How many people are walking through the world convinced that they have to settle?

How many people are being treated like crap because they think their looks, their size, their gender identity, their disability, their race or their scars limits their dating pool?

How fun would it be to be single without questioning your loveability, to date without taking rejection personally, and to have sex without hating your body?

Nearly every question life coach Michelle Elman is asked relates to one subject: dating. Fielding questions about how to compose texts, how to lay out boundaries, how to actually enjoy the process of dating instead of seeing apps as a hellscape, Michelle has become a dating guru - combining her expertise in boundaries and body positivity to help you to become as confident as she is.

The Selfish Romantic will show you how to date without feeling bad about yourself. So many dating books follow the same template of how to make yourself more attractive, how to make someone love you, how to get into a long-term relationship and stay there. But the dating landscape has changed, and we need a new dating bible that shares practical, honest, expert advice that will empower you to enjoy dating.