Self Help Psychology

People with BPD are like people with third-degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement - Marsha Linehan Having Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is also like having a broken brain. Because people can’t see it from the outside, they expect you to be able to run the race of life with no extra help or effort. Because of this, you end up being misunderstood, judged, and alienated, leading to broken relationships, lost jobs, and feeling isolated and alone… No one seems to understand what you’re going through, not ...

Quickies demonstrates that the best sex therapy is often the briefest, presenting listeners with a refreshing array of time-efficient, client-focused approaches to sexual problems. The third edition includes new chapters on the impact of the internet in relationships, infidelity, and same-sex and transgender affirming therapy.

Happiness is a state of mind that everyone seeks to attain and maintain each and every day of their life. All of our daily behavior serves the purpose of acquiring that happiness. We have certain basic genetic psychological needs and in order to achieve happiness, we are hard-wired to seek to have these needs met. If not achieved, a person will develop any number of creative behaviors in an attempt to get these needs met or to compensate for their absence. It could be stated that the struggle for happiness is the driving force behind what may be considered to be normal, as well as abnormal,...

Author of the bestselling books "55 Questions to Ask Yourself" and "50 Things to Realize Before It's Too Late." Are you tired of feeling stuck, stressed, or uncertain about money? Do you catch yourself thinking, “Money is the root of all evil,” or “I’ll never be wealthy”? These hidden beliefs, your money blocks, may be the very things holding you back from achieving financial freedom. In 33 Money Blocks in Your Head, discover how to uncover and overcome the limiting beliefs that keep you stuck in scarcity. Written by a trained NLP coach and trainer with over 10 years of experience...

Ann Gadd brings the Enneagram's lost childhood messages to tweens. Help your tweens understand themselves. Growing up can be challenging. As parents we can help by using the wisdom of the Enneagram. Lost Messages is a fun, engaging, illustrated adventure with clear explanations of each message your child needs to hear. Each mysterious message reveals the words the 9-types need to hear. The book is not a guide to the Enneagram. Rather, it uses the story to accessibly uncover messages to bring about greater self-awareness and deeper understanding between the types.

If you are a woman with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you've probably known—all your life—that you're different. As girls, we learn which behaviors, thinking, learning, and working styles are preferred, accepted, tolerated, and frowned upon. These preferences are communicated in innumerable ways-from media and books to our first-grade classroom to conversations with our classmates and parents.

Break Free from Gambling Addiction – Reclaim Your Life, Finances, and Peace of Mind If you feel trapped in a cycle of compulsive gambling, you're not alone—and you're not beyond help. The Gambling Addiction Recovery Book is your complete guide to understanding, confronting, and recovering from gambling addiction using proven strategies, therapeutic techniques, and real-world solutions. In this updated, practical recovery guide, you’ll learn how to: ✔️ Understand the psychological and neurological roots of gambling addiction and how it rewires your brain ✔️ Break the habit with...

What if your relationship could thrive, not just survive? This self-help book is your ultimate guide to navigating love’s trickiest challenges with psychology-backed strategies and real-life solutions. Relationships don’t come with a manual—or do they? How to Avoid Common Relationship Pitfalls is here to help you sidestep the mistakes that derail so many connections. Packed with relatable stories, actionable advice, and psychological insights, this self-help book is designed for women who want to create stronger, healthier relationships with their partners.Inside, You’ll Discover: ...

Tired of the Worry? Reclaim Your Peace of Mind, Transform Anxiety into Strength: Build Resilience, Find Joy Are you tired of feeling trapped by the relentless cycle of worry and overthinking? Every anxious thought, every sleepless night, every missed opportunity due to fear – anxiety is a relentless thief. It steals your joy, stifles your potential, and robs you of the vibrant life you deserve. Does this sound familiar? The constant hum of worry draining your energy, leaving you exhausted and on edge. Overthinking spiraling out of control, making even simple decisions feel agonizing. ...

What if the real battle for your success, happiness, and sense of purpose is being waged inside your own head? In The Council of Gods, author Kevin L. Michel invites you to pull up a chair at the grand conference table of your mind—where passion duels with logic, fear debates with curiosity, and every choice is decided by a clamorous inner pantheon. Blending gripping mythic narrative with cutting-edge brain science and practical psychology, Michel shows you how to: Decode the “voices” within. Spot which sub-selves are running the show—then re-assign the microphone. Tame anxiety and ...

You Can Beat Procrastination “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” Napoleon Hill PLEASE TAKE NOTE!!! There is no one strategy, there is no universal panacea, there is no one size fits all cure for your procrastination that's why I ask questions in the book, it's so that you can fit the material to your unique needs. What I and anyone else who has written about procrastination can do is to give you the tools which cann help you to regain control of your life, but ultimately the will to change ...

THE ART OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT: BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF – A TRANSFORMATIVE GUIDE TO PERSONAL GROWTH Are you ready to unlock your full potential and create a life of meaning, success, and fulfillment? *Become the Best Version of Yourself* is your ultimate roadmap to self-discovery, resilience, and personal transformation. This book is more than just a guide—it’s a journey. A journey that will challenge you to break free from limitations, step out of your comfort zone, and develop the mindset, habits, and strategies needed to thrive in all areas of life. Whether you’re ...

Are there any techniques that will take you through the door to transcendence, enlightenment and the mystical mind? Are there any roads or paths or rules that will take you there? If there were wouldn't we all be enlightened by now? The door to mysticism is within you and only you can open that door. Only you can open the door to transcendence, enlightenment and the mystical mind. Meditation is to purify the human mind of all self-conflict and it is only in meditation that the mind is completely still, and it is only in stillness there is a possibility of that which is eternal, timeless, ...

In the aftermath of stress, disappointment, and trauma, people often fall into survival mode, even while a part of them longs for more. Juggling multiple demands and responsibilities keeps them busy, but not healed. As a survivor of sexual assault, racism, and evacuation from a civil war in Liberia, Dr. Thema Bryant knows intimately the work involved in healing. Having made the journey herself, in addition to guiding others as a clinical psychologist and ordained minister, Dr. Thema shows you how to reconnect with your authentic self and reclaim your time, your voice, your life.

David Bradford and Carole Robin taught interpersonal skills to MBA candidates for a combined 75 years in their legendary Stanford Graduate School of Business course Interpersonal Dynamics (affectionately known to generations of students as "Touchy-Feely") and have coached and consulted hundreds of executives for decades. In Connect, they show listeners how to take their relationships from shallow to exceptional by cultivating authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty, while being willing to ask for and offer help, share a commitment to growth, and deal productively with conflict.

THE HAPPY LIFE HANDBOOK This book will help you live better. Here’s why: it’s an inspiring collection of life advice gathered during a decade and a half of conversations with psychologists and other experts, packaged into one practical guide. Witty, wise and daringly direct, this handbook is dedicated to you and the fulfilling life you secretly wish for. Waiting doesn’t work. The time to start creating your own happiness is now! DISCOVER HOW TO…Accept yourself 100%, date smart, discover the meaning of (your) life, act despite your fears, handle your first day at a new job, make ...

Trauma and Recovery is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Harvard psychiatrist Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing on her own research on incest, as well as a vast literature on combat veterans and victims of political terror, she shows surprising parallels between private horrors like child abuse and public horrors like war.

Based on 20 years of research at the University of Washington studying parent-child interactions, award-winning research psychologist John Gottman and his team have developed Emotion Coaching - a technique parents can use to teach their children self-awareness and self-control and to foster good emotional development. This proven technique has demonstrated a positive effect on children's physical health, academic achievement, and emotional well-being.

Almost every person will suffer from issues relating to negative thinking patterns at some stage in their life, it's unavoidable. Whether it's facing phobias, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, or full-scale anxiety or depression. It's much more prevalent than you think. But most people aren't equipped with the right mental tools to identify the underlying reasons for their problems, or spot the triggers which set them off. This is where Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can help.

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea - the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success - but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment but may actually jeopardise success.