This is the book that helps you to help yourself. It contains the essence of most self-help programs in a condensed format to enable you to grasp the real issues involved in personal development. By working through the straightforward question-and-answer sections, you will effect change and make real progress in your life. Experienced psychotherapist Alyss Thomas has closely observed what goes wrong in peoples lives, and through her questionnaires she helps you get on track and achieve the...

An "entertaining and engaging" exploration of the invisible forces influencing your life-and how understanding them can improve everything you do.The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most private thoughts. And you don't even realize it.Every day and in all walks of life, we overlook the enormous power of situations, of context in our lives. That's a mistake, says Sam Sommers in his provocative new book. Jus...

* Do you find yourself on the edge of succeeding at something and then all of a sudden everything falls apart? (it's called self-sabotage and it kills millions of dreams everyday. Learn how to blast away self-sabotage forever)* Have you struggled for years with the knowledge that you have at least as much on the ball as many others who have succeeded, but you're still mired in mediocre results?* Do you come up with some great ideas that you know could change your life but y...

There are 168 hours in a week. This book is about where the time really goes, and how we can all use it better.It's an unquestioned truth of modern life: we are starved for time. With the rise of two-income families, extreme jobs, and 24/7 connectivity, life is so frenzied we can barely find time to breathe. We tell ourselves we'd like to read more, get to the gym regularly, try new hobbies, and accomplish all kinds of goals. But then we give up because th...

In this book "How To Live a Positive Life: The Art of Living Well" Dr. Robert Puff teach us how to live a positive, healthy life by managing what influences we allow into our lives. This includes external influences such as the people we spend time with, what we listen to and watch. It also includes internal influences such as self-talk, mental conditioning and others. You will learn tips for maintaining healthy boundaries and knowing whether a relationship is a "keeper" or "tosser". You w...

The bestselling practical and reassuring guide to overcoming self-defeating thoughts and behaviours, using cognitive behavioural therapy.CHANGE YOUR THINKING is the bestselling guide to managing upsetting emotions by learning to think in a healthy and balanced way. It provides practical strategies for overcoming negative thoughts and behaviours, and taking control of emotions such as anxiety, depression, frustration, anger and guilt. It also describes techniques for enhancing self-...

Beat Low Self-Esteem with CBT will give you the skills you need to overcome a lack of self-esteem, making it easier for you to deal with tough times and leaving you a happier and more confident person. A complete program for changing your self-image, it takes you step-by-step through every aspect of confidence, with exercises to accompany each stage and short-term 'personal assignments' that will give you long-term benefits and lasting results.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five an...

Happiness is such a simple, unifying concept. We all want to be happy. We all want to die happy. But do we really know what happiness is? Do we really understand its complexity? Does pure joy lie on the same continuum as a quiet satisfaction? And does happiness in itself lead us to live a fulfilling life? This book helps us to discriminate clearly between two fundamental types of happiness. It helps us to know ourselves better, and to make active choices towards a more fulfilling life. The...

Change Your Life with Emotional Intelligence takes Daniel Goleman's revolutionary psychological theory and transforms it into practical self-help for you to boost emotional awareness in any part of your life. It introduces you to the principles of EI, explaining why the qualities of assertiveness, perception, motivation etc really matter if you want to live a fulfilled and successful life. The book takes an applied approach, encouraging you first to understand your own emotional identity, ...

Coaching Skills: A handbook, Third edition introduces the reader to the core skills needed to become a great coach.

Depression has been identified as one of the major health issues of the 21st century. At any one time, one in five adults have symptoms of mild to moderate depression while one in ten adults suffer clinical depression. The bestselling Beating the Blues is based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), a highly effective treatment for changing destructive and unhelpful thinking habits and overcoming feelings of lethargy, hopelessness, and suicidal impulses. This fully revised and upda...

Almost everyone carries a quieter, harsher voice than the one they use with other people. Raising Your Self-Esteem is written for that voice, and for the person who has spent years believing what it says.David Tuffley opens with a claim that sets the tone for everything that follows: high self-esteem is not a privilege to be earned, it is the ordinary birthright of every person, and the negative self-talk so many of us live with is not proof of some inner flaw but a treata...