What to Say When you Talk To Yourself

by Shad Helmstetter

1990

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Publication

Pocket Books (1990), 256 pages

Description

This audiobook edition of What to Say When You Talk to Your Self includes over an hour of bonus interviews with Shad Helmstetter. The interviews are unique to the audiobook and feature deeper insights and never-before-told stories. Each of us is programmed from birth on, and as much as 75 percent or more of our programming may be negative or working against us. In this newly updated and revised audiobook edition, Shad Helmstetter shows the listener how to erase and replace past mental programs with healthy, new programs that can be positively life-changing. Considered by many to be one of the most important and helpful personal growth books ever written. About the Author Shad Helmstetter, PhD, is the best-selling author of more than two dozen books in the field of personal growth. His books are published in over 70 countries worldwide. He has appeared on more than 1200 radio and television programs including Oprah Winfrey, and ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN News.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member CassandraT

It's ok - I skimmed it to get to the exampled starting in Ch 17 or so. I have read much better discussions of positive self-talk and inner critics. The most useful part of this book is the affirmations. Some of them are not helpful, imo, because they aren't true. "Are you having a day where nothing

is organized? Well tell yourself that 'everything is organized all the time, especially today!' " -What? That's crazy. I think DBT and CBT have a better approaches for that, 'Things are organized enough to work with, and I can make it more organized.' or maybe, 'I don't need perfect organization.' Or just remind yourself, 'I am a good organizer.'

That said, there are a lot of good examples of affirmations that you can tweak for different needs, suxh as worry and self-esteem.

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LibraryThing member k8_not_kate

I'm glad I read this book and so far, positive self-talk is really helping me with anxiety and insomnia. I started reading Helmstetter's much shorter book that basically is a Cliff's Notes of this one, Negative Self Talk and How to Change It. I read this one to get more of a practical idea of how

to use positive self talk. Honestly, there isn't all that much more in this book than the other one. This one is also a lot more...motivational speaker-y, if that makes sense? If you want to try positive self talk, I suggest starting with Negative Self Talk and only moving to this one if you really want to. Having said that, it's a fast read and if it helps you improve your life, why not just do it? Once you get an idea of what kinds of phrases work for you, record all of them yourself and listen to them a few times a day. I tried the 30 day trial of the Self Talk Plus service too and it was useful to just hear what kinds of phrases they suggest for different situations, but I prefer hearing my own voice saying them. Something about that makes it way more personal.

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LibraryThing member josephty1

The author totally misses a critical point. Thats quite all right, since that point is off topic to the title.

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