Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk “It is a tool-box filled to the brim with different tools for different jobs.” TikTok sensation, psychologist Dr Julie Smith, offers us a toolkit using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as her guide. It is an accessible and valuable book written in a normal, down to earth style. At…
The Six Pillars of Self-EsteemAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk According to world expert Nathaniel Branden, self-esteem is: “The single most important psychological subject in the world.” It is so vital because how we value and view ourselves – our self-esteem – is fundamental to how we live our lives. The level of our self-esteem directly impacts on…
Here are my Top 3 Self-Help Books of 2018. With an extra bonus! In reverse order… No. 3 – Atomic Habits by James Clear Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk. No-one likes a book on habits more than me as habits are so vital to living a happy life. James Clear’s Atomic Habits gives us an engaging and helpful book on…
Anger Management : Understanding, Healing, Freedom. Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk “Angry people are usually not bad people. They are usually hurt people.” John Crawford I’m sure all of us, at some point in our lives, have felt the burning heat of anger and/or witnessed it in others. We feel out of control and act in ways…
Overcome Social Anxiety and ShynessAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk Paula’s phone vibrates. She checks her text messages to find an invitation to a colleagues party. Sickness hits her stomach. The thought of it fills her with horror. As she imagines trying to make conversation with strangers, without stumbling or saying the wrong thing, her chest pounds and…
As each year closes I like to offer my top self-help books of the year. Here are my choices for 2016. In reverse order… No 3 – If I Could Tell You Just One Thing (Richard Reed) Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk If you could offer someone just one piece of advice, which you’ve learned over your lifetime, what…
The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder SourcebookAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk Those who have experienced trauma often need a great deal of help to cope with it. Thankfully, the understanding of trauma, and how we need to deal with it, has expanded greatly over the last few years. We now know that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can follow…
Loving Him Without Losing YouAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk It can happen to any of us when we’re in a relationship. We start losing our own identity, our individuality, our very self – we start disappearing. Loving Him Without Losing You looks closely at this issue, with compassion and understanding. Most importantly, it offers some wise and…
Better Than BeforeAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk I’ve read a lot of books on habits – understanding, making and breaking them – but this is the most useful and effective one I’ve read so far. Gretchen Rubin, following on from her extensive research into happiness, tackles the vexed subject of habits in her latest book, Better Than Before:…
How To Win Friends & Influence PeopleAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk Dale Carnegie’s book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, is one of the biggest selling self-help books of all time – selling over 15 million copies. First published in 1937, it has been praised by many for its insight and wisdom and yet maligned by some…
A Survival Guide For Life Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk I always steer clear of self-help books which offer quick-fix motivation, get rich schemes and strategies which offer unrealistic outcomes. I was fearful that this would be one of those books but, thankfully, it’s not. Although A Survival Guide For Life has a popular light touch and short pithy…
The Happiness Project (Gretchen Rubin) – Amazon.com & Amazon.co.ukHappier At Home (Gretchen Rubin) – Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk When Gretchen Rubin brought out her book The Happiness Project, in December 2009, it sparked an upsurge in people trying to find more happiness in their own daily lives. Her Happiness Project Blog also inspired and motivated others to invest time and energy in their own happiness projects….
The Willpower InstinctAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk At this time of recent resolutions and tests on our, often, fragile willpower an excellent book from health psychologist and lecturer Dr Kelly McGonigal, makes fascinating reading. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More Of It, is based on her 10…
As we are coming to the close of 2012, I’d like to thank everyone I’ve met and all the great new friends I’ve made in my first year of blogging (well few months really!) It’s been great to join this new community. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your comments on my blog during these last months. Thank…
SelfhoodAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk Dr Terry Lynch has been working with people experiencing mental distress for 30 years – first as a GP and now as a psychotherapist in his own recovery-focused practice in Ireland. His first book, Beyond Prozac, was widely praised and his latest book: Selfhood: A Key to the Recovery of Mental Wellbeing, Mental Health and…