What is real, lasting happiness? How does one achieve it? And why are so many people holding themselves back? At the heart of this profound, simple, beautiful book is the wisdom of Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz, married psychoanalysts who encourage readers to both love themselves and to confront life’s hardest truths. A classic for more than three decades, How to Be Your Own Best Friend has already changed millions of lives. Now, open up your mind, and let it change yours.

The key to a full life—awaken the dreamer within you!It is not easy to let go the outworn life dreams of childhood. Courage and uncompromising honesty with oneself make possible the moment of awakening. It is necessary to be aware of and to fight the recurring temptation to go back to the familiar notions of the past. The resolve to see this past through is strengthened by remembering that a new, adult view of life can be more in touch with the present. It is only ...

What is real, lasting happiness? How does one achieve it? And why are so many people holding themselves back? At the heart of this profound, simple, beautiful book is the wisdom of Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz, married psychoanalysts who encourage listeners to both love themselves and to confront life's hardest truths. A classic for more than three decades, How to Be Your Own Best Friend has already changed millions of lives. Now, open up your mind, and let it change yours...

Some words from Annie about the book…Who am I to tell you how to stop loving a jerk?Let’s start at the very beginning. You don’t know me at all. We’ve never been introduced. So who am I to be telling you how to stop loving a jerk, reclaim your self-respect, and have a great relationship?Why didn’t I realise?Well, I’m someone who spent rather a long time waiting for a jerk to love me back. You see, I kept on ...

Instant New York Times bestseller. Over two million copies sold!CHANGE YOUR MINDSET, CHANGE YOUR ACTIONS, CHANGE YOUR FU*KING LIFE — A BS-free guide to building better habits, boosting resilience, breaking free from self-doubt, and becoming the fiercest version of yourselfA refreshing, no-nonsense, self-empowerment guide that offers an honest, crystal clear, tough-love approach to help you stop the self-sabotage and move past self-...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address.Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times. Why? Becaus...

You have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. Act accordingly. Act Accordingly is a philosophical framework written to help people become the best possible version of themselves. Rather than proposing a one-size-fits-all code of beliefs or behaviors, the ideas presented in this intentionally concise book encourage readers to question their long-held biases, their definition of confidence, their level of self-sustainability, and the degree to which they allow ...

Did you survive a rough childhood but now those survival skills seem to get in the way of your present-day life? THAT SHIZZ HURT! can help you put down those old tools and pick up some new ones. It's one of 15 quick reads in the 'This or Prozac' series - short focused advice for everyday life. Matt Prager is a licensed therapist who offers dating coaching business coaching and phone therapy for both individuals and couples. He also offers assistance with all aspects of online d...

Soul on the Run is the gut-wrenchingly honest portrayal of one womans search for herself, and her refusal to continue playing the game of let's pretend everything is okay. What's more, it reminds us-when we are honest with ourselves-that we can start life over at any age. Korth's words are pithy and raw, sometimes almost brutal, and often just plain funny. There are commonsense insights into living life and a sometimes mystic questing into the hidden avenues of the human heart. To read thi...

There's no way around it: From the point of view of the difficult people in our lives, we're the ones being difficult. If only we would stop resisting and agree that the person we're calling "difficult" is right and we need to do exactly what s/he tells us to do. Of course, this is exactly what we're thinking about her/him. It may seem counterintuitive, but once we stop being "difficult," from the point of view of the other person, the other person will stop being difficult as well. This b...

Do you keep doing things differently but the result always winds up the same like you always end up in the same relationship or the same argument or the same bad feeling? Time to get off emotional hamster wheel. WHAT PATTERN? can show you how. From the 'This or Prozac' series - short focused advice for everyday life. Matt Prager is a licensed therapist who offers dating coaching business coaching and phone therapy for both individuals and couples. He also offers assistance with all ...

Do you feel like people step all over you (or are you kind of the one doing the stepping)? Do you struggle with saying no without guilt and yes without resentment? THE BOUNDARIES SONG can help you figure out where you end and the rest of the world begins. From the 'This or Prozac' series by Matt Prager - short focused advice for everyday life. Matt is a licensed therapist who offers dating coaching business coaching and phone therapy for both individuals and couples. He also offers ...