Pueblo challenges us to grow separately and alongside our partners. How to Love Better, with its focus on our individual healing and shared contributions in relationships, along with Yung Pueblo’s vulnerability in sharing his own story, is the guide we need as we navigate life and love.

Jillian Turecki, author of It Begins with You and host of the podcast Jillian on Love

In a world that often pulls us outward, How to Love Better reminds us to journey within. I used to see solitude as isolating, but now I understand it as a powerful form of self-discovery. In this transformative book, Yung Pueblo guides readers to understand that deep, authentic connections start from cultivating a loving relationship with oneself. This book speaks to the courage of self-love as the foundation of all relationships.

Tia Mowry, actor and author of the Whole New You

Diego Perez is a #1 New York Times bestselling author widely known by his pen name, Yung Pueblo. He has sold nearly 2 million books worldwide that have been translated into over 25 languages. Named a Time100 Creator, online, he has an audience of over 4 million people. He cofounded Wisdom Ventures, an investment fund focused on scaling compassion. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, Sara.

'YUNG PUEBLO IS THE REAL DEAL - A MODERN SAGE AND GUIDING LIGHT' - VEX KING 
 
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lighter offers a blueprint for deepening your compassion, kindness and gratitude so you can truly grow in harmony with another person and build stronger connections in all your relationships. 
 
'Personal transformation that is grounded in self-love and has greater inner peace as the goal will naturally teach you how to love better. Seeing yourself clearly opens the door to compassion for yourself and for other people.' 
 
Love enters our lives in many forms: friends, family, intimate partners. But all of these relationships are deeply influenced by the love we have for ourselves. If we see our relationships as opportunities to be fully present in our healing and learn to love one another better, then, Yung Pueblo assures us, we can transform and meet one another with compassion instead of judgment. 
 
In How to Love Better, Yung Pueblo examines all aspects of relationships, from the rose-coloured early days when you may be hesitant to show your full self, to the challenges that can arise without clear communication, to dealing with heartbreak and healing as you close a chapter of your life. The power of looking inward remains at the core of Yung Pueblo’s teachings. Ego and attachment can become barriers in a relationship, so the more self-aware you become, the more you can support both your partner and yourself. 
 
Yung Pueblo’s insights on embracing change, building a foundation of honesty, and learning to listen selflessly will resonate regardless of where you are in your healing journey. And his unique combination of poetry, personal experience and thoughtful advice will help you grow and strengthen all of your relationships.

Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand The Future

Lighter

'This is a book everyone must read, many times over' VEX KING 
 
A radically compassionate plan for turning inward and lifting the heaviness that prevents us from healing ourselves and the world, from the New York Times bestselling author of Clarity & Connection 
 
"During the years when I had abandoned myself, my mind felt undeniably heavy. I knew I needed to find a clear way to help me feel lighter." 
 
yung pueblo's path to deep healing began only after years of drug abuse had taken a toll on his body and soul. Searching for a way forward, he discovered that by facing his anxieties and fears, trusting his intuition and focusing on meditation he felt mentally lighter and finally at home in his heart and mind. 
 
In Lighter, yung pueblo reveals how we can all move forward in our healing, from learning self-compassion and letting go to becoming emotionally mature. This is a transformative guide to making our actions become more intentional, our decisions more compassionate, our thinking clearer and our future much brighter.

Yung Pueblo is the real deal - a modern sage and guiding light. In his new book, he beautifully illustrates how finding harmony within is the key to creating a progressive society built on compassion, clarity and understanding. This is a book everyone must read, many times over

Vex King, Sunday Times bestselling author of Good Vibes, Good Life and Healing is the New High

A rare and insightful journey into the author's own healing jour­ney will inspire you to let go of the past and find a lighter path forward. As always, Yung Pueblo speaks truth in such an eloquent way. This book is a true gem.

Sheleana Aiyana, author of Becoming the One

yung pueblo teaches how to heal with compassion as the driving force. Lighter is an empathetic and wise book that will guide you on a journey toward a deeper understanding of self and help you make impactful changes within and in the world

Nedra Glover Tawwab, New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace

A beautiful encouragement for tending your own heart: for learning and healing, for finding well-being and being part of the solution for all you care about

Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

yung pueblo offers insights into daily practices and choices that can remove the burdens of habitual reaction to reveal the freedom of wise reflection. In Lighter, we see that knowing the mind can transform a person, and also transform society

Yung Pueblo

Yung Pueblo has a remarkable way of writing exactly what you need to hear. Yet this book does something more: It invites you into the conversation.

MEL ROBBINS, New York Times bestselling author of The Let Them Theory

The Year That Changes Everything: 365 Daily Reflections to Build Self-Awareness and Inner Peace

A year-long guide to awareness, reflection, and personal growth with deep intention from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Time 100 Creator, meditator and modern poet Yung Pueblo, one of today’s brightest lights in self-healing and compassion. 
 
Yung Pueblo’s Journey is just that – a uniquely accessible and actionable inspirational journey filled with words that heal and wisdom that lasts. 
 
Healing is not a destination: it’s a practice. The greatest change comes from within you. To transform your life, you must go on an inward journey to uncover two of the greatest prizes a human being can have: self-awareness and inner peace. Both self-awareness and inner peace emerge from a deep state of balance. This same balance is remarkably expressed in the visible world by the four major elements: 
 
Fire: the element of ambition, transformation, energy and understanding boundaries. 
 
Air: the element of motion, freedom, emotional intelligence and skillfulness. 
 
Earth: the element of stability, self-care, steadiness and nourishment. 
 
Water: the element of cohesion, letting go, generosity, adaptability and relationships. 
 
May Journey lead you to transformation, clarity and peace. May your growth bring you unexpected good fortune, unforgettable joy and loyal friends who wish for your success. May this be the start of a new era of flourishing in your life.

Yung Pueblo

Praise for Journey

Yung Pueblo has a remarkable way of writing exactly what you need to hear. Yet this book does something more: It invites you into the conversation.

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