Self Help Psychology

Do you struggle with a nagging feeling of not being enough? Or that you don't have enough, whether of money, time, friends, and so on? Do you find that your life feels small or meager or lacking in some way? Would you like to experience greater richness and abundance in your life? In this book, you will discover how you can work with your feelings of lack and not enough, and how you can turn them around to your benefit. Habitual mental/emotional patterns such as defensiveness, low self-esteem, and fear of failure, which can bring about great distress for ourselves and others are also ...

Are you looking for clarity on how to heal from the emotional toll of narcissistic abuse and wondering what steps to take next? You see, reclaiming your self-esteem after narcissistic abuse doesn't have to be difficult. Even if you've tried self-help techniques that seemed to make no difference, The truth is, its easier than you think.

Evolving on Purpose: Mindful ancestors, paving the way for future generations was a title spirit handed me. What a magnificent book to serve the world right now as we move forward, thankfully, out of this pandemic. The authors in this book are forever evolving on purpose and desire to create a reality that serves them, their families, and their communities and makes the changes that they want to see in the world. Self-responsibility is paramount in this new paradigm. We cannot change the behaviours and actions of others, but we can change ourselves and how we perceive everything, and we can...

Through vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs. Hallowell and Ratey show the varied forms ADD takes - from the hyperactive search for high stimulation to the floating inattention of daydreaming - and the transforming impact of precise diagnosis and treatment.

A Deeper Look at Sun Signs is a down to earth description of each Sun Sign in the zodiac's personality traits and the different struggles they may face.

This guide offers the most comprehensive insight and advice into coping with nervous stress. Sufferers of nervous illness regard Self Help for Your Nerves as their bible – many believe that if they had found it earlier they would have been saved years of unnecessary suffering. Dr Claire Weekes looks at: how the nervous system works, what is nervous illness, common factors in the development of nervous illness and recurring nervous attacks. Plus important chapters on depression, sorrow, guilt and disgrace, obsessions, sleeplessness, confidence, loneliness and agoraphobia.

Many of us have a tendency to worry unnecessarily about our health. For some, the anxiety becomes severe and persistent. It is distressing for them and for everyone around them. In fact, health anxiety can be very successfully treated with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)—the approach taken in this self-help guide. Using a structured step-by-step approach, the authors explain how the problem develops, how to recognise what feeds it and how to develop effective methods of dealing with it.

Living is hard. Living is complicated. But, this book can help you make sense of everything important in the life of (almost any) individual, along with a pinch of humor and a lot of pop-culture references. Written by a practicing counseling psychologist with over 10 years of therapeutic experience - who’s also a game design teacher - this book aims to cover it all. It does the same through simple and clear language, steering clear of complex psychological notions and statistics of any kind. There’s no hard data in this book and the author takes pride in that fact. But, it’s full of ...

Ten years ago, Ilyse Kennedy was a disconnected twenty-something, sitting on a therapy couch, grappling with her own trauma. Now, as a trauma therapist, Kennedy shows up ready to attune to her treasured clients. Those who meet her might be surprised to know that this twenty-something still lives within her. She also has a people pleaser, who caters to the needs of others for self-protection. Then there is the therapist within her, who offers tools and solutions for her clients. The twenty-something, people pleaser, and therapist are all parts within her.

A practical companion to the New York Times and international bestseller Dopamine Nation, The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook is for individuals, families, counselors, teachers, and anyone who wants to go beyond the narrative and engage in practices that will reset reward pathways for a more flourishing life.

A startling new study in human consciousness, The Myth of Sanity is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction—multiple personality—is more common than we think.

Your brain can fool you and change itself in miraculous ways. Knowing how can make a difference in your life. You'll learn about: Bias and emotion-driven risk assessments Inaccurate pattern recognition, memory, and value perceptions Neuroplasticity, neurogenesis, and epigenetics Mind-body connection and meditation In Brain Buzzed, Dr. Marlin Cluts offers 39 intentionally brief insights in fun, bite-sized chapters. Specifically writing for the lay person, Cluts combines a curiosity of learning (a doctorate in Human Performance Technology), with the brevity of the business world (a retired ...

Even before 2020, chronic loneliness was a private experience of profound anguish that had become a public health crisis. Since then it has reached new heights. Loneliness assumes many forms, from enduring physical isolation to feeling rejected because of difference, and it can have devastating consequences for our physical and mental health. As the founder of Project UnLonely, Jeremy Nobel unpacks our personal and national experiences of loneliness to discover its roots and to show how we can take steps to find comfort and connection.

Far from being a 12-step program - this is the un-program in 12 sections - Lizards Eat Butterflies deconstructs the myths that trap us into victimhood, isolation, and futility. Having traveled the world for three decades of work and with the worldwide film success of Future Dreaming, along with many lectures and workshops, he weaves the narrative of this book to create a tapestry of provoking, thoughtful, and considered reexaminations of our dominant myths and perspective impairments.

We hear the terms trauma and PTSD more and more. Yet many people still believe that trauma can only result from experiences that are particularly extreme. But trauma is an emotional response that can stem from a wide variety of upsetting experiences, leaving us feeling anxious, weighed down by negative emotions or memories, or feeling like we lack security.

Has your mind ever been filled with such negative thoughts that you even worry about what will happen in the following minutes? People do not know that this type of behavior is generated by overthinking, which can generate many more consequences, such as anxiety and depression. In this book, learn how to master your mind to build mental toughness to focus on the present. We will teach you everything you need to know so as not to compromise your mental health and, on the contrary, improve it and have a much better emotional well-being.

In the world of elite sports, victory is often attributed to physical and athletic prowess alone. But what if the key to unlocking your full potential lies not in your physical abilities, but in your mindset? In Extreme Balance, three renowned experts on performance, motivation, and competition dive into the unexplored territory of the mind, paradoxically revealing the one mindset that can truly elevate your game: the ability to embrace an unfixed mindset.

We all know we tell stories about ourselves. But as psychiatrist and neuroscientist Gregory Berns argues in The Self Delusion, we don’t just tell stories; we are the stories. Our self-identities are fleeting phenomena, continually reborn as our conscious minds receive, filter, or act on incoming information from the world and our memories.

Most people traditionally train only the conventional aspects of their abilities, they focus on the technical skills of a task. However there is another layer, an emotional and behavioral set of factors which can really make the biggest impact on the results you can achieve. That is where neuro-linguistic programming comes in. NLP techniques are designed to help you tap into those top level mindsets when required. But most people aren't equipped with the right strategies or outlook on NLP to really make it work.

Waves—Not Spoons is an exciting look at energy management that goes far beyond Spoon Theory and other previous energy management models. Waves-Not Spoons is bidirectional, accommodating the flow of energy both in and out (positive and negative). Waves-Not Spoons helps us manage multiple energy systems—physical, emotional, and social. No doubt many of you are familiar with "The Spoon Theory" as was coined by Christine Miserandino in her 2003 essay entitled "The Spoon Theory". The basic premise of her analogy was that for each day we all have a limited amount of energy available to us ...