Self Help Psychology

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.

From New York Times best seller author Mark Manson comes an irreverent, interactive journal based on the internationally best-selling phenomenon The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck and the New York Times best seller Everything Is F*cked, providing questions and sharp insights in his inimitable voice.

The Kabbalah Café is a collection of essays which trace the relevance of Jewish mystical concepts to contemporary life, exploring themes that pervade our daily existence, providing a mystical perspective on area that are commonly considered the domain of psychology, philosophy or medicine. Topics include the nature of self-esteem and identity, insights into psycho-physical phenomena such as anger, sadness, fear, worry, laughter, pain and pleasure, and ideas about our various sensory modalities and the structure of the body. According to the mystics, the latter two realms reveal higher ...

Are you in an abusive or unhappy relationship? Do you try too hard to please your friends at the expense of your own needs and wants? Are you subservient to others and do you find yourself unable to become independent? Do you suffer from negative self-talk? These are all signs that your self-care regimen is deficient in some way. The Smart Girl's Guide to Self-Care tackles the common problems of effective self-care with practical suggestions for practices that will create a sustainable, lifelong self-care routine.

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.

"Attitude is everything." It's what makes the difference between those who succeed and those who fail. And it's easy to see - in other people. It's not as easy to recognize when our own attitude needs adjustment or to know how to change it. In You Are What You Think, David Stoop shows listeners how to use self-talk to make positive changes in their attitudes and beliefs.

Be Calm Now is a guidebook for a quieter mind. It shows the way to find calm within chaos. Simple, step by step instructions provide practical exercises to reduce stress, lower anxiety, and harness inner resources that will help strengthen mental resilience and help you grow in wisdom and compassion. Be Calm Now brings together knowledge from a wide variety of fields including art psychotherapy, developmental psychology, music therapy, yoga, mindfulness, tai chi and shamanic practices. It distils the essence of these broader traditions into a manageable and digestible format giving the ...

As long as she can remember, Maria Konnikova has been fascinated by the tension between luck and skill. But nothing could prepare Konnikova for the string of bad luck that befell her in 2015, when, in quick succession, she was diagnosed with a painful auto-immune disease, her beloved grandmother died in a tragic accident and unexpected layoffs for her mother and husband left the family in financial disarray.

Today, society embraces sharing like never before. Fueled by our dependence on mobile devices and social media, we have created an ecosystem of obsessive connection. Many of us now lead lives of strangely crowded isolation: We are always linked, but only shallowly so. The capacity to be alone, properly alone, is one of life's subtlest skills. Real solitude is a powerful resource we can call upon - a crucial ingredient for a rich interior life.

We question ourselves, and we question our relationship. We seek advice. But sometimes the people we look to for answers, simply cannot be bias. They know us, and they know the people we are talking to them about. It is often helpful to listen to how others view certain situations, strangers who do not have anything at all to do with our lives, have no control over our thoughts and emotions. By reading about how other people handle situations, confrontation, struggles of the mind, we can learn how to be more effective at handing our own obstacles. We can either accept or reject their point ...

Are you plagued by a recurring thought or idea that just won't go away, or feel the need to wash your hands repeatedly, to hoard things or to repeatedly check all appliances in the house have been turned off before you leave? These are common symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a condition that causes distress to hundreds of thousands of people.

If you suffer from depression you are far from alone. Depression is very common, affecting over 300 million people around the world. Written by Professor Paul Gilbert, internationally recognised for his work on depression, this highly acclaimed self-help book has been of benefit to thousands of people including sufferers, their friends and families and those working in the medical profession.

Combining six decades of clinical experience with cutting-edge research, two acclaimed leaders in the field of psychology have developed a revolutionary approach to happiness - one that's accessible and practical enough to apply at home, yet powerful enough to create a profoundly positive transformation in our lives.

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.

Discover key Cognitive Behavioral Therapy principles that will enable you to become a happier, more fulfilled, more effective, and more content person. This guide teaches simple clear techniques that will enable you to start living life to the fullest.

Jessa Zimmerman takes on the heart-wrenching questions that naturally arise when couples are struggling with sex. Once sex becomes synonymous with disappointment, avoidance sets in and creates pressure in the bedroom. In this straightforward and practical book, Zimmerman guides us to understand the cycle that develops when sex is difficult, to shift our mindset when it comes to sexual intimacy, and to transform our sexual experience with our partner using a nine-phase experiential process.

Are you in a constant worry loop that you can’t switch off? Do you start something with good intentions, only to find yourself procrastinating and never finishing? Do you want to find a way to overcome emotional blocks and a lack of confidence in your abilities? Do you want to relieve yourself of negative thought patterns? What if you could change your mindset using essential oils, simply tapping on acupuncture points, and clearing up your home? Inside you’ll find a guide to transforming yourself using ‘fragrant tapping’, a combination of essential oils, understanding energetic ...

It all starts with your brain: How you think, how you feel, how you interact with others, and how well you succeed in realizing your goals and dreams. When your brain works right, so do you. When it’s out of balance, you feel frustrated, or worse. Yet amid all the advice that bombards us daily about how to keep the rest of our body strong and healthy, we hear very little about how to keep the most complex and magnificent organ of all - the human brain - in top working order.

STOP DREADING MONDAYS. TRANSFORM THEM INTO YOUR SECRET WEAPON. Monday is the most powerful yet underutilized day of the week. How you spend those precious first hours impacts your motivation, productivity, and happiness all week long. Yet most squander Monday in a fog of exhaustion, dread, and catch-up. The weekend's momentum evaporates and you're constantly playing from behind. But with the right strategy, Monday can become your launchpad to an extraordinary week. The first day sets the trajectory. This book provides the blueprint to master Monday morning for peak performance and joy. ...

The Door to Perception and a Rediscovery of Life; An inquiry into the fabric and structure of the self and the nature of consciousness... Have we become prisoners of our own past and because of this are tied to the past and if so, how do we free ourselves from the known so, as to discover something new? Contrary to what most people may think, awareness and insight is not a product of knowledge or of the known but rather is found in freedom from the known. It is awareness and insight that creates wisdom and wisdom is the key that opens the door to perception and a rediscovery of life simply ...