When it comes to narcissism, it can be quite easy to fall for the trap and the guilt trip without truly knowing what you are getting yourself into. But there is one thing you need to get straight: You deserve freedom. You deserve to be independent.

Do you suffer from anxiety in relationships, which negatively affects your friendships and love bonds? Would you like to start living serenely in your relationships? How can you avoid having anxiety in your relationship? There are simple steps that will help you overcome this condition, like therapy or medication if necessary. This audiobook has been written to provide you with useful advice in this direction.

Both thorough and crisp, Natasha Rae Simmons tries her best to explain what social anxiety is, how avoidance and other safety behaviors only serve to aggravate its symptoms, and how teenagers can learn to cope with it, and eventually overcome this disorder. Even as she talks about the typical and more taboo aspects of social anxiety in this book, Natasha never blames or shames a teen for being socially anxious.

Codependency is a relationship in which one person needs to rely on others for self-worth or approval. This relationship can cause anxiety or shame that keeps one from focusing on one’s own needs and desires. It can also lead one to feel entitled and jealous when the codependent partner doesn’t share some priority they perceive themselves to have in their life. Codependency can be characterized by having an attitude of “shoulding” on another person. Communicating this self-perceived problem can lead to an improved relationship between the two people involved.

Anger management can be learned and is much easier than you think. There are proven strategies that helped millions of people to deal with certain situations in a productive way. Anger involves more than just your mind. Therefore a couple of yoga classes are not enough to cool you down. Ignoring your anger instead of dealing with it won’t be a healthy long term solution.

"You’re just too sensitive!" "That didn’t happen. You must be imagining things." "I don’t remember saying anything like that. You must have misunderstood me." Do these phrases seem familiar? Perhaps a little too familiar? If you hear them often, you might be a victim of abuse - gaslighting. It might mean that someone is manipulating you, making you not trust yourself. Someone is trying to take control of your life.

This book on anger management will take you through how best you can relate to others including those in your office and at home. It will educate you on the aspect of anger you are not familiar with and give you a new orientation on the wrong information you have gathered about anger. Right actions and reactions rely on accurate knowledge.

Many times, the source of our hard feelings and mental stress is a thinking pattern which we cannot shut down. Our thoughts (cognition) have a significant influence on our emotional feelings. Our behavior is usually automatic and lacking a decision-making process, which leads us again and again to the same outcome and the same feeling. CBT is about dealing with the thoughts and behaviors which lead us to the same feelings of suffering. In this outstanding book, you will be able to learn about CBT, discover its benefits, try it on yourself, and reap the benefits!

Is your anger taking over your life? Are you ready to get your temper under control? If you have an anger problem, you aren’t alone. One in eight American adults struggles to handle their rage. Sadly, most of them never learn how to control their temper. Through educating yourself on how anger works and why some of us are especially prone to flying off the handle, it provides you an empowering blueprint for a happier, well-balanced life.

The book Awakened Empath has been carefully designed by a top-notch author. He has put it together based on facts, experience, and thorough research. The top-class techniques explained in this book can be used by anyone to live a life free from negative mind-sets and toxic people. Awakened Empath is much more than just a book, it is a top-notch guide that will show you how to dodge sorrow and anxiety.

How often do you talk with your spouse with an open heart? Do you get annoyed with your relationship, subconsciously looking for something new? Do you feel jealous when someone else tries to get close to your partner? Or, maybe, you are just looking for help with improving communication? Most couples, at some stage in their marriage, have to deal with such issues. And it is a serious matter!

Are you a teenager looking to boost your self-esteem? Are you struggling to cope with peer pressure? Is life overwhelming you with problem after problem? Are you sick and tired of teenage angst? Trying to deal with everything alone can be a nightmare! Being a teenager has never been more challenging, which is why this book has been written. In it, you will find all the help and advice you need to build up your self-esteem and start liking yourself more. If you feel like you aren’t good enough, smart enough, capable enough, this audiobook will change all of that.

Global research shows that 94 percent of people experience unwanted, intrusive thoughts, images, and impulses. Furthermore, studies also reveal that if you’re part of these statistics, you have the power to use reactive thought control to manage these self-destructing thoughts. How to Heal Toxic Thoughts is not just a book that will make you understand why or how these thoughts torture you in the first place. It’s a comprehensive guide with proven and compelling tools that will empower you to never allow negative thoughts to control how you live your life ever again.

Often, we may encounter unpleasant relatives who drain our energy by bringing negativity and sabotage to our moments of joy, plans, or life perspective. But there is always a reason behind their attitudes which we will dig into here. Plus, you will understand how these relatives affect your life. As you go through this book, you will be able to wisely bring closure, not to those toxic relationships but to your frustration, and give yourself the space to love those family members from a fair distance without disrespect or harmful conflicts.

Are you a people pleaser and always feel the need to help others? Do you continue to hang on to relationships that cause you anxiety, depression, and sadness, even though you know you should let go? Do you have trouble setting boundaries? This is an addiction. This is codependency. In The Codependency Recovery Workbook, you’ll find everything you need to know about codependency and building healthy relationships. This is the only comprehensive guide that will take you step by step on this journey to a life without codependency.

We humans tend to get in our own way time and time again - whether it comes to not speaking up for ourselves, going back to bad romantic partners, our umpteenth diet, or engaging in any of a range of bad habits we just can’t seem to shake. In Rewire, renowned psychotherapist Richard O’Connor, PhD, reveals why our bad habits die so hard. We have two brains - one a thoughtful, conscious, deliberative self, and the other an automatic self that does most of the work without our attention.

Are you in an abusive or unhappy relationship? Do you try too hard to please your friends at the expense of your own needs and wants? Are you subservient to others and do you find yourself unable to become independent? Do you suffer from negative self-talk? These are all signs that your self-care regimen is deficient in some way. The Smart Girl's Guide to Self-Care tackles the common problems of effective self-care with practical suggestions for practices that will create a sustainable, lifelong self-care routine.

For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple New York Times best-selling author Brendon Burchard delivers the six habits of personal growth that will help you create the life of your dreams. Forged from Brendon Burchard’s personal experiences, data from his GrowthDay app, and his many years as a high-performance coach, The 6 Habits of Growth presents the tools you need to construct the life of your dreams.

Meditation makes you more productive because it lets you earn back time. For each minute you spend meditating, you'll earn around nine minutes back, as Chris Bailey - author of The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus - will show in this candid and counter-intuitive guide to the productivity benefits of meditation.

How to enrich your life and destroy doubt in five seconds. Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends, and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself?

Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations.

A lack of quality sleep can hinder your alertness and quality of life while awake, as anyone with sleeping issues already knows. Suffering through sleepless nights does not have to be your reality. Instead you can fall asleep fast and get quality sleep tonight and every night. Hypnosis has been used for centuries to cure many ailments, including the inability to get better sleep. You can help yourself improve the quality of your life with hypnotherapy.

The ancient Toltecs believed that life, as we perceive it, is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and these come together to form the dream of the planet, or the world in which we live. Problems arise when our perception of the dream becomes clouded with negativity, drama, and judgment (of ourselves and others), because it's in these moments of suffering that we have forgotten that we are the architects of our own reality and we have the power to change our dream if we choose.

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take for granted that they’re here at our disposal whenever we need them. But if you’ve ever wished you could communicate more effectively, words are the place to start. It’s incumbent upon you to choose the best words to accomplish your goals, because how you choose to communicate influences—well, everything! The power of communication shapes our professional goals, our relationships, and our lives—so the words we choose to use carry a great deal of power.

I have discovered a group of women who refuse to be exploited, are immune to manipulation, and who never settle in the name of love. These ladies know what they want and take what they want by beating men at their own game. Utilizing the secrets exposed in this book, these women gain power, money, and status. Men call them gold diggers, women call them hos, but they call themselves winners. This is the book that society doesn't want you to listen to….

Author Jamie Kern Lima's first, instant New York Times bestselling book Believe It, captured her journey of going from Denny's waitress to billion-dollar entrepreneur by learning to believe in herself. And now her second, much-anticipated, upcoming book Worthy, is the playbook for how YOU can believe in YOU! If you've ever struggled with self-doubt, felt like you don't have what it takes...or that who you truly are isn't enough, even if you're really good at hiding it from the world, WORTHY is for you.

In Episodes, lifelong best friends Kat and Mara take listeners on an unfiltered journey through friendship, mental illness, and survival. Kat, a successful professional, is preparing for marriage and motherhood. On her fourth round of IVF, it happened—a frantic call to Mara. Mara comes over to find Kat, her friend of 25 years—the one who'd always been levelheaded, hilarious, and over-the-top thoughtful—trying to jump through a window.

Mel Robbins is back! The international bestselling phenomenon and creator of The Five Second Rule and Kick Ass with Mel Robbins returns to help you tackle the single biggest obstacle you face: fear. This life-changing Audible Original features a powerful mix of one-on-one life-coaching sessions and a personal narrative with vital take-aways that you can start using immediately.