Time to Come Home: Sowing the Seeds of Self-Love for Lasting Happiness

A heartfelt review of Time to Come Home by Damini Grover, a guide to self-love, emotional healing, and personal growth through reflection and practical exercises.

on Mar 29, 2025

Self-love has become an abstract luxury rather than the absolute foundation of happiness. In "Time to Come Home: Sowing the Seeds of Self-Love for Lasting Happiness", Damini Grover expertly punctures this myth, presenting readers with a tender manual for embracing self-worth and emotional health.

Grover, a professional life coach and counselling psychologist who has spent a lot of time in the business, uses personal experience and professionalism to illuminate those deepest beliefs holding individuals back from loving themselves fully. She tackles the psychological defence mechanisms that shield people from becoming self-loving, so the book is not so much a theory but a lived experience. The book is readable, reflective, and deeply moving, especially for those who experience self-doubt and emotional disconnection.

The most compelling aspect of "Time to Come Home" is its directness and relatability. Grover writes with empathy, ensuring that readers feel understood and nurtured rather than judged. The book moves in a way that quietly pushes readers towards self-discovery, from being capable of recognizing emotional hollowness to actually taking back control of their own happiness. The reflective questions and exercises sprinkled throughout the book are useful tools, helping readers bring observations into actual practice as self-care.

Grover's extensive experience in the field of mental health shines through in her presentation. By redefining the common myth that self-love equals hedonism, she emphasizes how it can be used to help bring about healthier relationships, improved mental health, and an improved life. Her credibility is offset by her friendly and informal writing style, making complex psychological concepts understandable and easy to implement.

For anyone who is undertaking a path of self-discovery, "Time to Come Home" is a must-read. Whether you need to break patterns of self-destruction or you just want to increase your self-compassion, this book is an indispensable resource. Damini Grover's work is a testament to the life-transforming potential of self-love, and this book is a required entry into the modern self-help genre.