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Title: Confidence

Subtitle: Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Insecurity, and Self-Doubt

Author: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-05-13

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 51 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

World-renowned personality expert reveals the truth about something we all want more of - confidence.

Millions of people are plagued by low self-confidence. But in Confidence, personality expert Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic shows us that high confidence makes us less likeable, less employable, and less successful in the long run. He reveals the benefits of low confidence (including being more motivated and self-aware), teaches us how to know when to fake it, get ahead at work, improve our social skills, feel better emotionally and physically, and much more.

With this engaging, practical study of our minds and emotions, we can become more capable in every facet of life. Based on decades of research, including the author's own groundbreaking work, and filled with fascinating anecdotal evidence, this will appeal to listeners of The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal and Succeed by Heidi Grant Halvorson. Confidence will shatter every myth you've ever believed about self-confidence and its effects on us - ranging from the very personal to the global level.

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Title: Encouragement for Today

Subtitle: Devotions for Everyday Living

Author: Samatha Evilsizer, Lysa TerKeurst, Renee Swope

Narrator: Kathryn O'Rooney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-18-13

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

Pull away from the things that pull you down and find lasting encouragement for today. The women at Proverbs 31 Ministries offer 100 devotions of wit, wisdom, and encouragement for women. For twenty years the P31 team has equipped and encouraged nearly a million women to live in the power of God's truths that apply to their everyday life.

Written by women from every walk of life, you will find inspiration to live authentically and fully grounded in the Word of God. The P31 Team shares from the realities of everyday life including highs and lows, humorous stories and tender moments. You will be drawn toward the truths God offers and enabled to rise above and become all God created you to be.

Members Reviews:

Amazing!

I love the stories and it evokes thoughts in yourself to become a better person

Uplifting

Great for daily devotions, some days are more useful for mothers and wives but I think every women could relate to their honesty and challenges. I'm going to listen to it all over again.

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Title: The Reality Creation Technique

Author: Frederick E. Dodson

Narrator: Thomas Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-13

Publisher: Frederick Dodson

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 151 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

How to focus energy in the form of thought, word and deed to attract, create and manifest wealth, health and love. Beyond the shallow waters of new-age, "law of attraction" and conventional motivational psychology there is a deep well from which you derive unbending determination and strength. That source is within you and can be awakened to achieve anything. The Reality Creation Technique is the most speedily effective method to help you make your dreams come true.

Members Reviews:

Ummm, LOA affirmation & dealing with negatives

Not certain about this book. Yes, it clearly gives the basic formula to correctly Affirm. But, is the part where so much time is spent on dealing with negative counter thoughts really helpful? Or is it just schtick to give a twist to an idea with so many other books on the market that something different needed to be added to sell a book? Not sure.

Most of the Law of Attraction authors seem to use affirmations to replace beliefs. The main difference with this book is that it also adds in how to diminish and eliminate negative self-defeating beliefs that run counter to or weaken the new Affirmation.

Of course, it's simpler to just replace beliefs (although not easy) and it takes more work to use the method here where there's a technique that is like you are arguing with yourself until the negative belief gets weakened and fades.

There are good examples of the method used to eliminate, or weaken the counters against the new affirmation.

This book may prove useful to people who want to actively deal with resistance.

Life changing if applied

Best metaphysical book ever except for maybe Parallel Universes of Self. Do yourself a favor and get it. I listen to this over and over again.

Great stuff and easy to apply

What I really liked about this was the simplicity and unpretentious way the techniques in this book were described. One of the gems I appreciated most was the suggestion to just use one technique for manifestation and persist at it. As obvious as that sounds I think it's important In attraction based reality considering how many different paths there are. At one point it would have been nice had the author given more examples of his RCT exercises, but I think I got enough to get the hang of it. Overall, even though the message had been said over over and over by so many, I feel this book book to have a great help.

Fascinating concept

I listen to a podcast from Thomas Miller, the narrator for this book, and thought he did a great job narrating this book!

The reality creation technique or RCT seems initially very similar to The Secret, but I found The Secret too materialistically inclined. The RCT is more broader in its possible application from spirituality to love/relationships.

I am only starting to explore the RCT concept and intend for it to work for me by changing my perception of my reality to enjoy it more!

Excellent book for seekers

This is a quick listen and well worth the time. Miller reads with feeling.

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Title: Springboard

Subtitle: Launching Your Personal Search for Success

Author: G. Richard Shell

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-12-13

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 40 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

Everyone knows that you are supposed to "follow your dream". But where is the road map to help you discover what that dream is? You have just found it. In Springboard, award-winning author and teacher G. Richard Shell helps you find your future. His advice: Take an honest look inside and then answer two questions: What, for me, is success? How will I achieve it? You will begin by assessing your current beliefs about success, including the hidden influences of family, media, and culture. These are where the pressures to live "someone else's life" come from. Once you gain perspective on these outside forces, you will be ready to look inside at your unique combination of passions and capabilities. The goal: to focus more on what gives meaning and excitement to your life and less on what you are "supposed" to want. Drawing on his decades of research, Shell offers personalized assessments to help you probe your past, imagine your future, and measure your strengths. He then combines these with the latest scientific insights on everything from self-confidence and happiness to relationships and careers. Throughout, he shares inspiring examples of people who found what they were meant to do by embracing their own true measure of success.

©2013 G. Richard Shell (P)2013 Gildan Media LLC

Critic Reviews:

"In addition to [Shells] obvious expertise in the specialties of negotiation, persuasion, and interpersonal influence, his outstanding audiobook on achieving success has exactly what this kind of examination needs, common sense and encouragement."(Booklist)

"Shell's nine steps to success are simple enough to follow, and listeners may come away believing that a more prosperous life is attainable with a few tweaks and a little soul searching." (Publishers Weekly)

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Title: Chicken Soup for the Soul - Messages from Heaven

Subtitle: 101 Miraculous Stories of Signs from Beyond, Amazing Connections, and Love That Doesn't Die

Author: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

Narrator: Reay Kaplan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-28-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

When our loved ones leave this world, our connection with them does not end and we often receive signs from the other side. These true and touching stories of will amaze and support all readers - religious or secular.

The 101 true and miraculous stories in this book of signs and messages from beyond show that death may take away the physical presence of our loved ones, but not their spirit. This book is for everyone, religious or secular, as regular people share their amazing experiences with the other side.

Editorial Reviews:

These inspiring stories share messages of hope from the beyond. For the 101 contributors, heaven is a real place whose existence has been proven with signs from the other side. While many of these stories are tear-jerkers, they will all offer hope and comfort to the bereaved. Performer Reay Kaplan's voice is both dramatic and sweet, and she has a knack for taking on voices of different ages. From stories of angels to answered prayers, dreams, premonitions, near-death experiences, and more, these miraculous tales offer a hopeful alternative to the idea that death is the end.

Members Reviews:

Tear Jerker

Book is great especially you have lost a loved one , a real tear jerker.

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Title: The Biography of God

Author: Skip Heitzig

Narrator: Skip Heitzig

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-13

Publisher: Connection Communications

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

Thomas Jefferson. Martin Luther King, Jr. Winston Churchill. C.S. Lewis. All outstanding men with amazing life stories, but in all of history, one biography stands out above the rest. The Biography of God gives an in-depth look at His character and nature, and delves into the theological and personal profile of our Heavenly Father. As this series searches the scriptures to lead the believer to a discovery of who God is and how He is sensitive to the human condition, it will both lift up and humble at the same time.

Members Reviews:

Not a Biography, but a Bible Study

Given the title, I was expecting a history of the concept of god, not a Bible Study on the Christian God (each section opening with a prayer)..

Realizing what the book really was, I gave it a listen anyway, just to see what clever theologians were spinning these days, and the book was informative in that respect - filled with the latest weak allegories, preposterous claims, and faulty logic that you may face from proselytizers of such make-believe systems.

Curiously the author strives to show evidence, and, not realizing it, to his peril, for it occurred to me that if evidence were found, then he would no longer be a 'Believer', and the whole system, and his own salvation based on belief, are shot to hell.

Finally, to accept what the author proposes, you will have to turn off 9/10ths of your brain, which is, after all, the foundation of its authority and popularity.

Great Listen

Packed with so much information about God I will be listening to some of the chapters again!!

He is a Bless Minister

Love all his teachings I learn so much from his teachings and his World travel

Gives a better understanding of who God is!

Lovely! Every chapter is a 40min sermon. I'm left feeling calm and loved. God's amazing!

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Title: Mindful Compassion

Author: Paul Gilbert

Narrator: Rupert Farley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

This ground-breaking new book combines the best of compassion-focused therapy with the most effective mindfulness techniques. The result is an extremely effective approach to overcoming everyday emotional and psychological problems and improving one's sense of well being. Based on the latest work from Professor Paul Gilbert OBE, best-selling author of The Compassionate Mind, and Buddhist expert Choden.

Professor Gilbert has spent the past 20 years developing a new therapy called Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) which has an gained international following. In recent years, mindfulness is being used increasingly to treat common mental health problems such as depression, stress and stress-related insomnia. In this ground-breaking new audiobook, Professor Gilbert, along with his co-author Choden, combines the best of Compassion-Focused Therapy with the most effective mindfulness techniques.

The result is an extremely effective approach to overcoming everyday emotional and psychological problems and improving one's sense of wellbeing. Professor Paul Gilbert OBE is world-renowned for his work on depression, shame and self-criticism. He is head of the Mental Health Research Unit, University of Derby. He is the author of the best-selling The Compassionate Mind and Overcoming Depression. Choden: Formally a monk for seven years within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Choden (aka Sean McGovern) completed a three year, three month retreat in 1997 and has been a practicing Buddhist since 1985. He is originally from South Africa where he trained as a lawyer and where he learned meditation under the guidance of Rob Nairn, an internationally renowned Buddhist teacher. He is now involved in developing secular mindfulness and compassion programmes drawing upon the wisdom and methods of the Buddhist tradition, as well as contemporary insights from psychology and neuroscience. He is an honorary fellow of the University of Aberdeen and teaches on their Postgraduate Study Programme in Mindfulness (MSc) that is the first of its kind to include compassion in its curriculum. He lives on the Isle of Arran.

Members Reviews:

Good instruction in Mindfullness

This book had some meditation instruction which has been very helpful. It was really simple things like sending loving kindness to a difficult person is not endorsing their behavior. I loved the writing style. It felt very clear throughout.

Highly recommended

If you are interested in mindfulness or the work of Tara Brach I would definitely have a listen to this excellent, accessible book. Before listening to this I struggled to fully grasp the concept of compassion but the authors set it out so clearly here, with lots of examples and exercises that it has really helped me to understand the concept, and in the process myself and my thought patterns. Learning more about compassion has definitely been life changing for me and I would highly recommend this book as part of that journey.

So well written and narrated

Would you listen to Mindful Compassion again? Why?

Yes, definitely. It's skillfully written and very well narrated.

What did you like best about this story?

That it is such relevant knowledge for all of us.

What does Rupert Farley bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

The stately pace of the narration brings home many of the many important points of the book.

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Title: How to Find Fulfilling Work

Author: Roman Krznaric

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-13

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

The desire for fulfilling work is one of the great aspirations of our age. This audiobook explores the competing claims we face for money, status, and meaning in our lives. Drawing on wisdom from a variety of disciplines, cultural thinker Roman Krznaric sets out a practical guide to negotiating the labyrinth of choices, overcoming fear of change, and finding a career in which you thrive. Overturning a century of traditional thought about career change, Krznaric reveals just what it takes to find life-enhancing work.

The School of Life is dedicated to exploring lifes big questions: How can we fulfill our potential? Can work be inspiring? Why does community matter? Can relationships last a lifetime? We don't have all the answers, but we will direct you toward a variety of useful ideas - from philosophy to literature, psychology to the visual arts - that are guaranteed to stimulate, provoke, nourish, and console.

Members Reviews:

This book has changed my life

I recommend anyone who is in the process of finding a career to read this book. You have to take the time and answer the questions asked in each chapter or not it will be useless. I have taken multiple career tests, and I am starting to doubt if there is even such a thing as a career you love. Because of this book, I have a clearer picture of what I want to do. If you listened to his lecture from the School of Life, do not doubt yourself and read this book.

Great for thinking about all of the options.

It's a good starting point for thinking about changing jobs. Some of the points in the chapters don't apply to everyone, but they are interesting to listen to. Great performance by the reader.

I didn't feel much connection

I got a few ideas out of this, but overall my mind would drift. It was hard to engage with this book.

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Title: Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life

Subtitle: Living the Wisdom of the Tao

Author: Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Narrator: Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-26-13

Publisher: Hay House

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 201 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

The Tao Te Ching, attributed to the Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu, has been called "the wisest book ever written". Comprised of 81 short verses, it is a book of wisdom that has been translated more than any work in the world, with the exception of the Bible. This classic text offers advice and guidance that is moral and spiritual, and is a valuable resource for achieving a way of life that guarantees integrity, joy, and balance.

In this extraordinary program, taped live on the campus of the California Center for the Arts in Escondido, California, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer presents his interpretation of the verses, encouraging you to see them as insights into life and nature. The core program addresses how, by applying the Tao, it's possible to change your thoughts on some of the most profound questions and issues confronting you today - and how, by doing so, your life will be transformed in a peaceful and harmonious way.

You will understand how, by understanding and emulating the qualities of water, you can go from "being rigid and certain, confident and demanding" to being "flowing and allowing, humble and soft"...and so can bring about the dramatic achievement of living an unhurried life.

Members Reviews:

You need to be a Dyer fan

I was really hoping the in the short 2 hours the Tao would have been more deeply explored but instead it was more like "the Wayne Dyer show". Had I known this was a NPR broadcast and not really "a book" I wouldn't have made the purchase.

This is not a book!

I thought I was buying a book. This is a talk in front of an audience. Disappointed

Wow

Wow!First book by Dyer and his attitude and demeanor are godly. Recommend to all

Beautifully done

I enjoyed listening to this book.

It's amazing how the simplest things in life can be so life changing , they are right there in front of us, but yet we don't realize.

Note. NOT the book, the PBS Special.

i thought it the sudio book where each of the 83 verses of the Tao has an essay by Dyer and siggestions for Do the Tao Now"

this is a LBS Special n less inclusive.

Be Awared

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Title: The Great Cholesterol Con

Subtitle: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It

Author: Malcolm Kendrick

Narrator: Simon Whistler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-13

Publisher: Prospero Media

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 48 votes

Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration

Publisher's Summary:

Statins are the so-called wonder drugs widely prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels and claim to offer unparalleled protection against heart disease. Believed to be completely safe and capable of preventing a whole series of other conditions, they are the most profitable drug in the history of medicine. In this ground-breaking work, GP Malcolm Kendrick exposes the truth behind the hype, revealing: high cholesterol levels don't cause heart disease; a high-fat diet - saturated or otherwise - does not affect blood cholesterol levels; and, the protection provided by statins is so small as to be not worth bothering about for most men and all women.

Statins have many more side affects than has been admitted and their advocates should be treated with scepticism due to their links with the drugs' manufacturers. Kendrick lambastes a powerful pharmaceutical industry and unquestioning medical profession, who, he claims, perpetuate the madcap concepts of 'good' and 'bad' cholesterol and cholesterol levels to convince millions of people to spend billions of pounds on statins, thus creating an atmosphere of stress and anxiety - the real cause of fatal heart disease. With clarity and wit, "The Great Cholesterol Con" debunks our assumptions on what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and diet. It is the invaluable guide for anyone who thought there was a miracle cure for heart disease, an appeal to common sense and a controversial and fascinating breakthrough that will set dynamite under the whole area.

Members Reviews:

Hilarious Debunking of the "Heart Healthy Diet"

Where does The Great Cholesterol Con rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

One of the best books on why high cholesterol blood levels are not the cause of heart disease, and how misleading modern medicine is in still promoting a low fat, hence high carbohydrate, diet. The best book so far about the harm done and uselessness in most patients of statin therapy, and why the pharmaceutical industry won't admit it, billions of dollars. Many people's health is being damaged by Statins, but the evidence, though piling up, is ignored.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Great Cholesterol Con?

On several occasions he would read the conclusion of a paper in a highly respected medical journal and contrast it with the study's actual results just presented, and then say,"To this I say, "BALLS!" (This is obviously a UK interjection meaning BS, but I had never heard the word used this way before. It reminded me of Monty Python, a bit.)

What does Simon Whistler bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

A Scottish accent (at least some kind of British accent) and a witty sarcasm, which is how Malcolm Kendrick wrote it.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I often laughed out loud. Other times I just shook my head in disbelief. For instance when he discussed why Scots have a much higher rate of heart disease than the French, though they eat a lot less fat. The French make a celebration of food, while the Scots consider the act of eating akin to filling up their gas tank of their car, something you'd rather not do, but is necessary.