In an emotionally revealing way, Bradshaw shows us how toxic shame is the core problem in our compulsions, co-dependencies, addictions, and the drive to superachieve, resulting in the breakdown in the family system and our inability to go forward with our lives.
Toxic parents are those who cause their children emotional or physical pain. The damage they cause manifests itself in adulthood as difficulties with relationships, careers, decision-making, and depression. This helpful guide is by the author of Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them.
Fifteen to 20 percent of the world's population has an abnormally sensitive central nervous system. These Highly Sensitive People, or HSPs, overreact to stimuli and become overwhelmed by events and activities others consider normal. Other problems include excessive irritation from commotion or noise and an intense desire to break away from social ...
In his bestseller Feeling Good, Dr David Burns helped pioneer and popularise cognitive therapy, helping millions to find lasting relief from debilitating depression. Building on that, this book offers a programme for improving mood without drugs.'
Based on new brain science--and featuring treatment plans that include medication, diet, supplements, exercise, and social and therapeutic support--this groundbreaking book helps readers conquer anxiety and depression and change the way they think about these potentially devastating disorders.
This classic guide offering proven cognitive techniques for establishing and maintaining sense of self-worth has been revised to include a new chapter on setting and achieving personal goals.
A pioneer in the field of self-esteem discusses the importance of self-esteem and how one's level of self-esteem can be raised. This is an important and focused book that builds on the author's decades of work.
The first book for the millions of daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers, "Will I Ever Be Good Enough?" provides the expert advice readers need to overcome debilitating histories and reclaim their lives.
This book reveals the origin of self-hate, how self-hate works, how to identify it, and how to go beyond it. It provides examples of some of the forms self-hate takes, including taking blame but not credit, holding grudges, and trying to be perfect, and explores the many facets of self-hate, including its role in addiction, the battering cycle, ...
In "Practical Intuition", seminar leader and consultant Laura Day provides a step-by-step program which shows how, with practice, anyone can unlock the remarkable power of the mind and become productively intuitive.
This self-directed program teaches readers to speak up and say what they mean at work and at home. Written supportively, it uses proven cognitive behavioral techniques to help individuals build self-confidence, set boundaries, and determine appropriate responses. 10 charts.
Readers are shown, step by step, how to develop effective self-expression, with an emphasis on equal-relationship assertiveness--not the all-too-common "me first" attitude. Included is information on living in a multicultural society.
This companion to "Self-Esteem" is designed with an easy-to-use format and presents a course in self-esteem based on new research. Includes checklists, fill-ins, and exercises that show readers how thoughts, emotions, physical health, and behavior impact their self-esteem. Illustrations.
Dr. Harris's ground breaking book on interpersonal relationships was one of the first self-help books to hit the bestseller charts. Using conventions from Transactional Analysis, Harris explores the internal roles of Child, Adult, and Parent and how they help, and hinder, an individual's response to both themselves and to others.
Williamson explores the evolving role of women in the world. Drawing deeply and candidly on her own experiences, the author portrays her thought-provoking positions on such issues as beauty and age, relationships and sex, children and careers, and the reassurance and reassertion of the feminine in a patriarchal society.
Yoruba priestess Iyanla Vanzant, author of several best selling self-help books, writes about her life from age 2. Much of it is painful, but the healing comes through.
Antidepressants are a miracle, but to really beat depression we need to change our whole way of thinking. This book is a great introduction to a process--known as cognitive therapy--that can help us do just that. According to David M. Burns, depression results from a process wherein negative thoughts produce distortions of reality. Through a ...
Using simple guidelines, professional color consultant Carole Jackson helps you choose the thirty shades that make you look smashing. COLOR ME BEAUTIFUL will also help you: develop your color personality; learn to perfect your make-up color; discover your clothing personality; use color to solve specific figure problems, and more, including full ...
The Aladdin factor - the ability to get what we want by having the confidence to ask for what we want - is the subject of this book focusing on gaining personal fufilment. This factor is supposed to pinpoint the major stumbling blocks to asking, and teaches simple techniques to overcome them.
One of the most widely read books in America after its publication in the 1950s, THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING is a classic in the field that later became known as self-help. Rev. Peale combined Christian spirituality with an awareness of human pychology and modern problems. His writings inspired and brought consolation to his readers. Here, he ...
Anthony reveals the step-by-step principles for building self-confidence that have changed thousands of lives. This classic features advice on tapping into creative imagination, clearing the mind of fear, worry, and guilt, communication skills, and goal setting.
Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection with others. Our fear of intimacy - both with others and with ourselves - creates feelings of pain and longing. But these feelings can also awaken in us the desire for freedom and the willingness to take up the spiritual path. In this inspiring book, ...
Surviving a Borderline Parent is the first step-by-step guide for adult children of parents with borderline personality disorder. Between 6 and 10 million people in the US suffer from borderline personality disorder. This book teaches adult children how to overcome the devastating effects of growing up with a parent who suffers from BPD. ...
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