Personal Issues
Moods
The Feeling Good Handbook By: David Burns ISBN: 0452281326 Lots of exercises for overcoming a variety of problems using a cognitive behavioural approach, this book is excellent. |
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Mind Over Mood By: Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky ISBN: 0898621283 This is a great workbook for helping to deal with a wide variety of emotional problems using cognitive strategies. |
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Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway By: Susan Jeffers ISBN: 0712671056 This book provides strategies for dealing with your voice of doom which holds you back from something you want or need to do. |
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You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy: A Self Help book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder By: Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo ISBN: 0743264487 A wonderfully helpful guide to understanding and coping with Attention Deficit Disorder in everyday life. It is not just helpful to adults with ADD but also to parents of children and adolescents struggling with this disorder as they gain insight into how ADD impacts their child's life. |
Substance Abuse
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself By: Melody Beattie ISBN: 0894864025 This is a best seller and excellent resource for those living with a partner who is suffering from alcohol or drug addiction. The author's personal experience describes self-care strategies and ways to feel less responsible for others. |
Personal Effectiveness
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change By: Stephen Covey ISBN: 0671663984 This has been a best seller for many years. The ideas here are excellent and have led to many spin off books. This book tends to appeal more to men. |
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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and it's All Small Stuff By: Richard Carlson ISBN: 0786881852 This book shows you how to keep the little things in life from driving you crazy. Its a best seller that has bred a number of spin off books. |
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The Present By: Spencer Johnson ISBN: 0385509308 A brief and engaging story which will help you focus on what will make you happy and successful in your work and personal life. |
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Who Moved My Cheese? By: Spencer Johnson ISBN: 0399147241 A brief, amusing and simple parable that reveals some profound truths about how each of us handle unexpected change. |
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Whale Done: The Power of Positive Relationships By: Ken Blanchard ISBN: 074323538X Whale Done is a short and excellent transformational story about the power of focusing our energy towards positive outcomes rather than, as most of us do, wasting our energy on what is going wrong. |
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How Full is Your Bucket By: Tom Rath and Donald Clifton ISBN: 1595620036 Organized around a simple metaphor of a dipper and a bucket, and based on solid research, this book will show you how to increase the positive moments in your work and personal life. |
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Tuesdays with Morrie By: Mitch Albom ISBN: 0307275639 This is the story of a man's love for his mentor. It is a great little book especially for men who are looking for more meaning in their lives. |