Jennifer Lopez shares journey to self-acceptance

FILE - In this July 17, 2012 file photo, singer Jennifer Lopez performs during her co-headlining tour with Enrique Iglesias in Toronto. While promoting her new book, "True Love," Lopez, 45, admits she’s “a work in progress” but she has done the work to find self-acceptance and self-love, and now understands just how important that is before you can give or receive love. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File) FILE - In this July 17, 2012 file photo, singer Jennifer Lopez performs during her co-headlining tour with Enrique Iglesias in Toronto. While promoting her new book, "True Love," Lopez, 45, admits she’s “a work in progress” but she has done the work to find self-acceptance and self-love, and now understands just how important that is before you can give or receive love. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press November 5, 2014 4 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Jennifer Lopez wants to share a life lesson with her fans: Learn to love yourself first.

“I promise that if you get into it, if you tap into it, it’s gonna make your life better,” she says.

The actress, singer, producer sat down for an interview about “True Love,” her new book that was originally intended to be a piece of memorabilia about the 2012 Dance Again World Tour that she embarked on in the wake of her split from husband Marc Anthony.

But then it became much more.

“It became so evident that my songs were so autobiographical of what had happened in my life all along the way, not just the story of my relationships but the story of my career. … and then love was a big part of it as well.”