Audrey G.
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Insecure in Love
- How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It
- By: Leslie Becker-Phelps PhD
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 841
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 691
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 681
In Insecure in Love, you'll learn how to overcome attachment anxiety using compassionate self-awareness, a technique that can help you recognize your negative thoughts or unhealthy behavior patterns and respond to them in a nurturing way - rather than beating yourself up. You'll also learn how insecurity can negatively affect healthy dialog between you and your partner (or potential partners) and develop the skills needed to stop you from reverting back to old patterns of neediness and possessiveness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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attachment theory
- By erika on 02-08-16
- Insecure in Love
- How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It
- By: Leslie Becker-Phelps PhD
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
Exceptional resource
Reviewed: 09-04-23
If you think you might have an insecure attachment style or you struggle in relationships, buy this book. Read it, do the exercises within, and apply it to your life, and I’m sure your life will change for the better. I am a therapist and I read at least a dozen mental health books yearly, including self-help books which I review for my clients. This book is exceptional in both its content and how the content is presented. Well-organized and concise, and delivered with compassion as well as expertise, you will find it a pleasure — not a task — to read Anxious in Love. Highly recommended.
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Nobody Needs to Know
- A Memoir
- By: Pidgeon Pagonis, Joey Soloway - introduction
- Narrated by: Pidgeon Pagonis
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story5 out of 5 stars 41
Pidgeon Pagonis always felt like their life was a constant attempt to fit in with other girls—a feeling that was only exacerbated when puberty failed to hit. They never understood why…until they uncovered the secret that had haunted their childhood. Bouncing between their Chicago home and the city’s children’s hospital, Pidgeon weathered a series of traumatic surgeries, fabrications, and misdirections. It wasn’t until college that Pidgeon pieced together the puzzle of their identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightened me
- By Patricia G. Corey on 08-28-23
- Nobody Needs to Know
- A Memoir
- By: Pidgeon Pagonis, Joey Soloway - introduction
- Narrated by: Pidgeon Pagonis
Great storytelling in addition to education
Reviewed: 08-17-23
Pidgeon Pagonis has beautifully written and performed this memoir which is both a personal narrative of their experiences growing up as an intersex person as well as an account of the activist efforts they played a key role in to successfully stop medically unnecessary and harmful surgeries on intersex infants and children at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Entertaining and educational, I listened to the audiobook in only two days. Check it out!
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Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline
- The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation
- By: Becky A. Bailey
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 231
Have you ever opened your mouth to discipline your child, and your parents' nastiest words tumble out? In an era when most parenting books focus on the child, this book supports parents in dealing more positively with themselves, as well as their toddler-to-school-age children, offering specific tools to stop policing and pleading with kids and start being the parents we want to be. Based on Dr. Bailey's more than 25 years of work with children, this book explains that how we discipline ourselves is ultimately how we discipline our children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Parenting Book I've Read
- By Ryan Hervey on 06-28-18
- Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline
- The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation
- By: Becky A. Bailey
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
Solid, practical guidance to benefit the parent and the child
Reviewed: 05-07-23
This book provides solid, practical guidance and is presented in a clear way with lots of examples on how to apply the guidelines with your own children, from toddlers through school-age children. It’s more than just information and tips - Dr. Bailey uses her expertise in child development and the psychology of children and adults to explain the rationale behind her guidance and assist parents to recognize and address their roadblocks to connecting with and effectively parenting their children. Read this book and Dr. Bailey will teach you a kinder, more compassionate — and more effective — way to treat your children, and yourself!
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Straw into Gold
- Words + Music, Vol. 33
- By: Aimee Mann
- Narrated by: Aimee Mann
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 415
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 373
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 372
Indie-rock icon Aimee Mann is well acquainted with trauma and the transformative act of using it as a basis for artistic expression, but that doesn’t mean that she knows how or why it works. Mann goes on a journey of discovery to better understand the link between damage and why what we do with it matters.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly a commercial for a podcast
- By Blaise on 01-09-23
- Straw into Gold
- Words + Music, Vol. 33
- By: Aimee Mann
- Narrated by: Aimee Mann
Meaningful reflections on art making and trauma
Reviewed: 01-23-23
Meaningful reflections on art making and trauma. Includes great interviews including one with Mara Bamford.
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Unmasking Autism
- Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
- By: Devon Price PhD
- Narrated by: Devon Price PhD
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,929
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,681
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,674
In Unmasking Autism, Dr. Devon Price shares their personal experience with masking and blends history, social science research, prescriptions, and personal profiles to tell a story of neurodivergence that has thus far been dominated by those on the outside looking in. For Dr. Price and many others, Autism is a deep source of uniqueness and beauty. Unfortunately, living in a neurotypical world means it can also be a source of incredible alienation and pain.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Debra M. Givin on 11-12-22
- Unmasking Autism
- Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
- By: Devon Price PhD
- Narrated by: Devon Price PhD
Embracing neurodiversity and building a better world
Reviewed: 01-18-23
A surprisingly quick read given the abundance of information provided, because Dr. Price presents the information in such an engaging way with lots of real life stories. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially someone who thinks they may be autistic or knows someone who is or may be autistic, or simply anyone who is interested in improving our world through positive social change. I am a psychotherapist and I’ve benefited through the increased awareness I’ve gained from this book, and I’ve already recommended this book to a client. Also read this book if you’ve experienced or heard of ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) - we can do better!
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Shadow Daughter
- A Memoir of Estrangement
- By: Harriet Brown
- Narrated by: Harriet Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
Shadow Daughter tackles a subject we rarely discuss as a culture: Family estrangements, especially those between parents and adult children. Estrangements - between parents and children, siblings, multiple generations - are surprisingly common, and even families that aren't officially estranged often have some experience of deep conflicts. Estrangement is an issue that touches most people, one way or another, one that's still shrouded in secrecy, stigma, and shame.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very dangerous & harmful for society as a whole
- By Suz C. on 01-04-22
- Shadow Daughter
- A Memoir of Estrangement
- By: Harriet Brown
- Narrated by: Harriet Brown
Validating/Illuminating
Reviewed: 01-19-22
In this book, which is both a very personal memoir and a journalistic piece, Harriet Brown bares her heart to us while also providing interesting research and illuminating examples of other people’s experiences with estrangement, and that which led to their estrangement. This book is a validating resource for someone who has had to make the difficult choice of estrangement. I would also recommend this book to therapists who wish to understand the topic better. The book is very well written and it was a pleasure to listen to the audiobook.
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I Know This Much Is True
- By: Wally Lamb
- Narrated by: Ken Howard
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,481
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,204
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,198
In the long awaited follow-up to the highly praised novel She's Come Undone, Dominick Birdsey must come to terms with himself, as well as with the schizophrenic twin brother he has spent his life both protecting and resenting.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Douglas on 03-20-08
- I Know This Much Is True
- By: Wally Lamb
- Narrated by: Ken Howard
A favorite
Reviewed: 05-08-21
Excellent storytelling and some of the best narration on Audible. I’ll look for more books by both this author and the narrator. The only complaint I have is that another voice is heard softly in the background. I didn’t hear it the whole time but for the last hour or so it sounds like another man is speaking in the background and it’s an unwelcome distraction. If Audible Curran’s this up, this audiobook will be perfect.
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Todd
- By: Etgar Keret, Benjamin Samuel - foreword
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 23
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Story3 out of 5 stars 23
Do not let Etgar Keret deceive you. The Israeli writer who's worked in film, illustration, animation, and radio, is a storyteller in all senses of the word. Like a conman, he'll promise you a simple story and then the next thing you know your emotional reserves have been completely emptied. It's a literary bait and switch, and he'll get you every time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ketgar Keret always has an interesting perspective
- By Audrey G. on 04-12-21
- Todd
- By: Etgar Keret, Benjamin Samuel - foreword
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
Ketgar Keret always has an interesting perspective
Reviewed: 04-12-21
This is an entertaining and thought-provoking short story by one of my favorite authors. Would love to see more Etgar Keret stories on Audible.
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Your Voice in My Head
- A Memoir
- By: Emma Forrest
- Narrated by: Emma Forrest
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 350
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 326
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Story4 out of 5 stars 324
Emma Forrest, a British journalist, was just 22 and living the fast life in New York City when she realized that her quirks had gone beyond eccentricity. In a cycle of loneliness, damaging relationships, and destructive behavior, she found herself in the chair of a slim, balding, and effortlessly optimistic psychiatrist--a man whose wisdom and humanity would wrench her from the dangerous tide after she tried to end her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great, quick read
- By Amazon Customer on 02-12-21
- Your Voice in My Head
- A Memoir
- By: Emma Forrest
- Narrated by: Emma Forrest
Beautiful and Moving
Reviewed: 03-21-21
Excellent narration by author. Engaging writing. Beautiful story. Would like to hear more from this author.
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