Self-Help Books --- Do they really help you?

Self help books can be lifesavers, but choosing which one to read is crucial to getting the benefit. I believe, though, that when the student is ready the teacher will come. This has happened so often in my life that I don't even get surprised anymore. The first "teacher" I had, that helped me through a very painful divorce, was Louise Hay, and her book "You Can Heal Your Life." If you get the book, read the last chapter first, "My Story" and then read the whole book from the very beginning. It was such a life-affirming book for me. I love Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, and their good friend Stuart Wilde (whose wilde and wacky philosophy is pure joyful exercise in manifestation). Dyer, Chopra, and Wilde are all graduates of The Silva Method, a mind training course by Jose Silva. You may want to read any of Dr. Joseph Murphy's books--his book "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" is a classic. Check out John Randolph Price--his "40 Day Prosperity Program" absolutely works! He has a website Quartus.org that I absolutely recommend. Suze Orman is another favourite of mine for financial issues. And of course, Dan Millman (coincidence that the author of the "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" has the same initial and last name as your myLot id!) I must have a ton of self help books my children tell me I should start a bookstore. No dice. I can't part with my self help books! I can go on and on. I suggest getting the books from the library first, then buy the authors that "speak" to you. All the best and the blessings of the season to you!

i must say i have read very few self help books. But all of them has helped me I must tell.In most of the cases I find them very helpful. they are written such way to help one.

oh my goodness i love them. i love a book that can help me find my way to a better way of thinking and being. a book that can teach me a new way to think that supports who i am as a person. man there are so many that i have read lately. if you want a list, or a would like to become a member of my website Being the Master of Your Thoughts, then let me know in a message

I have read them often and still read them. One that I am reading now is called "Finding Your Own North Star" by Martha Beck. She has a new book coming out in about a month which is somewhat similar. I have to say it is one of the best I have ever read. I think you have to look through many to find a few you can relate with on a personal level. The books themselves will not work. It is the person reading them and then following the advice that might make the difference. I also like "Quantum Success" by Sandra Taylor and just about anything by Wayne Dyer. Also, Joel Osteen's new book "Become A Better You" would be another good choice. This guy is extremely uplifting and can be seen on TV on Sunday mornings.

the only thing that really matters is that you feel like they work for you. I've never taken the time to read one as I just don't think they would help me personally. I have a lot more success talking about my needs and problems....glad to see that you have found something that can help you though, that is very important

I am with you, I love to read books that are going to "better" me. I have a home based business so I am always looking for motivating books to help with my business.

I have read self help books, and reading one now Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado. It's a wonderful book. I think it has helped me deal with some things in life, and I'm writing on about getting through cancer with God.

The best self-help book to date that I have read is called "Who Moved My Cheese". Sounds kinda funny, but it makes you type your own character. It's by Spencer Johnson, M.D. I hope you can find it! It saved me...

I hope they help people. I'm in the process of writing one myself. It will probably take me a year or more. I've been bouncing the idea around for at least that long already. I just haven't taken the time to get it down on paper and published. It is more of a general life philosophy book that anything specific and I hope it helps people. Books that I have read that helped me include The Celestine Prophecy and The Tenth Insight by James Redfield and The One Minute Manager by Blanchard & someone.

I'm currently reading "The Feeling Good Handbook" by David D. Burns and it's been really helpful in analysing and helping me with negative thoughts. It teaches you techniques to recognise and dismantle the negativity, to be more realistic about things.

I love them me myself and follow the advice in them. I find that they are a godsend to me when perhaps I cannot speak to anyone who can possibly help me. and they give me the push I need in order to get through a hurdle or make it through the day. Now, some of them aren't worth the time of day you put in them, but most of them are worth their weight in salt. Recommended Reading: Look In, Look Up, Look Out-Joyce Vedral Ph.D. Guaranteed Success-Percy "Master P" Miller Do You-Russell Simmons Make It Happen:The Hip Hop Generational Guide to Success-Kevin Liles Words of Wisdom:Daily Affirmations of Faith-Rev Run I Need Therapy-Glenda Wallace Peace. Hope these help.

Some 10-15 years ago I found a cassette in my room, I had no idea what it was; it was surely not mine; or how it came into my possession; probably one of my friends forgot it. I had no time to check what it was, for I was going on a journey and was looking quickly for some music to take with me. I took it and went to holiday. I like to take long walks in the forest, so one day I took that cassette with me and started listening to it. I was very surprised when there was talk instead of music, but kept listening to it anyway. Until then I'd never heard of any self help books or CDs. I thought it was nice, it made me think a few things over and gave me a different perspective to look at my life. Later on I've tried a few books and CDs as well; they are nice up to a point, but they can also get quite repetitious or sometimes too preconceived about their audiences. I'd feel like I've been there, done that...

hello dmillman!I believe in self-help books.As a matter of fact,I have a collection of 'em.I'm glad you enjoy reading them too.I have one really good book I owe my life to.girlosophy-the soul survival kit.The book helped me when I was really depressed with my past relationships.For young readers out there,get your copy of girlosophy!

I personally love self-help books. If you don't go to groups, they are the next best thing. I personally haven't ever gone to a group, but have read a lot of selfhelps. Whether its for self matters type of stuff or about kids. I think they only help as much as you let them or make them. Whatever. If you just read it and toss it to the side then they won't do much good. You have to read it, post it in your mind somewhere easily reachable and practice it. You know?

i really don't read them all the way through. its like it just reaffirms what i really know anyway. but if they are a help to some people, then i think its great for you! merry christmas!

Greetings! Long time no 'talk'...I had such a busy semester at school that it left very little time for mylotting. I still have things to arrange for clinicals next semester, but I am taking a week and doing no 'work!' I know many people who have been helped very much by self-help books. Often the message in the book is just what the person needed and can help as much as if that same message had been given by a loving friend or professional! I have actually had a lot of help from a few books on learning to 'let go' of many stressors in one's life! Peace be with you.

Self help books are really what you make them. If you take a self help book and you read it with an open mind and determination to make it something you can use, then you will find the parts of it that can be helpful to you even if you would other wise ignore them. They can be a great source of information, inspiration, and new thought, if we allow them to be that! I like The Good Mood Book which is about getting over depression, and Thinking for a Change which is about learning to overcome limited thinking so that we can make our dreams come true!

I think it all depends on how serious you are about getting the help that you need. Like the self help books I've gotten to explaine deression and how to deal with it has really helped me out so much. But the other self help books like with budgets or money haven't really helped because I am not serious about them or really care.

very helpful

I have reading the self-help books for more than one year and for me i think they are have affect in my day life.For examples,now I always have smiles on my face and don't contest with others.Before I was a shy boy and afraid to communicate with freshman,now I use smile and zealousness to open my friend's heart.At last,I can reccommend two books which I'd like to you: the Thickness of Humanity and the Greatest Salesman in the World.