Self-Help

Carolyn Boyes

5-Minute NLP: Practise Positive Thinking Every Day

Editura: HarperCollins (UK)

Anul aparitiei: 2008

Practise the skills and techniques of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in just five minutes a day with this handy, portable guide. By studying the way others achieve excellence and applying this thinking to your personal and professional life, it's possible to improve the way you communicate from day to day. The principles of NLP can seem daunting and the jargon can be hard to decipher-what is meant by rapport, changing emotional states, modelling, the conscious and unconscious? This book unpicks the jargon and makes the subject accessible for both novices and experienced NLP enthusiasts alike. The pocket workbook-style makes it easy to develop your communication skills at any time with quick exercises, activities and techniques. All you need is a pencil. Fully illustrated throughout, including a clear introductory section explaining the basics of NLP as well as an extensive glossary for reference this is the ideal practical guide to help you build upon and practise your communication strategies at your own pace.

Drew Pinsky

Cracked: Life on the Edge in a Rehab Clinic

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2004

Dr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and prescription drugs. At the center of these stories is Pinsky himself, who immerses himself passionately, almost obsessively, in his work. From the sexually compulsive model to the BMW-driving soccer mom, Cracked exposes, in fast-moving, powerful vignettes, the true scope and severity of addiction, a nationwide epidemic.

Laurel Mellin

The Pathway: Follow the Road to Health and Happiness

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2004

The ability to self-nurture and set effective limits is the root of human maturity, and the foundation for emotional, behavioural, and spiritual balance. Fortunately, the skills to self-nurture and set effective limits can be fine-tuned and readers will learn them via a wealth of practical examples, colourful case histories, and scientific findings that are both fascinating and easy to understand. These skills are effective for a wide range of psychological and addictive problems--from alcoholism and other addictions to overeating, overworking, overspending, and perfectionism.

Mike Lew

Victims No Longer (Second Edition): The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2004

For millions of men on the path to recovery, Victims No Longer is the next step.The first book written specifically for men, Victims No Longer examines the changing cultural attitudes toward male survivors of incest and other sexual trauma. Now, in this Second Edition, this invaluable resource continues to offer compassionate and practical advice, supported by personal anecdotes and statements of male survivors. Victims No Longer helps survivors to: Identify and validate their childhood experiencesExplore strategies of survival and healingWork through issues such as trust, intimacy, and sexual confusionEstablish a support network for continued personal recoveryMake choices that aren't determined by abusePsychotherapist Mike Lew has worked with thousands of men and women in their healing from the effects of childhood sexual abuse, rape, physical violence, emotional abuse, and neglect. The development of strategies for recovery from incest and other abuse, particularly for men, has been a major focus of his work as a counselor and group leader.Thoroughly updated and revised, and including an expanded Resources section, Victims No Longer educates survivors and professionals about the ...

Ellen Bass, Laura Davis

Beginning to Heal (Revised Edition): A First Book for Men and Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2003

There's nothing as wonderful as starting to heal, waking up in the morning and knowing that nobody can hurt you if you don't let them. Beginning to Heal offers hope and guidance for all survivors starting the healing journey. No matter how great your pain today, you can not only heal but thrive. Based on the authors' bestseller The Courage to Heal, this Revised Edition of Beginning to Heal takes you through the key stages of the healing process, from crisis times to breaking the silence, grief, and anger, to resolution and moving on. It includes inspirational highlights, clear explanations, practical suggestions, and compelling accounts of survivors' pain, their strength, and their triumphs.

Laura C. Schlessinger

Bad Childhood - Good Life: How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2007

In this important book, Dr. Laura Schlessinger shows men and women that they can have a Good Life no matter how Bad their Childhood.For each of us, there is a connection between our early family dynamics and experiences and our current attitudes and decisions. Many of the people Dr. Laura has helped did not realize how their histories impacted their adult lives, or how their choices in people, repetitive situations, and decisions -- even their emotional reactions -- were connected to those early negative experiences, playing a major role in their current unhappiness.For these people and millions like them, too much time is dedicated to repeating the ugly dynamics of childhood in a vain attempt to repair or cope with deep hurt and longings. Too often they use their emotional pain to control others or excuse their own inappropriate and destructive behaviors. Some turn to therapy, only to find themselves trapped in their self-pitying victim mode, robbed of optimism, confidence, and growth.Dr. Laura will help you realize that no matter what circumstances you came from or currently live in, you are ultimately responsible for how you react to them. The acceptance of this basic truth is ...

Jack Canfield

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Editura: Collins

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Jack Canfield, cocreator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul(R) series, turns to the principles he's studied, taught, and lived for more than 30 years in this practical and inspiring guide that will help any aspiring person get from where they are to where they want to be. The Success Principles(TM) will teach you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions. Not merely a collection of good ideas, this book spells out the 64 timeless principles used by successful men and women throughout history. Taken together and practiced every day, these principles will transform your life beyond your wildest dreams Filled with memorable and inspiring stories of CEOs, world-class athletes, celebrities, and everyday people, The Success Principles(TM) will give you the proven blueprint you need to achieve any goal you desire.

Cathryn Jakobson Ramin

Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2008

Why can't you remember where you put your keys? Or the title of the movie you saw last week? Anyone older than forty knows that forgetfulness can be unnerving, frustrating, and sometimes terrifying. With compassion and humor, acclaimed journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin explores the factors that determine how well or poorly one's brain will age. She takes readers along on her lively journey--consulting with experts in the fields of sleep, stress, traumatic brain injury, hormones, genetics, and dementia, as well as specialists in nutrition, cognitive psychology, and the burgeoning field of drug-based cognitive enhancement. Along the way, she turns up fresh scientific findings, explores the dark regions of the human brain, and hears the intimate confessions of high-functioning midlife adults who--like so many of us--are desperate to understand exactly what's going on upstairs.

Steve Cohen

Win the Crowd: Unlock the Secrets of Influence, Charisma, and Showmanship

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Would You Like to Become More Commanding, Convincing, And Charismatic?In this book, Steve Cohen, master magician and star of the long-running Chamber Magic show in New York City, will reveal the secrets of all great showmen and magicians--how to persuade, influence, and charm, and ultimately accomplish the things you've always wanted to do. As Cohen writes, "You'll discover how to take over a room, read people, and build anticipation to a feverish pitch so people are burning to hear what you have to say."Win the Crowd will teach you Steve Cohen's Maxims of Magic, simple rules you can use to take charge of practically any situation, from on-the-job disagreements to dating to important cocktail parties. The Maxims of Magic will wash away insecurities and hesitations, and replace them with confidence, poise, and leadership. What's more, Steve Cohen will show you: How to Create a Magic Moment. Capturing people's imaginations and attention so they listen carefully to every word you say.How to Command a Room. Showing everyone in the room that you are speaking right to them, making them all feel unique--and completely focused on you. How to Read People. Learning to sense what people are ...

Tom Hodgkinson

The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Mela

Editura: Harper Perennial

Anul aparitiei: 2007

The author of How to Be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson, now shares his delightfully irreverent musings on what true independence means and what it takes to be free. The Freedom Manifesto draws on French existentialists, British punks, beat poets, hippies and yippies, medieval thinkers, and anarchists to provide a new, simple, joyful blueprint for modern living. From growing your own vegetables to canceling your credit cards to reading Jean-Paul Sartre, here are excellent suggestions for nourishing mind, body, and spirit--witty, provocative, sometimes outrageous, yet eminently sage advice for breaking with convention and living an uncluttered, unfettered, and therefore happier, life.

Kenneth R. Pelletier, Fred Luskin

Stress Free for Good: 10 Scientifically Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness

Editura: HarperOne

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Ten Minutes to Learn One Minute to Practice Ten Seconds to WorkImagine if you could . . . Radically reduce stress Increase your physical vitality Improve your quality of life Now you can. We live in an age of stress. Each day at work and at home as we struggle to take care of the basics, constant stress significantly affects our ability to lead healthy and happy lives. We struggle with stomach pain, headaches, mood swings, fatigue, depression, high blood pressure, and even heart failure. Not only does stress damage our physical and emotional well-being, but our relationships and productivity suffer as well. What, if anything, can we do to stop this cycle? There is a multitude of books, magazine features, TV programs, videotapes, meditation classes, and seminars, all aimed at stopping stress. But until now there has never been a scientifically based program that not only starts working within seconds but also creates a foundation to help remove stress and the symptoms associated with it from your life for good. Dr. Fred Luskin and Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier spent years at the Stanford University School of Medicine developing ten proven skills for eliminating the stress, anxiety, and ...

Kimora Lee Simmons

Fabulosity: What It Is & How to Get It

Editura: ReganBooks

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Fabulosity (n): 1: a state of everything that is fabulous 2: a quality ascribed to that which expresses glamour, style, charisma, power, and heartKimora Lee Simmons knows what it means to have fabulosity -- and she wants to tell you how to get it.In this empowering new book, Kimora -- a top model, wife of hip-hop legend Russell Simmons, mother to two daughters, a national media presence, and president and creative director of the multimillion-dollar Baby Phat company -- shares her personal secrets of success and fabulosity.Kimora knows that in today's ultracompetitive world, it's not enough for women just to be smart or dress well. With too much to do and competition everywhere, the savvy woman must know how to combine feminine glamour with professional power, business ambition with personal values, and confidence with heart. Kimora is the living picture of all these things. What are Kimora's secrets to achieving her goals, her signature fabulosity? One is her ability to identify and build upon her own unique talents and strengths. In Kimora's case, she brilliantly combined the two worlds she knows best -- the high fashion and hip-hop scenes -- to create Baby Phat, her ...

Debbie Ford

Why Good People Do Bad Things: How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy

Editura: HarperOne

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Discover a Life Filled with Passion, Meaning, and Purpose New York Times bestselling author Debbie Ford leads us into the heart of the duality that unknowingly operates within each one of us. Providing the tools to end self-sabotage, Ford ultimately knocks down the facade of the false self and shows us how to heal the split between light and dark and live the authentic life within our reach.

Arnold Washton, Donna Boundy

Willpower Is Not Enough: Understanding and Overcoming Addiction and Compulsion

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 1990

Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be further from the truth: When a person has already lost control over a drug or activity, attempts to control its use almost never work. Because the source of addiction isn't the drug or activity itself but a desire for a mood changer, successful recovery means ultimately changing the way we live, giving up the addictive life-style. Willpower's Not Enough will show you how to change your life-style and to recover from your addiction.

Ronald A. Ruden

The Craving Brain: A Bold New Approach to Breaking Free from *Drug Addiction *Overeating *Alcoholism *Gambling

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2000

Where do the roots of addictive behavior lie -- in our genes or in our environment, in our chemistry or in our character? In the Craving Brain, Dr. Ronald Ruden asserts that the roots of addiction most defintetly do not lie in our character. Rather, they lie in a complex chain reaction that originates in an ancient survival mechanism in the brain. When this system is inappropriately activated, it drives the body to crave, sometimes with addictive behavior as the end result. In clear, straightforward language, Dr. Ruden outlines his remarkable successful treatment program which he believes can cure this problem. The Craving Brain offers crucial insights into the world of addiction. This revolutionary book will bring hope to millions of people who suffer from a wide range of addictions, from gambling and alcohol to drugs and food.

Lance M. Dodes

The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2003

Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now. For more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain: Why we feel the impulse Why we feel it when we do What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as: Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem. People with addictions are different from other people. You have to hit bottom before you can get well. You are wasting your time if you ask "why" you have an addiction.

Wendy Maltz

The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse (Revised Edition)

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 2001

Survivors of sexual abuse are encouraged to achieve loving and safe sexual lives once again by going through, step-by-step, a most challenging aspect of recovery. Based on Matz's clinical work, interviews, survey results, and workshops, this guide if filled with first-person accounts of survivors and includes groundbreaking exercises and techniques.

Laura Davis

The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Editura: Harper Perennial

Anul aparitiei: 1990

In this groundbreaking companion to The Courage to Heal, Laura Davis offers an inspiring, in-depth workbook that speaks to all women and men healing from the effects of child sexual abuse. The combination of checklists, writing and art Projects, open-ended questions and activities expertly guides the survivor through the healing process. Survival Skills--Teaches survivors to create a safe, supportive environment, ask for help, deal with crisis periods, and choose therapy. Aspects Of Healing--Focuses on the healing process: gaining a capacity for hope, breaking silence, letting go of shame, turning anger into action, planning a confrontation, preparing for family contact, and affirming personal progress. Guidelines For Healing Sexually--Redefines the concept of "safe sex" and establishes healthy ground rules for sexual contact.

Charlotte Kasl

Many Roads One Journ

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 1992

From the author of Women, Sex, and Addiction, a timely and controversial second look at 12-Step programs, helping all readers to draw on the steps' underlying wisdom, adapting them to their own experiences, beliefs, and sources of strength.

Laura Davis

Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Is a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 1991

"But what about me?""Is it possible to go one day without dealing with the survivor's issues?""Will we ever make love again?""Will the survivor love me in the end?""How do I know if I should throw in the towel?"Based on in-depth interviews and her workshops for partners across the country, Laura Davis offers practical advice and encouragement to all partners--girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, and lovers--trying to support the survivors in their lives while tending to their own needs along the way. She shows couples how to deepen compassion, improve communication, and develop an understanding of healing as a shared activity. Addressing partners' most important questions, Allies in Healing covers: The Basics--answers common questions about sexual abuse. Allies in Healing--introduces key concepts of working and growing together. My Needs and Feelings--teaches partners to recognize, value, and express their own needs. Dealing with Crisis--includes strategies for handling suicidal feelings, regression, and hopelessness. Intimacy and Communication--offers practical advice on dealing with distancing, control, trust, and fighting. Sex--provides guidelines for coping with flashbacks, ...