Your Body Never Meant You Any Harm

“Your Body Never Meant You Any Harm is a profoundly healing book. It guides readers to transform their sometimes painful and conflicted relationship with their bodies through the power of self-compassion and forgiveness. With warmth, clarity, and wisdom, it shows that the body is not the enemy—it’s a loyal ally that has been trying to protect us all along. In doing so, it offers a path to genuine wholeness and freedom.”
—Kristin Neff, PhD, author of Self-Compassion and Fierce Self-Compassion

“This book is a compassionate companion for any woman learning to come home to herself. Dr. Saffi Biasetti writes with the warmth of a wise teacher and the precision of someone who has both lived and lovingly facilitated the process of coming home to your body. Rooted in self-compassion research and somatic practice, this book offers gentle guidance for anyone ready to be led back home to their body.”
— Ailey Jolie, MCP, MA, somatic psychologist

“This is a book about coming home. Coming home to yourself and coming home to the wisdom deep within your flesh. In a world full of rupture, the pages within provide essential guidance to mend the mind and body split while providing insightful care on the path to healing and self-love.”
—Tias Little, MA, author of Yoga of the Subtle Body

“This book is guaranteed to change how you relate to your body. It is intuitive and informed, wise and compassionate—the culmination of Dr. Saffi Biasetti’s years of commitment to understanding the complicated relationship we have with our bodies. She gently guides the reader through ten stages on the path to body forgiveness. Every word is carefully chosen to help us remember the compassionate relationship we had with our bodies when we were born. Get ready to be touched, moved, and uplifted by what you read.”
—Christopher Germer, PhD, author of Self-Compassion for Shame

“This book outlines a lovely path to developing a relationship with your body and heal from societal messages as well as personal experiences and patterns of disconnection. Designed particularly for women who struggle with body connection and/or disordered eating, Dr. Saffi Biasetti draws on her personal journey and her professional expertise, guiding the reader with compassionate encouragement to explore the promise of an embodied life.”
—Cynthia Price, PhD, MA, LMT, director of the Center for Mindful Body Awareness

“This book gets under the skin of the relationship we all have with our bodies. It is a deep dive into the subtleties of our amazing ability to communicate through our cells. It is full of hope, as it guides us through the possibilities of a forgiving and compassionate relationship with ourself. Dr. Saffi Biasetti takes our hand in hers on the healing path to a more rich, joyful and profound life. I highly recommend this book as a reminder of the possibility of living in love and at peace with your precious, unique body.”
—Galia Tyano Ronen, LCP, coeditor and coauthor of Grounding Psychotherapy in Self-Compassion

“In Your Body Never Meant You Any Harm, Dr. Saffi Biasetti serves as a steady and insightful guide through terrain that is both intimate and universal. With depth and compassion, she offers a thoughtfully constructed map for reconnecting with the body as a source of insight rather than conflict. Through poignant stories and gently unfolding practices, abstract ideals such as self-compassion and forgiveness become embodied, lived realities. This book restores the body to its rightful place—not as an adversary to be managed, but as a loving companion, sacred teacher, and enduring source of healing.”
—Patty Hlava, PhD, professor and lead core faculty of the PhD and MATP programs at Sofia
University

“There is real relief in these pages—the sense of being understood rather than corrected. Dr. Saffi Biasetti offers a steady, compassionate invitation back into a relationship with the body, making it feel natural to remember that it was never the problem to begin with.”
—Stefanie Michele, occupational therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and certified intuitive eating counselor