Self-Help Books

Benefits of Self-Help Books

Suppose you have strong or rigid opinions, views, and perspectives. In that case, expanding the information you consume can profoundly and positively affect how you interact with others, yourself and the world. Being open to changes in mindset by exposing yourself to new views and beliefs can help you change your behaviours, self-concept and baseline mood. 

Reading or listening to Self-Help Books can give us exciting and new ideas that we can try to improve our lives. As such, we can get the much-needed fuel by reading the Self-Help Books that spur us into action. Self-help books can also help us to work through and overcome self-doubt, which can hinder us from reaching our full potential. One of the many areas discussed in Self-Help Books is improving our belief in our abilities. Reading can, therefore, help to encourage internal reflection and bring out the best of our skills. Finally, the positivity and use of evidence in Self-Help Books can make the reader think more positively. As we know, people who feel more positive tend to find solutions to various problems they face.

Check out some of our favourite Self Help Books for opportunities to grow and challenge yourself. Listen or read while in transit, in bed or on the couch. Self-help books are a great way to understand better and work through all kinds of anxiety, depression, trauma and difficulties anytime and anywhere. Enjoy!

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Healing Through Words is a guided tour on the journey back to the self, a cathartic and mindful exploration through writing. This is a carefully curated collection of health and restoring mental and emotional exercises. 

Stronger chronicles the story of Dinesh Palipana, the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland, and the second person with quadriplegia to graduate medical school in Australia.

Napoleon Hill digs deep to reveal how fear, procrastination, anger, and jealousy prevent us from realizing our personal goals. This book was written by Hill in 1938 following bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. 

It didn't start with you

It Didn't Start With You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch. 

The enlightened brain by Rick Hanson

With The Enlightened Brain, Dr. Rick Hanson shows you how to restore the calm, contented, and caring state that is your brain's natural condition. 

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score offers a bold new paradigm moving away from standard therapies towards healing mind, brain and body .

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, The 48 Laws of Power distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws.  

The Five Love Languages by Dr Gary Chapman

The 5 Love Languages can help you learn to speak and understand your mate's love language,and truly feel loved in return. 

Getting to I Do by Dr Patricia Allen

Dr. Patricia Allen's Getting to I Do is a summary of her seminars that have resulted in over two thousand marriages. Now you too can take advantage of this proven program. 

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Should I Stay or Should I Go? is a survival manual, a guidebook, and a shot of reality. Some people will never change, and kissing frogs is the stuff of fairy tales, not real life.  

Inner Engineering

Inner Engineering is a profound system of self-exploration and transformation, based on the radical premise that it is possible for a human being to evolve consciously. All it takes is willingness to transform your life.

I don't want to be an empath anymore by Ora North

I Don’t Want to Be an Empath Anymore is for the jaded empath searching for ways to be authentic, true to yourself, set boundaries and heal from vicarious trauma. 

Dying to be Me by Anita Moorjani

Dying to Be Me shares how after fighting cancer for almost four years, Anita entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she would realize her inherent worth and the actual cause of her disease. 

The Power of Now

To journey into The Power of Now you need to leave your analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. Access to the Now is everywhere: in the body, the silence, and the space all around you. 

The Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie

The Dalai Lama's Cat helps us to discover how instead of trying to change the world, changing the way we experience the world is the key to true contentment. Each story offers a fresh insight into a happier life.

The PTSD Workbook

In the third edition of The PTSD Workbook, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula offer readers the most effective tools available for overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 

The Complex PTSD Workbook

In The Complex PTSD Workbook, you’ll gain valuable insight into the types of symptoms associated with unresolved trauma. Take healing into your own hands while applying strategies to help integrate positive beliefs and behaviors. 

Healing the Trauma of Abuse by Mary Copeland

Healing the Trauma of Abuse offers proven-effective, step-by-step exercises you can use to work through and minimize the consequences of a traumatic event. Whether the trauma is physical, sexual, or emotional this book helps.

Rest, Refocus, Recharge

In Rest, Refocus, Recharge, Dr. Greg Wells outlines how small changes in the way you rest, refocus and recharge can help you improve your mental health, prevent illness and deliver optimal results. 

Hold me Tight by Dr Sure Johnson

In Hold Me Tight, EFT pioneer Dr Sue Johnson presents her highly effective therapy model to the general public. Through case studies, illuminating advice and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love. 

Block, Delete, Move On

Block, Delete, Move On is not a dating book that promises to find you a person to love; instead, it will help you spot the troublesome ones before it is too late. It will help you to recognise that you possess spectacular energy and that it's possible to be contentedly single.