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The Top 10 self-help books
Do your bookshelves heave with self-help books or are you overwhelmed by the choice? Susan Quilliam chooses her ten favourite books on the market
Every year there are 2,000 self-help books published worldwide. Some are fabulous, some are indifferent and some are positively harmful. So how do you pick your way through what's on offer? Susan Quilliam chooses her ten favourites of all time - covering every aspect of personal development from self-esteem, through love, sex and family, to supporting other people.
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
This book is known as one of the great self-help classics of our time. It tackles the issue of fear, particularly for women, and how fear can hold us back. The book not only focuses on fear, but also on building confidence, positive thinking and overcoming low self-esteem. Jeffers has produced a number of follow-ups that build on the concept, but Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway is the ideal book for newcomers to the self-help book scene or to remind yourself of what you may have forgotten about personal growth if you are an old timer.
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers (Rider Books, £8).
The Little Book of Calm
While many self-help books bury their messages under layers of text, The Little Book of Calm is short on words but long on meaning. I like it because it's rich in both emotional wisdom - 'the relaxation that follows love-making works on many different levels' - and practical suggestions, such as 'remove your watch from time-to-time to remove yourself from time pressures'. In today's world, we not only suffer from the physical impact of tension and stress, but from the emotional impact too. The Little Book of Calm was the first and still one of the best books aimed at counteracting stress.
The Little Book of Calm, by Paul Wilson (Penguin, £2.50)
Every year there are 2,000 self-help books published worldwide. Some are fabulous, some are indifferent and some are positively harmful. So how do you pick your way through what's on offer? Susan Quilliam chooses her ten favourites of all time - covering every aspect of personal development from self-esteem, through love, sex and family, to supporting other people.
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
This book is known as one of the great self-help classics of our time. It tackles the issue of fear, particularly for women, and how fear can hold us back. The book not only focuses on fear, but also on building confidence, positive thinking and overcoming low self-esteem. Jeffers has produced a number of follow-ups that build on the concept, but Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway is the ideal book for newcomers to the self-help book scene or to remind yourself of what you may have forgotten about personal growth if you are an old timer.
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers (Rider Books, £8).
The Little Book of Calm
While many self-help books bury their messages under layers of text, The Little Book of Calm is short on words but long on meaning. I like it because it's rich in both emotional wisdom - 'the relaxation that follows love-making works on many different levels' - and practical suggestions, such as 'remove your watch from time-to-time to remove yourself from time pressures'. In today's world, we not only suffer from the physical impact of tension and stress, but from the emotional impact too. The Little Book of Calm was the first and still one of the best books aimed at counteracting stress.
The Little Book of Calm, by Paul Wilson (Penguin, £2.50)
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