Self-Help : Self-Esteem

Children generally start out as fragile, shy beings, often times unsure of themselves. Yet there are some children who feel they are the ‘center of the universe’ from their very start of life. Why is this so and how does one teach those in the former group how to best value themselves, their contribution to life, and to show them how to help do the same for others? One of the answers is that they must first learn they do not live on an island by themselves and that they must successfully interact with others. In the process they will learn how to love, respect, and appreciate themselves as well as others. This book teaches these skills, methodologies and more. more...

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A Psychological Guidebook for Women in the 21st Century. Does life keep distracting you from acknowledging what you feel, what you need, and what you want? Are you too busy listening to what everyone else wants-your husband or boyfriend, your kids, your parents, your friends, or boss, even what the media tells us to be?to the point that you no longer know what you want?. You're not the only one. Based on her work with over a thousand women across the country, psychologist Helene G. Brenner has learned that women feel the impulse to accommodate, adapt and mold themselves to serve others at their own expense. Her solution is an invigorating new approach to women's psychology. The key to transformation, she explains, is not self-improvement, but self-acceptance—affirming and validating what we truly feel and experience and who we already are. Dr. Brenner shows women how to discover and express what they truly want and value, guiding you toward your own Inner Voice. I Know I’m In There Somewhere will show you:. - How to embrace, rather than fix, the Inner Voice that has been there all along. - How to distinguish the Outer Voices (the expectations of the people around you) from Your Inner Voice (the voice of your true self that goes beyond intuition and guides you wisely towards what is right for you). - What to do when you feel that the essence of who you are is being stifled by external demands and expectations more...

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Laurie Helgoe shows readers that they don’t need to adapt and blend into the loud, outgoing extroverted portion of America. Instead, they can find ways to thrive as they are, to use introversion not as a weakness but as a source of power. more...

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Thirty years ago, Sara Davidson wrote the phenomenal bestseller Loose Change , the definitive book about the boomer generation’s coming-of-age. Now this witty social observer has again turned her discerning eye to her contemporaries, with Leap!, a no-holds-barred, illuminating, and hopeful look at the choices and challenges we face and the roads open to us. more...

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In the follow-up to his award winning national bestseller, Letters to a Young Brother, actor and star of CSI: NY shares his powerful wisdom for young women everywhere, drawing on the courageous advice of the female role models who transformed his life. Letters to a Young Sister unfolds as a series of letters written by older brother Hill to a universal Young Sistah. She’s up against the same challenges as every young woman: from relating to her parents and dealing with peer pressure, to juggling schoolwork and crushes and keeping faith in the face of heartache. In his straight-talking style, Hill helps his young sister build self-confidence, self-reliance, self-respect, and encourages her on her journeys towards becoming a strong and successful woman. The book also includes contributions from admirable women like Angela Basset, Ciara, Michelle Obama, Tatyana Ali, Nikki Giovanni, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrikck, Eve, Malinda Williams, Kim Porter, and more. more...

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