How to Love Better The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth Kindness & Compassion

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 other people."

Love enters our lives in many forms: friends, family, intimate partners. But all of these relationships are defined 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 each other better, Yung Pueblo assures us that we can transform and meet each other with compassion instead of judgment.

In How to Love Better, Yung Pueblo examines all aspects of a relationship, from the rose-colored first 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 all his teachings. Ego and attachment can become barriers in a relationship, so the more self-aware you become, the more you can support your partner and yourself.

Yung Pueblo's understandings 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 your relationships.

“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

Yung Pueblo is the pen name of the writer Diego Perez and means “young people.” The name is meant to convey that humanity is entering an era of remarkable growth and healing, when many will expand their self-awareness and release old burdens. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lighter and the Inward Trilogy. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife Sara.