Self-Help Books or Audios?
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Oldeagle66
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Definitely books, I'm an avid reader. Not really a self help type, like my soul, emotions or making more money. More of a hands on fixing things type. I wouldn't buy anything from one of those 'Improve My Inner Peace Chakra' gurus.
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Tommy
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I stopped paying attention to these many, many years ago once I learned that these people who are trying to make a buck telling me how to live my life don't actually know much at all (other than some having good marketing skills). 
That Lady in PA
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Exactly!I stopped paying attention to these many, many years ago once I learned that these people who are trying to make a buck telling me how to live my life don't actually know much at all (other than some having good marketing skills).
They are (in most cases) peddling the "gimmick of the year" to vulnerable people.
All as THEIR life improves as the $$ roll in!
OldFeller
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I used to read them years ago. They all start out stating clearly what your issues are. But then they go off on some weird solution.
The best you can hope for is to better understand yourself and what's motivating you. Sometimes that's all you need. Your mind is capable of solving your own problems once it knows exactly what the problem is.
I have to be away from situations in life to be better able to see myself and others who were around me at the time to better understand what was going on.
I was depressed at one time and I picked up a book called Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by Burns. Burns was a practicing therapist and had experience helping patients better understand the traps they put themselves in unwittingly and how to unravel and understand the thinking patterns that keep us there.
That's the only book that ever significantly helped me.
The best you can hope for is to better understand yourself and what's motivating you. Sometimes that's all you need. Your mind is capable of solving your own problems once it knows exactly what the problem is.
I have to be away from situations in life to be better able to see myself and others who were around me at the time to better understand what was going on.
I was depressed at one time and I picked up a book called Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by Burns. Burns was a practicing therapist and had experience helping patients better understand the traps they put themselves in unwittingly and how to unravel and understand the thinking patterns that keep us there.
That's the only book that ever significantly helped me.
JBR
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Very true. Wise words.
Jules
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Years ago I know I had some of the bestsellers on my bedside table. Not sure I even finished them.
Lately I’ve been listening to motivational speaker, Mel Robbins. She interviews well-known specialists who are board certified in their specialties. Many interesting folks, including Gabor Mate who was in a thread here last week. My listening is more about the need to have a background entertainment on continually, though I do appreciate some of the topics that are discussed.
Once I downloaded a podcast by a supposedly renowned physiatrist who had written several bestsellers. What a flake. I think she must have penned her own doctorate.
Lately I’ve been listening to motivational speaker, Mel Robbins. She interviews well-known specialists who are board certified in their specialties. Many interesting folks, including Gabor Mate who was in a thread here last week. My listening is more about the need to have a background entertainment on continually, though I do appreciate some of the topics that are discussed.
Once I downloaded a podcast by a supposedly renowned physiatrist who had written several bestsellers. What a flake. I think she must have penned her own doctorate.