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Rapid Readers' Advisory: Self-help

This LibGuide helps librarians and library patrons quickly connect with popular and relevant books and eBooks by genre, theme, medium, or language.

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Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings

If you'd like to browse our circulating stacks on-site, the following Call Number ranges may help you find a good read:

BF 306-499: Learning, memory, thinking, decision making HQ6626: Healing, recovery from family violence
BF 560-593: Affection, feelings, emotions, anger / anxiousness, shyness, grief, procrastinating LB 1049: Study skills
BF 637: Applied psychology: achievement, success, creativity, conflict management, negotiation RA 773.3: Healthy lifestyle: Fitness / Nutrition, emotional eating
BF 697: Personality: appearance, body image, self-esteem RA 785: Stress relief
BJ 1518-1697: Individual ethics: conduct of life, vices RC 516: Manic depression, bipolar disorder
HD 69: Time management RC 533: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
HF 5381-5382: Vocation / Career guidance RC 537: Depression
HF 5547-5549: Interviews/Resumes RC 569: Personality disorders, family relations
HM 1006-1106: Interpersonal communications TT 507-618: Dressing for success
HV 6250: Victims of crime; healing TX 147: Organization / Home economics
HQ 755-759: Parenthood  
HQ 801: Courtship, dating, romantic relationships  
HQ 1059-1073: Caregivers; caregiving for aging parents  
HQ 6570: Child sexual abuse survival  

 

How to do the work : recognize your patterns, heal from your past, and create your self / Dr. Nicole LePera

"From Dr. Nicole LePera, creator of "the holistic psychologist"-the online phenomenon with more than 2M followers on Instagram-comes a revolutionary approach to self-improvement, integrating the tools of various modalities and disciplines with traditional psychology to offer a practical program that guides readers to create radical change." #Body #Healing #Mind #MindBodyHealing

	The self-care year : reflect and recharge with simple seasonal rituals / Alison Davies ; illustrated by Eleanor Hardiman

"The Self-Care Year reveals how to re-connect with your body and mind and engage with your surroundings, how to slow down, live in tune with the seasons, and pay attention to the present moment.Each season is different and special, bountiful and beautiful in its own unique way. The book is divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter and covers how you can harness the changing seasons and take inspiration from the natural world, with bite-sized self-care practices, projects and mind and body exercises for each chapter.Offering tips and rituals for better sleep, yoga positions, breathing and meditation exercises, as well as simple craft projects and seasonal affirmations, this book is for those who are seeking a slower pace and want to carve out quiet, mindful moments in their lives. Whether you're a lover of the first buds of spring, a summer sun worshipper, a fan of the autumn leaves as the year turns or a winter wonderland devotee, there is something for everyone." #Actualization #Emotions #Happiness #PersonalGrowth #SelfManagement #Techniques #eBook

From wellbeing to welldoing : how to think, learn and be well / Abby Osborne, Karen Angus-Cole, Loti Venables

"Do you sometimes find yourself trying to juggle the demands and pressures of learning, whilst also trying to look after your own wellbeing? Then you have come to the right place! This book will introduce you to simple and practical techniques designed to remove a lot of the anxiety around learning. Not only will these techniques help you to achieve and succeed in your studies, but also take control of your own learning and support your wellbeing." #Anxiety #Learning #Prevention #Techniques

Self-care for adult children of emotionally immature parents : honor your emotions, nurture your self, and live with confidence / Lindsay C. Gibson

This essential guide offers daily tips and tools to help readers heal the invisible wounds caused by growing up with immature parents. Readers will learn how to nurture self-discovery, trust their emotions, and stop putting others' needs ahead of their own, so they can improve their relationships and build confidence in handling life's challenges. #Adolescence #AdultChildren #DysfunctionalFamilies #EmotionalMaturity #Techniques #Teenagers #eBook

Unwired : gaining control over addictive technologies / Gaia Bernstein

"Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help-measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel particularly powerless to help their children. Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies shows us a way out. Rather than blaming users, the book shatters the illusion that we autonomously choose how to spend our time online. It shifts the moral responsibility and accountability for solutions to corporations. Drawing lessons from the tobacco and food industries, the book demonstrates why government regulation is necessary to curb technology addiction." #Addiction #CompulsiveBehavior #Gambling #Gaming #Internet #SocialMedia

	Creative endurance : 56 rules for overcoming obstacles and achieving your goals / Mike Schnaidt ; foreword by Stephanie Mehta

"With Creative Endurance learn how to reframe the obstacles of everyday life and work into exciting creative opportunities." #Ability #Creative #Creativity

Children of the self-absorbed : a grown-up's guide to getting over narcissistic parents / Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC

"Do you have a self-absorbed or narcissistic parent who's made you feel rejected, unloved, or unworthy? Being a parent is usually all about giving of yourself to foster your child's growth and development. But what happens when this isn't the case? Some parents dismiss the needs of their children, asserting their own instead, demanding attention and reassurance from even very young children. This may especially be the case when a parent has narcissistic tendencies or narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). This fully revised and updated edition of a self-help classic offers a step-by-step approach to resolving conflict and building a meaningful relationship with a narcissistic parent.Children of the Self-Absorbed offers clear definitions of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder to help you identify the extent of your parent's problem. You'll learn the different types of destructive narcissism and how to recognize their effects on your relationships. Packed with proven techniques, you'll realize that you're not helpless against your parent's behavior, and that you don't have to give up on the relationship. Instead, you'll find realistic strategies and steps for setting up mutually agreed upon behaviors, so you can fulfill your own emotional needs." #AdultChildren #ConflictResolution #Emotions #FamilyRelationships #Narcissism #Parents #eBook

Why aren't we talking about this?! : an inclusive guide to life, love, sex, and identity in 100+ questions / Hazel Mead

"An illustrated guide to the biggest questions we ask search engines about our bodies, our brains and how we live together in society. What is the most personal thing you've asked the Internet? Illustrator Hazel Mead takes turns to Big Data to uncover what we secretly ask search engines about our relationships, bodies and identities. With hundreds of demystifying and empowering illustrations, she offers a fun, shame-free and inclusive guide to life's big questions. This is the emotional curriculum you'll wish was taught in every classroom." #BodyImage #Dating #Health #LifeSkills #MentalHealth #SexInstruction

 

Balancing the self : medicine, politics and the regulation of health in the twentieth century / edited by Mark Jackson and Martin Moore

Balancing the Self explores the diverse ways in which balanced and unbalanced selfhoods have been subject to construction, intervention and challenge across the long twentieth century. Chapters on diabetes, 'sensible drinking', obesity control, dietetic regulation, fatigue, heart disease, physical and emotional extremes, Parkinson's disease and other conditions understood in terms of disordered balance analyse the ways in which the mechanisms and meanings of balance have been framed historically. Together, contributions examine the positive narratives that have been attached to the ideals and practices of "self-help", and the extent to which rhetorics of empowerment and responsibility have been used for a variety of purposes, from disciplining bodies to cutting social security provision. #GreatBritain #MedicalHistory #MedicalPolicy #SocialHistory

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