Self-esteem
by Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning · first published 1986
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A program for challenging the "inner critic" begins with the premise that destructive interior messages played over and over can hold a person back and offers practical advice on how to stop this negative behavior.
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…that it may be harder for you to find someone, I think your current attitude/self-perspective is not helpful to you. I highly recommend this book, in absolute seriousness: <http://www.amazon.com/Self-Esteem-Cognitive-Techniques-Asses...; It was a real revelation to me. Don't dismiss it as psychobabble-nonsense just yet, buy it for a friday night when you are dateless, then honestly consider what it has…
on “A Million First Dates” ↗…not be logical at all. Referenced is an excellent book[0] from a clinical psychologist that has many detailed strategies to dig out the reasons behind critical thoughts and properly reframe them. 0 - Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay; https://www.amazon.com/Self-Esteem-Cognitive-Techniques-Asse...
on “Telling your inner critic to chill” ↗…Christine Musello https://www.amazon.com/Running-Empty-Overcome-Childhood-Emot... 3 - Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/01... 4 - Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay https://www.amazon.com/Self-Esteem-Cognitive-Techniques-Asse... 5 - Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-New-Mood-Therapy/dp/0380...
on “Telling your inner critic to chill” ↗“How to sell at margins higher than your competitors”, which profoundly improved my pricing strategy at the software business I started. “Self esteem” - which altered how I saw myself and understood my own behavior when dating.
on “Ask HN: Which non-fiction books had the biggest impact on you?” ↗…new mood therapy. New York: New American Library. Leahy, R.L. (2017). Cognitive Therapy Techniques, Second Edition: A Practitioner’s Guide. New York: Guilford Press. McKay, M. & Fanning, P. (2016). Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem. New York: New Harbinger Publications.
on “Procrastination and the fear of not being good enough” ↗…new mood therapy. New York: New American Library. Leahy, R.L. (2017). Cognitive Therapy Techniques, Second Edition: A Practitioner’s Guide. New York: Guilford Press. McKay, M. & Fanning, P. (2016). Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem. New York: New Harbinger Publications.
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