Poet and philosopher Yung Pueblo explains the key to maintaining healthy, happy relationships: loving ourselves, embracing self-awareness, and honing our ability to change and grow.

Loving relationships are not always easy. They require work, attention, and care, often when we are already exhausted by our own busy lives.

We often separate our feelings about ourselves from how we feel about others, but what if the love we felt for our partners was directly influenced by the love we show (or fail to show) to ourselves?

In his 2025 book, How To Love Better, bestselling author and poet Yung Pueblo dissects how our capacity for self-love directly impacts how we approach relationships with others.

Examining honesty, trust, vulnerability, and conflict, Pueblo shows us that the journey to a successful relationship starts with examining ourselves.