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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SELF-DEVELOPMENT, SELF-ESTEEM, etc.
'Personal Development' attracts a bewildering array of writers each promoting their own simplified recipe for success. One fault that many have in common is the assumption that personal development is something you do on your own by working through the exercises in the book or following the author's recommendations.
But personal development is primarily a social activity We are social beings. Development is a mutual and continuing activity. See Food for Thought for writers supporting this idea. Cultural Bias: ideas about 'personal development' - what people aspire to, and how to get there - depend on the dominant beliefs in the cultures where we live. For a more 'Eastern' perspective on personal development take a look at Zen and the Inner Game |
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Synopsis: A synthesis of Western and Eastern psychological principles is the basis of this guide to self-therapy that can potentially touch and transform all levels of an individual's being. (Also see favourable reviews at Amazon.co.uk) |
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Explains a new field of scientific research, exploring how psychological and emotional factors influence health
through their effects on behaviour and the immune system. Martin analyzes how the brain and the immune system
interact, and presents new evolutionary biological perspectives on some fundamental problems in the realm of
health and sickness. (Amazon.co.uk)
excellent reviews from the British press and from Amazon reviewers |
Synopsis: This is a guide aimed at helping the reader realize their dreams - just by placing an order with the universe. The author explains how she used the "cosmic ordering service" to gain her dream job, the ideal man, money, health - even a castle to live in! She intends here to show the reader how to listen to their inner voice, place their order, sit back and let marvellous things just happen. (Amazon.co.uk) |
Synopsis: The Journey is a simple, revolutionary set of techniques that has freed thousands from lifelong emotional and physical blocks -- from addiction, depression and low self-esteem to chronic pain and illness. The Journey was born of Brandon Bays' extraordinary experience of healing from a football-sized tumour, without drugs or surgery, in 6 weeks. Forced to go beyond the limits of known alternative therapies (she had been working in mind/body healing for two decades) she was catapulted into a remarkable, soul searching and ultimately ground-breaking healing journey. She pioneered a remarkable healing technique that guides us directly to the root cause of a longstanding difficulty-- emotional or physical--and then gives us the tools to resolve it. At the most sophisticated nexus of mind-body healing today, the Journey offers a simple imaginative process that is a revolutionary way to actually access memories held in specific parts of the body, bringing the latest findings of energy medicine into a fast, effective technique that anyone from a child to a CEO can use. (Amazon.co.uk) |
Synopsis: Esther and Jerry Hicks' first book presenting the teachings of the non-physical entity Abraham has drawn an extraordinary collection of endorsements from people keen to draw attention to the message that Abraham has to convey. Endorsements have been received from Neale Donald Walsch, John Gray, Wayne Dyer, Louise L. Hay, Jack Canfield and Christiane Northrup. This book explains how our relationships, health issues, finances, career concerns are influenced by the Universal laws that govern our time/space reality and describes powerful processes that will help people manifest their desires and live the fulfilling life you deserve.(Amazon.co.uk) |
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"Maps both a personal transformative experience for the reader and the social arrangements that support this significant mode of adult learning. A unique and invaluable resource for adult educators, leaders in organizations, and every adult learner." (Jack Mezirow, emeritus professor of adult and continuing education, Teachers College, Columbia University) More reviews |
Tompkins and Lawley have written a book that provides people with a tool for profound analysis and insight. The use of metaphors as a means of evaluating how you order your world, your relationships, your occupation, and interpret the experiences of your life is invaluable. This book should be read by everyone who has an interest in expanding their awareness of why they say the things they do, and discovering how the 'contents' of their lives are sources of empowerment (Ernest Rossi, Ph.D, Author of "Dreams, Consciousness and; Spirit" and "The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing")
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The author asserts that people's lack of decisiveness, whether in respect of work, relationships, money or life in general, is attributable mainly to fear. She claims that fear prevents them from doing what they really want and need to do in order to grow and achieve a sense of well-being, and that holding back through fear causes feelings of confusion, self-doubt, frustration, anger and helplessness. The aim of the book is to offer readers a path of re-learning, by means of which they can get rid of faulty thinking, feel the fear and push through it to turn anger into love and indecision into action. Read the 5 star reviews |
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Move over Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Optimal Thinking has become the successor to positive thinking. Hailed by academia and the media as "the essential step above positive thinking," Optimal Thinking empowers us to be our best in any circumstance. It stops us from settling for second best! (Amazon.com)
Available from optimalthinking.com where you can view the contents and learn much more about the subject. |
Author Terry Orlick, an internationally acclaimed sport psychologist, has helped hundreds of Olympic athletes maximize their performances and achieve their goals. In this third edition of In Pursuit of Excellence, Orlick presents his special insights and experiences to help you make the most of your potential. He also identifies the Seven Essential Elements of Human Excellence and provides a step-by-step plan for proceeding along your personal path to excellence.
Whether you are an athlete, coach, or high achiever in another walk of life, In Pursuit of Excellence provides the expert advice and proven techniques to fulfill your aspirations. (amazon.co.uk)
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A manual and resource for developing philosophical dialogue with children aged 4 and above.
Book Description: Storywise is a fascinating resource that harnesses the power of familiar stories to open up a space for children's thinking. This publication, the Storywise Starter Pack, comes in two parts. The first is a Teachers' Guidance Book of ideas and methods for leading children into high-quality thinking and dialogue about all kinds of stories. The second is an expandable starter-pack of ideas and learning materials for three classic picture books along with a Web of Intriguing Ideas that teachers can use with many other stories, poems and pictures for all ages. More Storywise material will be available in the future. Storywise is a radically updated and re-written version of Dr. Karin Murris' ground-breaking project: Teaching Philosophy Through Picture Books. The benefits for children of that project will remain (introduction to philosophical dialogue, improvements in thinking skills and literacy). |
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Self-esteem: The Costs and Causes of Low Self-Worth
Nicholas Emler
Professor Emler points out that some social problems are associated with (and partly caused by) high self esteem, and he broadly concludes that moderate self-esteem is about the best kind to have. But I have just made the kind of generalisation that Professor Emler would be quick to criticise. What I found particularly valuable was the carefully explained summary of the seven possible explanations that exist when you find a correlation between one factor (e.g. high self-esteem) and another (e.g. bullying). But his report does not end in a mess of inconclusiveness. This is partly because so much research has been carried out in this field that it is possible to make some important conclusions - even if some are tentative. Individual and social 'problems' are too complex to expect a single change (e.g. in self-esteem) to have profound consequences. A careful reading of this very readable report will help you to judge whether your intuitive commitment to raising self-esteem in others is likely to help or hinder the results that you or they are seeking. This report has already attracted reviews in the national press. The predictable headlines are that raising self-esteem may be bad for your child. Inside the body of the report you will find a very useful and up to date summary of the key issues and a significant reappraisal of what the research does and does not say. (reviewed by Roger Greenaway) |
On the front cover: "A must for any professional who works with groups in any kind of setting." (Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul) Look inside the book at amazon.com to see the table of contents, author details and samples pages. |
How to Raise Your Self-Esteem
Nathaniel Branden
Action-oriented approach to greater self-respect and self-confidence.
Also by Nathaniel Branden:
Nathaniel Branden articles: |
A candid, straightforward look at what low self-esteem really is, its harmful effects, why it is frequently misdiagnosed and how sufferers can best find the help they need by the founder and director of The Self-Esteem Institute. (reviewed at amazon.com)
Or listen to Marilyn J. Sorensen's audiobook: |
Paperback - 160 pages, February, 2000 |
Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More Richard Koch
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The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less Richard Koch
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