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Julie Smith
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith shares all the skills you need to get through life's ups and downs.
Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, this is a must-have handbook for optimising your mental health. Dr Julie's simple but expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help you stay resilient no matter what life throws your way.
Written in short, bite-sized entries, you can turn straight to the section you need depending on the challenge you're facing - and immediately find the appropriate tools to help. From managing anxiety, dealing with criticism or battling low mood, to building self-confidence, finding motivation or learning to forgive yourself, this book tackles the everyday issues that affect us all and offers easy, practical solutions that might just change your life.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-14-22
Get this book!
I have been a Dr. Julie Smith follower in Instagram for ages now. I love her videos and I was very excited when she announced her book, unfortunately it wasn's available in South Africa just yet so I started listening to the audio book and I have loved it. Her voice is easy to follow, only downside is that I have been listening to it while driving and there are times when I wish I could write things down. This book provides great tips that are easy to follow and I look forward to implementing them.
Thank you Dr. Smith for showing me that I'm not alone in trying to figure out this thing called life.
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- Pieter
- 06-20-22
Excellent and practical application
very helpful book and derived a lot of insight and value from the book. the practical application is outstanding
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- Anonymous User
- 01-28-23
It was ok
I think it was ok. Probably need to listen to it once more.
Good advice.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-19-22
A MUST read
This is a must read for any human being. This is the best gift you could give yourself or any one of your loved ones. It’s a precious book that holds a special place in my heart (and book shelf ;)) and I will keep my eyes open in case the author decides to release anything else.
This book is a guide for life and I liked that she included “toolkit” sections because this is exactly what I felt this book gave me - a toolkit for how to live my life in the best way possible, to navigate it confidently, with the right outlook, attitude, mindset and approach, be present, deal with things the right way for positive outcomes and really bring the best out of it.
I loved the title, the structure and of course the content. It was full of insight and impactful knowledge and it was organized so well!
The narration was perfection.
This is a book you get back to, reference in many different circumstances and recommend to anyone who would listen.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did 🙏🏻
Thank you to the author for this book, it was a wonderful ride :)
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-05-25
Life guide
This book is great to have on hand in any stage of your life. It definitely gives you an understanding of how to handle certain situations.
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So not worth it
It is always more or less the same with self help books but this one is just not worth the hassle of listening. Had to return because I could not stand the “filler” sentences throughout a chapter.
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