Be Not Afraid of Love Audiobook By Mimi Zhu cover art

Be Not Afraid of Love

Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

Be Not Afraid of Love

By: Mimi Zhu
Narrated by: Mimi Zhu
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $15.75

Buy for $15.75

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

“Radical and revolutionary.”—Jonny Sun, New York Times bestselling author of Goodbye, Again

A collection of powerful interconnected essays and affirmations that follow Mimi Zhu’s journey toward embodying and re-learning love after a violent romantic relationship, a stunning and provocative book that will guide and inspire listeners to lean into love with softness

In their early twenties, Mimi Zhu was a survivor of intimate-partner abuse. This left them broken, in search of healing and ways to re-learn love. This work is a testament to the strength and adaptability all humans possess, a tribute to love. Be Not Afraid of Love explores the intersections of love and fear in self-esteem, friendship, family dynamics, and romantic relationships, and extends out to its effects on society and the greater political realm. In sharing their own intimate encounters with oppression, healing, joy, and community, Mimi invites listeners to reflect deeply on their own experiences as well, with the intention of acting as a guide to undoing the hurt or uncertainty within them. In this heartrending and revolutionary book, Mimi reminds us, be not afraid of love.

©2022 Mimi Zhu (P)2022 Penguin Audio Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Self-Esteem Health
Vulnerable Storytelling • Healing Journey • Comforting Wisdom • Relatable Experiences • Tender Narrative
Highly rated for:
All stars
Most relevant  
it’s been a long time since i’ve loved a book the way i love this beautiful work. mimi shares their story with refreshing tenderness and clarity. this book came to me exactly when i needed it and has brought me great comfort. this is a book i will return to when i need to be held, when i need to be kind to myself, and when i need to be reminded of the love and tenderness we all deserve.

one of my favorite books of all time

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I absolutely adore this book. The way Mimi Zhu writes not only about her experiences but also the resources both in book form and physical resources in how that has helped her throughout her journey and her sense of community. I found myself resonating with so much of her words, and having such immense emotions throughout reading and learning of not only myself with love but my surroundings in community, my spirit and the world. I definitely will be getting my the physical copy (I read an audiobook) it was absolutely wonderful.

favorite quotes:
“Love has a home in us”

“Instead of trying to understand love perhaps we can reconnect with being it”

“We cannot fear love cause love is embodied”

“We must remember that it is not love that that we are afraid of we fear the abandonment betrayal violence and abuse that come with the complexity of human trauma and the relationships”

“Love surrounds us as a powerful force that we often tend to distrust”

“Maybe love does not wish to be understood but yearns to be felt and remembered”

“Boundaries too is an act of love”

“I must not feel love for I am love, we all are”

I absolutely adored this book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Absolutely loved this book. As a therapist and survivor this touched my heart in so many ways and spoke so many truths I needed to hear.

Beautiful and powerful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great read , makes the reader reflect and feel emotions that they might have probably thought only they felt. I like how the Arthur dives in with hot holding back on every detail of the pain she endured that was masked as love.

Great relevance of love in todays day

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A beautiful experience of love. Grateful for this book and for the Vulnerability Mimi has shared with the world

Amazing read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Was recommended this book by so many people and I’m so glad I got to experience Mimi’s voice, her words, and the deep breaths at each chapter. Truly a beautiful book/audiobook.

11/10

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A lot of recognition and insights. Important story to tell, hope more stories follow of love, healing, abuse and how to stop abuse.

Wisdom and healing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book helped a lot with my healing from difficult and abusive relationships. The tears I got as I related to the author's feelings and experiences. Definitely a good read!

Great read for those of us healing self

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I like how vulnerable and honest the author was about her struggles and fears in relationships. This book made me feel less alone and hopeful to find love within myself. Recommended to anyone ignorant of healthy love and looking for love outside of themselves. The constant betrayal and abandonment experienced has left me very cynical and isolated this book has been good to hear how I feel in the words of someone else.

Betrayal is the worst kind of abuse experienced in relationships but we can heal by learning to trust ourselves.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Cherry picking facts, accuses and makes a white reader almost feel shame/guilt. Completely off target in some areas

If your a republican this book will anger you, do not buy. Book tries to make white people feel guilty, accuses privilege.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews