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100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss Summary
100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss
by Jean Carper 2010 317 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Mental Health
How to Hug a Porcupine Summary
How to Hug a Porcupine
Easy Ways to Love the Difficult People in Your Life (Little Book. Big Idea.)
by Dr. Debbie Ellis June Eding 2009 160 pages
3.15
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
Emotional First Aid Summary
Emotional First Aid
Healing Rejection, Guilt, Failure, and Other Everyday Hurts
by Guy Winch Ph.D. 2014 304 pages
3.87
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Narcissist Next Door Summary
The Narcissist Next Door
Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed - In Your World
by Jeffrey Kluger 2014 288 pages
3.11
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The ADHD Effect on Marriage Summary
The ADHD Effect on Marriage
Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
by Melissa Orlov 2010 233 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Adhd
Self Help
Psychology
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Summary
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
by Daniel G. Amen 1999 337 pages
3.97
12k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Who's Pulling Your Strings? Summary
Who's Pulling Your Strings?
How to Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Regain Control of Your Life
by Harriet Braiker 2003 256 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Disarming the Narcissist Summary
Disarming the Narcissist
Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed
by Wendy T. Behary LCSW 2013 224 pages
3.7
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
ACT Made Simple Summary
ACT Made Simple
An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (The New Harbinger Made Simple Series)
by Russ Harris 2009 280 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Social Work
The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD Summary
The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD
An 8-Step Program for Strengthening Attention, Managing Emotions, and Achieving Your Goals
by Lidia Zylowska MD 2012 224 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Adhd
Self Help
Psychology
On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving
Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 2005 256 pages
4.32
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Death
Undoing Depression Summary
Undoing Depression
What Therapy Doesn't Teach You and Medication Can't Give You
by Richard O'Connor 2009 434 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Driven to Distraction (Revised) Summary
Driven to Distraction (Revised)
Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. 2011 400 pages
4.12
13k+ ratings
Adhd
Psychology
Self Help
Psychotherapy Summary
Psychotherapy
A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Tom Burns 2015 144 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Psychiatry
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing Summary
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing
Revised and Updated: Surviving Through and Recovering from the Five Stages That Accompany the Loss of Love
by Susan Anderson 2014 373 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
In an Unspoken Voice Summary
In an Unspoken Voice
How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
by Peter A. Levine 2010 384 pages
4.35
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
In This Moment Summary
In This Moment
Five Steps to Transcending Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience
by Kirk D. Strosahl PhD 2015 216 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Self Help
Health
Mental Health
Anxiety as an Ally Summary
Anxiety as an Ally
How I Turned a Worried Mind into My Best Friend
by Dan Ryckert 2015 220 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day
And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015 224 pages
4.22
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Short Stories
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology Summary
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
by Scott O. Lilienfeld 2011 240 pages
3.66
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens Summary
Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills for Helping You Manage Mood Swings, Control Angry Outbursts, and (Instant Help Book for Teens)
by Sheri Van Dijk 2011 164 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Mental Health
The Anxiety Toolkit Summary
The Anxiety Toolkit
Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points
by Alice Boyes PhD 2015 240 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety Summary
Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety
Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions
by MD Peter R. Breggin 2014 320 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Upward Spiral Summary
The Upward Spiral
Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
by Alex Korb PhD 2015 241 pages
4.26
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
F*ck Feelings Summary
F*ck Feelings
One Shrink's Practical Advice for Managing All Life's Impossible Problems
by Michael Bennett MD 2015 384 pages
3.46
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
The Dance of Fear Summary
The Dance of Fear
Rising Above Anxiety, Fear, and Shame to Be Your Best and Bravest Self
by Harriet Lerner 2005 238 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Emotional Incest Syndrome Summary
The Emotional Incest Syndrome
What to do When a Parent's Love Rules Your Life
by Dr. Patricia Love 1991 304 pages
4.17
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Parenting
The Gifts of Imperfection Summary
The Gifts of Imperfection
Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
by Brené Brown 2010 160 pages
4.25
200k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Madness Summary
Madness
A Bipolar Life
by Marya Hornbacher 2008 299 pages
4.03
14k+ ratings
Memoir
Mental Health
Psychology
The ADHD Advantage Summary
The ADHD Advantage
What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength
by Dale Archer MD 2015 304 pages
3.56
500+ ratings
Adhd
Psychology
Self Help
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog Summary
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook — What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
by Bruce D Perry 2007 288 pages
4.58
33k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Science
The Narcissist You Know Summary
The Narcissist You Know
Defending Yourself Against Extreme Narcissists in an All-About-Me Age
by Joseph Burgo PhD 2015 272 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
How to Raise Your Self-Esteem Summary
How to Raise Your Self-Esteem
The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence
by Nathaniel Branden 1988 176 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Rewire Your Anxious Brain Summary
Rewire Your Anxious Brain
How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
by Catherine M Pittman PhD 2015 232 pages
4.12
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Summary
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD 2015 216 pages
4.39
56k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Healing Developmental Trauma Summary
Healing Developmental Trauma
How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship
by Laurence Heller Ph.D. 2012 320 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety Summary
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety
A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
by John P. Forsyth 2008 288 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Why You Love Music Summary
Why You Love Music
From Mozart to Metallica — The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds
by John Powell 2016 320 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Science
The User's Guide to the Human Mind Summary
The User's Guide to the Human Mind
Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It
by Shawn T. Smith PsyD 2011 216 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Emotional Agility Summary
Emotional Agility
by Susan David 2016 288 pages
3.99
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Drama of the Gifted Child Summary
The Drama of the Gifted Child
The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition
by Alice Miller 1997 136 pages
4.05
27k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Parenting
The Polyvagal Theory Summary
The Polyvagal Theory
Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by Stephen W. Porges 2011 347 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do Summary
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success
by Amy Morin 2014 272 pages
3.91
26k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness Summary
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness
A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques (Overcoming Books)
by Gillian Butler 2009
3.79
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Overcoming Anxiety Summary
Overcoming Anxiety
Reassuring Ways to Break Free from Stress and Worry and Lead a Calmer Life
by Gill Hasson 2015 208 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Health
The Power of Different Summary
The Power of Different
The Link Between Disorder and Genius
by Gail Saltz M.D. 2017 256 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Adhd
Mental Health
Getting Past Your Past Summary
Getting Past Your Past
Take Control of Your Life With Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy
by Francine Shapiro 2012 352 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
Getting Past Your Breakup Summary
Getting Past Your Breakup
How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
by Susan J. Elliott JD MEd 2009 272 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Relationships
Personal Development
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual Summary
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual
DBT for Self-Help and Individual & Group Treatment Settings, 2nd Edition
by Lane Pederson 2017 278 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition) Summary
Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition)
Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People
by Jackson MacKenzie 2015 306 pages
4.19
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
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