Below I’ll give you my selections for the best Self Help books by a few categories. I will cover these and other great books more in depth later.
- You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (2013)
- The Self Care Prescription: Powerful Solutions to Manage Stress, Reduce Anxiety & Increase Wellbeing (2019)
- The Self-Love Workbook: A Life-Changing Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Recognize Your Worth and Find Genuine Happiness (2018)
- Why Do I Do That?: Psychological Defense Mechanisms and the Hidden Ways They Shape Our Lives (2012)
- The Self Confidence Workbook: A Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt and Improving Self-Esteem (2018)
- Declutter Your Mind: How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking (2016)
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) (1997)
- Do the Work: The Official Unrepentant, Ass-Kicking, No-Kidding, Change-Your-Life Sidekick to Unfu*k Yourself (Unfu*k Yourself series) (2019)
- Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior (1996)
- How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t: 14 Habits that Are Holding You Back from Happiness (2018)
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (2008)
- Zen as F*ck: A Journal for Practicing the Mindful Art of Not Giving a Sh*t (Zen as F*ck Journals) (2018)
- Hello Beautiful: beauty of being the real you. (2018)
- Every Day Isn’t Perfect: Volume I: Change Begins With You First (2016)
You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (2013)
YOU ARE A BADASS IS THE SELF-HELP BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES BUT DON’T WANT TO GET BUSTED DOING IT.
The Self Care Prescription: Powerful Solutions to Manage Stress, Reduce Anxiety & Increase Wellbeing (2019)
Real self care practices to enrich every part of your lifePicture your best life: Where would you work? What would your social calendar look like? What personal interests would you be exploring? This book is your prescription to turn those visions into a reality―with proven self care strategies for every area of your life. The Self Care Prescription empowers you to find balance and purpose in your relationships, work, and life.
The Self-Love Workbook: A Life-Changing Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Recognize Your Worth and Find Genuine Happiness (2018)
You need love from yourself as much as from others. When you have low self-esteem, low confidence or even self-hatred, it’s impossible to live life to the fullest. It’s time to build your self-love and transform your attitude, emotions and overall outlook on life! This helpful workbook allows you to become aware of your own unique needs and goals while discovering how to better accept and love your true self.
Why Do I Do That?: Psychological Defense Mechanisms and the Hidden Ways They Shape Our Lives (2012)
Why Do I Do That? adapts the basic strategies of psychodynamic psychotherapy to a guided course in self-exploration, highlighting the universal role of defense mechanisms in warding off emotional pain. With easy-to-understand explanations, the first part teaches you about the unconscious mind and the role of psychological defenses in excluding difficult feelings from awareness.
The Self Confidence Workbook: A Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt and Improving Self-Esteem (2018)
Actively build self confidence in your everyday life with effective tools and strategies from The Self Confidence Workbook.Self confidence begins with knowing yourself.
Declutter Your Mind: How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking (2016)
Feel overwhelmed by your thoughts? Struggling with anxiety about your daily tasks? Or do you want to stop worrying about life?The truth isWe all experience the occasional negative thought. But if you always feel overwhelmed, then you need to closely examine how these thoughts are negatively impacting your lifestyle.The solution is to practice that create more “space” in your mind to enjoy inner peace and happiness.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) (1997)
In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. • A New York Times bestseller for over a decade.
Do the Work: The Official Unrepentant, Ass-Kicking, No-Kidding, Change-Your-Life Sidekick to Unfu*k Yourself (Unfu*k Yourself series) (2019)
Based on the New York Times bestseller Unfu*k Yourself comes an all new book of prompts, questions, and exercises, giving you the tools to intentionally commit to finally unfu*king your life.In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop inspired people to put his words into action to transform their fu*king lives.
Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior (1996)
Practical, proven self help steps show how to transform 40 common self-defeating behaviors, including procrastination, envy, obsession, anger, self-pity, compulsion, neediness, guilt, rebellion, inaction, and more.
How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t: 14 Habits that Are Holding You Back from Happiness (2018)
How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t is a straight-shooting approach to self-improvement for women, one that offers no-crap truth-telling about the most common self-destructive behaviors women tend to engage in. From listening to the imposter complex and bitchy inner critic to catastrophizing and people-pleasing, Andrea Owen–a nationally sought-after life coach–crystallizes what’s behind these invisible, undermining habits.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (2008)
The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other “black holes” of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life. Now, in this updated edition, Dr.
Zen as F*ck: A Journal for Practicing the Mindful Art of Not Giving a Sh*t (Zen as F*ck Journals) (2018)
The road to serenity is ahead, and it’s paved with a f*ck-ton of profanity. When quiet meditation and peaceful mantras aren’t enough to cut through the bullsh*t and brighten your day―hold close the pages of Zen as F*ck. On each and every page, you can give the good around you a warm f*cking hug and kick the bad on its ass.
Hello Beautiful: beauty of being the real you. (2018)
When was the last time you felt good about yourself, worthy, and capable of achieving what it is you want out of life? If it’s been so long you can’t remember, Keryl Pesce has a few bits of insight for you. Hello Beautiful is for women of all ages who deal with: -self doubt or low self esteem -anxiety -regret over a past that cannot be changed In this eye-opening, heart-warming book, you will discover the source of your inner critic and why the popular advice to “Just crush it,” is bad advice.
Every Day Isn’t Perfect: Volume I: Change Begins With You First (2016)
“Every Day Isn’t Perfect, Volume I: Change Begins With You First” is a woman’s story. It’s your story. It’s my story. It’s a collection of inspirational stories and prose telling the stories of human hopes and fears.
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Stop Anxiety and Panic Attacks: The Perfect Self-Help Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety Disorder, end Panic and Find Relief and Peace for your Mind
Author(s): Jennifer Lee
ID: 2388387, Publisher: Independently published, Year: 24 Jun 2019, Size: 859 Kb, Format: epub
Dark Psychology Secrets & Manipulation Techniques: How to Be free from Covert mind control, psychopath abuse, and Influence people through Dark NLP, body language & Persuasion. Hypnosis & Self-help
Author(s): Gardner, Richard
ID: 2875277, Publisher: , Year: 2021, Size: 6 Mb, Format: epub
The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide (Ataraxia Book 6)
Author(s): Burton, Neel
ID: 2894116, Publisher: Acheron Press, Year: 2021, Size: 5 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are really chart-busters according to USA Today, others are drafted by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.