🔄 Paradoxical Interventions

Books on therapeutic and strategic techniques that prescribe the very problem they aim to solve, using reverse psychology and creative contradiction to unlock change.

Psicotrampas

by Giorgio Nardone • 2013

Your best coping strategy is likely your worst enemy. The real fix is paradoxical.

3.44

453

🎯 Strategic Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Distortions 🪤 Self-Sabotage

Psicotrampas 91%

Your best coping strategy is likely your worst enemy. The real fix is paradoxical.

by Giorgio Nardone 2013

3.44

453 ratings

🎯 Strategic Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Distortions 🪤 Self-Sabotage

Change

by Paul Watzlawick • 1974

When fixing things only makes them worse, the problem is the solution.

4.24

802

🕒 Brief Therapy 🧩 Systemic Therapy 🔄 Systems Thinking

Change 90%

When fixing things only makes them worse, the problem is the solution.

by Paul Watzlawick 1974

4.24

802 ratings

🕒 Brief Therapy 🧩 Systemic Therapy 🔄 Systems Thinking

Pragmatics of Human Communication

by Paul Watzlawick • 1967

Your silence speaks. Your questions command. Your fights turn on where you punctuate the story.

4.21

939

🗣️ Communication Theory 🔗 Systems Theory 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Systems

Pragmatics of Human Communication Summary

Pragmatics of Human Communication 89%

Your silence speaks. Your questions command. Your fights turn on where you punctuate the story.

by Paul Watzlawick 1967

4.21

939 ratings

🗣️ Communication Theory 🔗 Systems Theory 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Systems

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment

by Chris Niebauer • 2014

The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.

4.18

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Split-Brain Research 🔬 Neuroscience Of Self

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment Summary

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment 88%

The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.

by Chris Niebauer 2014

4.18

61 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Split-Brain Research 🔬 Neuroscience Of Self

How to Be Miserable

by Randy J. Paterson • 2016

Forty everyday strategies for misery, decoded: see which are yours, then do the opposite.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Behavioral Activation 🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🪤 Wellbeing Traps

How to Be Miserable 87%

Forty everyday strategies for misery, decoded: see which are yours, then do the opposite.

by Randy J. Paterson 2016

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Activation 🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🪤 Wellbeing Traps

How We Change

by Ross Ellenhorn • 2020

You're not failing at change. You're succeeding at self-preservation, and that's the real problem.

3.84

435

🧠 Existential Psychology 🔄 Behavior Change 😰 Existential Anxiety

How We Change 87%

You're not failing at change. You're succeeding at self-preservation, and that's the real problem.

by Ross Ellenhorn 2020

3.84

435 ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 🔄 Behavior Change 😰 Existential Anxiety

The Book of est

by Luke Rhinehart • 1976

A locked-door 1970s seminar insists your mind alone creates all your suffering.

4.02

364

🧠 Human Potential Movement 🎯 Radical Responsibility 🍃 Accepting What Is

The Book of est 87%

A locked-door 1970s seminar insists your mind alone creates all your suffering.

by Luke Rhinehart 1976

4.02

364 ratings

🧠 Human Potential Movement 🎯 Radical Responsibility 🍃 Accepting What Is

The Opposable Mind

by Roger L. Martin • 2007

The best leaders refuse to choose between opposites. They build a third answer that beats both.

3.76

1k+

🤹 Paradox Management 🌀 Systems Thinking 🧭 Strategic Thinking

The Opposable Mind 87%

The best leaders refuse to choose between opposites. They build a third answer that beats both.

by Roger L. Martin 2007

3.76

1k+ ratings

🤹 Paradox Management 🌀 Systems Thinking 🧭 Strategic Thinking

People-Reading

by Ernest G. Beier • 1975

Every relationship runs on unconscious control. Learn to see the signals you have been missing.

3.92

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Interpersonal Dynamics 👀 Nonverbal Cues 👂 Listening Skills

People-Reading 87%

Every relationship runs on unconscious control. Learn to see the signals you have been missing.

by Ernest G. Beier 1975

3.92

24 ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Interpersonal Dynamics 👀 Nonverbal Cues 👂 Listening Skills

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends

by Michael White • 1990

Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.

4.06

396

🕸️ Narrative Therapy 🧱 Social Constructionism ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends Summary

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends 87%

Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.

by Michael White 1990

4.06

396 ratings

🕸️ Narrative Therapy 🧱 Social Constructionism ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her

by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965

A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.

4.25

6k+

🃏 Parody Religion 🤹 Absurdist Satire ✌️ Counterculture Mindset

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 87%

A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.

by Malaclypse the Younger 1965

4.25

6k+ ratings

🃏 Parody Religion 🤹 Absurdist Satire ✌️ Counterculture Mindset

Dare

by Barry McDonagh • 2015

Panic hits: don't fight it, demand the full attack. Four steps to break the anxiety cycle.

4.30

6k+

🧘 Anxiety Management 😰 Panic Attacks 🙏 Anxiety Acceptance

Dare 87%

Panic hits: don't fight it, demand the full attack. Four steps to break the anxiety cycle.

by Barry McDonagh 2015

4.30

6k+ ratings

🧘 Anxiety Management 😰 Panic Attacks 🙏 Anxiety Acceptance

Fuck It. The Ultimate Spiritual Way

by John C. Parkin • 2007

The most effective spiritual mantra is a two-word curse; you already know the words.

3.42

6k+

🍃 Letting Go 🪷 Non-Attachment 🤘 Anti-Self-Help

Fuck It. The Ultimate Spiritual Way Summary

Fuck It. The Ultimate Spiritual Way 87%

The most effective spiritual mantra is a two-word curse; you already know the words.

by John C. Parkin 2007

3.42

6k+ ratings

🍃 Letting Go 🪷 Non-Attachment 🤘 Anti-Self-Help

Everything Is F*cked

by Mark Manson • 2019

Hope is the enemy: emotions rule, pain is the point, freedom is the cage you choose.

3.67

99k+

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🧐 Existentialism 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Everything Is F*cked 87%

Hope is the enemy: emotions rule, pain is the point, freedom is the cage you choose.

by Mark Manson 2019

3.67

99k+ ratings

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🧐 Existentialism 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Play Anything

by Ian Bogost • 2016

Real fun needs rules, not freedom. The philosopher's case against chasing happiness.

3.17

572

🎲 Philosophy Of Games 🔗 Creative Constraints 🔄 Anti-Self-Help

Play Anything 87%

Real fun needs rules, not freedom. The philosopher's case against chasing happiness.

by Ian Bogost 2016

3.17

572 ratings

🎲 Philosophy Of Games 🔗 Creative Constraints 🔄 Anti-Self-Help

Unfu*k Yourself

by Gary John Bishop • 2016

For everyone sick of positive thinking: the manual for action when your brain won't cooperate.

3.83

83k+

💢 Confrontational Self-Help 🏃 Action Over Thinking 🚫 Anti-Positive-Thinking

Unfu*k Yourself 87%

For everyone sick of positive thinking: the manual for action when your brain won't cooperate.

by Gary John Bishop 2016

3.83

83k+ ratings

💢 Confrontational Self-Help 🏃 Action Over Thinking 🚫 Anti-Positive-Thinking

Anyway

by Kent M. Keith • 2001

Ten counter-intuitive rules for staying generous and sane in a world that rarely rewards either.

4.09

665

🧭 Meaning-Making 🤝 Altruism 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

Anyway 87%

Ten counter-intuitive rules for staying generous and sane in a world that rarely rewards either.

by Kent M. Keith 2001

4.09

665 ratings

🧭 Meaning-Making 🤝 Altruism 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

by John Allen Paulos • 1985

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

3.48

245

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

I Think, Therefore I Laugh 87%

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

by John Allen Paulos 1985

3.48

245 ratings

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

Maps of Narrative Practice

by Michael White • 2007

A problem is a story that has become the only story. The maps for finding the others.

4.34

621

🎭 Narrative Therapy 🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods 📖 Narrative Psychology

Maps of Narrative Practice 87%

A problem is a story that has become the only story. The maps for finding the others.

by Michael White 2007

4.34

621 ratings

🎭 Narrative Therapy 🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods 📖 Narrative Psychology

Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man

by Scott Wetzler • 1992

How to spot the hidden anger, stop the push-pull, and set limits that end the game.

4.02

349

🕵️ Passive-Aggressive Behavior 🔗 Codependency 🚧 Boundary Setting

Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man Summary

Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man 87%

How to spot the hidden anger, stop the push-pull, and set limits that end the game.

by Scott Wetzler 1992

4.02

349 ratings

🕵️ Passive-Aggressive Behavior 🔗 Codependency 🚧 Boundary Setting

Existential–Humanistic Therapy

by Kirk J. Schneider • 2009

How to practice therapy where the relationship is the medicine, not the delivery system.

4.01

145

🛋️ Existential Therapy 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🧘 Therapeutic Presence

Existential–Humanistic Therapy 87%

How to practice therapy where the relationship is the medicine, not the delivery system.

by Kirk J. Schneider 2009

4.01

145 ratings

🛋️ Existential Therapy 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🧘 Therapeutic Presence

How To Deal With Idiots

by Maxime Rovere • 2019

That impossible person isn't broken. They're a context you can learn to read and handle.

3.11

645

🧠 Interpersonal Philosophy 😤 Difficult People 🇫🇷 French Philosophy

How To Deal With Idiots 87%

That impossible person isn't broken. They're a context you can learn to read and handle.

by Maxime Rovere 2019

3.11

645 ratings

🧠 Interpersonal Philosophy 😤 Difficult People 🇫🇷 French Philosophy

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

by Sarah Knight • 2015

Most of what you stress about is optional. Here's how to stop, without becoming a jerk.

3.40

41k+

🙅 Stop People Pleasing 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k Summary

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k 87%

Most of what you stress about is optional. Here's how to stop, without becoming a jerk.

by Sarah Knight 2015

3.40

41k+ ratings

🙅 Stop People Pleasing 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting

The Plus

by Greg Gutfeld • 2020

Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.

3.98

1k+

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Cancel Culture 🧠 Intellectual Humility

The Plus 87%

Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.

by Greg Gutfeld 2020

3.98

1k+ ratings

🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🎯 Cancel Culture 🧠 Intellectual Humility

Co-Creating Change

by Jon Frederickson • 2013

Target the real-time sequence of feeling, anxiety, and defense that produces every symptom.

4.59

193

🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 😰 Anxiety Regulation

Co-Creating Change 87%

Target the real-time sequence of feeling, anxiety, and defense that produces every symptom.

by Jon Frederickson 2013

4.59

193 ratings

🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 😰 Anxiety Regulation

The Antidote

by Oliver Burkeman • 2012

Positive thinking backfires. The ancient case for embracing your worst thoughts.

4.04

17k+

🧨 Counter-Self-Help 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🧘 Secular Buddhism

The Antidote 87%

Positive thinking backfires. The ancient case for embracing your worst thoughts.

by Oliver Burkeman 2012

4.04

17k+ ratings

🧨 Counter-Self-Help 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🧘 Secular Buddhism

F*ck Feelings

by Michael I. Bennett • 2015

Self-help made things worse. A psychiatrist on managing your life instead of your feelings.

3.46

6k+

🧨 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Emotional Management 🧭 Values-Based Living

F*ck Feelings 87%

Self-help made things worse. A psychiatrist on managing your life instead of your feelings.

by Michael I. Bennett 2015

3.46

6k+ ratings

🧨 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Emotional Management 🧭 Values-Based Living

Practising Existential Psychotherapy

by Ernesto Spinelli • 2007

Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.

4.26

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 📚 Clinical Training 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Practising Existential Psychotherapy Summary

Practising Existential Psychotherapy 87%

Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.

by Ernesto Spinelli 2007

4.26

88 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 📚 Clinical Training 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Psychosomatic Families

by Salvador Minuchin • 1978

Anorexia is a family problem. Treated as one, the cure rate reaches 86%.

4.24

🏥 Family Systems Therapy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🧬 Psychosomatic Medicine

Psychosomatic Families 87%

Anorexia is a family problem. Treated as one, the cure rate reaches 86%.

by Salvador Minuchin 1978

4.24

29 ratings

🏥 Family Systems Therapy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🧬 Psychosomatic Medicine

12 Commandments

by Hanzi Freinacht • 2022

The problem isn't you, it's the pursuit of excellence. Here's how to thrive in mediocrity.

4.40

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🌑 Shadow Work 🛑 Anti-Perfectionism

12 Commandments 87%

The problem isn't you, it's the pursuit of excellence. Here's how to thrive in mediocrity.

by Hanzi Freinacht 2022

4.40

42 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🌑 Shadow Work 🛑 Anti-Perfectionism

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him

by Sheldon B. Kopp • 1972

Self-discovery is not finding a guru; it is outgrowing every guide you hoped would save you.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Existential Psychotherapy 🌑 Shadow Work 🌟 Human Potential Movement

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him Summary

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him 87%

Self-discovery is not finding a guru; it is outgrowing every guide you hoped would save you.

by Sheldon B. Kopp 1972

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Psychotherapy 🌑 Shadow Work 🌟 Human Potential Movement

Every Day Gets A Little Closer

by Irvin D. Yalom • 1991

Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.

3.76

3k+

🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy 🌌 Existential Psychotherapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Every Day Gets A Little Closer 87%

Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.

by Irvin D. Yalom 1991

3.76

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy 🌌 Existential Psychotherapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Aikido in Everyday Life

by Terry Dobson • 1993

Stop meeting force with force. An Aikido master's guide to redirecting conflict until it dissolves.

3.86

176

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🥋 Martial Arts Wisdom 🎭 Interpersonal Dynamics

Aikido in Everyday Life 87%

Stop meeting force with force. An Aikido master's guide to redirecting conflict until it dissolves.

by Terry Dobson 1993

3.86

176 ratings

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🥋 Martial Arts Wisdom 🎭 Interpersonal Dynamics

The Systems Bible

by John Gall • 1977

Every system malfunctions and fights its own purpose. The counterintuitive guide to surviving them.

3.99

1k+

🧭 Systems Theory 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🦋 Unintended Consequences

The Systems Bible 87%

Every system malfunctions and fights its own purpose. The counterintuitive guide to surviving them.

by John Gall 1977

3.99

1k+ ratings

🧭 Systems Theory 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🦋 Unintended Consequences

Awaken Your Genius

by Ozan Varol • 2023

Conformity buried your genius. Here is the shovel, the map, and permission to stand apart.

4.23

851

🎨 Creative Unblocking 🐉 Nonconformity 🧹 Information Detox

Awaken Your Genius 87%

Conformity buried your genius. Here is the shovel, the map, and permission to stand apart.

by Ozan Varol 2023

4.23

851 ratings

🎨 Creative Unblocking 🐉 Nonconformity 🧹 Information Detox

F**k It - Do What You Love

by John C. Parkin • 2016

The permission to stop trying so hard: why caring less brings more peace than self-optimization.

3.16

849

😏 Irreverent Self-Help 🫂 Emotional Acceptance 🤷 The Art Of Not Caring

F**k It - Do What You Love 87%

The permission to stop trying so hard: why caring less brings more peace than self-optimization.

by John C. Parkin 2016

3.16

849 ratings

😏 Irreverent Self-Help 🫂 Emotional Acceptance 🤷 The Art Of Not Caring

You Do You

by Sarah Knight • 2017

The permission slip for saying no, skipping the party, and finally putting yourself first.

3.62

8k+

🫂 Self-Acceptance 🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting

You Do You 87%

The permission slip for saying no, skipping the party, and finally putting yourself first.

by Sarah Knight 2017

3.62

8k+ ratings

🫂 Self-Acceptance 🙃 Anti-Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting

The Logic of Sense

by Gilles Deleuze • 1969

Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.

4.29

1k+

🧩 Post-Structuralism 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🏛️ Stoic Logic

The Logic of Sense 87%

Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.

by Gilles Deleuze 1969

4.29

1k+ ratings

🧩 Post-Structuralism 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🏛️ Stoic Logic

Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy

by Patricia Coughlin • 1996

Weeks, not years. A psychodynamic method that confronts defenses for lasting character change.

4.46

🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy ⏱️ Short-Term Therapy 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Summary

Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy 87%

Weeks, not years. A psychodynamic method that confronts defenses for lasting character change.

by Patricia Coughlin 1996

4.46

48 ratings

🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy ⏱️ Short-Term Therapy 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

My Voice Will Go with You

by Sidney Rosen • 1982

Direct advice meets resistance. A well-told story slips past it. The master clinician's casebook.

4.26

2k+

🔮 Ericksonian Hypnosis ♟️ Strategic Therapy 📖 Therapeutic Storytelling

My Voice Will Go with You 86%

Direct advice meets resistance. A well-told story slips past it. The master clinician's casebook.

by Sidney Rosen 1982

4.26

2k+ ratings

🔮 Ericksonian Hypnosis ♟️ Strategic Therapy 📖 Therapeutic Storytelling

Missing Out

by Adam Phillips • 2012

Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.

3.47

3k+

📝 Psychoanalytic Essays 📚 Literary Psychology 💭 Regret And Identity

Missing Out 86%

Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.

by Adam Phillips 2012

3.47

3k+ ratings

📝 Psychoanalytic Essays 📚 Literary Psychology 💭 Regret And Identity

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book

by Robert M. Martin • 1992

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

4.01

247

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book 86%

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

by Robert M. Martin 1992

4.01

247 ratings

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes

Trance-Formations

by John Grinder • 1981

Inducing trance with words alone: how to pace, calibrate, and use every response as a doorway.

4.24

556

🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming 😵‍💫 Ericksonian Hypnosis 💬 Indirect Suggestion

Trance-Formations 86%

Inducing trance with words alone: how to pace, calibrate, and use every response as a doorway.

by John Grinder 1981

4.24

556 ratings

🧠 Neuro-Linguistic Programming 😵‍💫 Ericksonian Hypnosis 💬 Indirect Suggestion

The Art of Procrastination

by John R. Perry • 2012

Your procrastination isn't a bug. It's a feature you can finally put to work.

3.65

4k+

🐢 Chronic Procrastination 🛠️ Productivity Hacks 🎯 Perfectionism

The Art of Procrastination 86%

Your procrastination isn't a bug. It's a feature you can finally put to work.

by John R. Perry 2012

3.65

4k+ ratings

🐢 Chronic Procrastination 🛠️ Productivity Hacks 🎯 Perfectionism

I Am Right You Are Wrong

by Edward de Bono • 1990

Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.

3.82

518

🧠 Creative Cognition 👁️ Perception Logic 🕸️ Self-Organizing Systems

I Am Right You Are Wrong 86%

Argument ruled Western thought for 2,400 years. The brain is actually built to perceive and design.

by Edward de Bono 1990

3.82

518 ratings

🧠 Creative Cognition 👁️ Perception Logic 🕸️ Self-Organizing Systems

Strategic Intervention Handbook

by Magali Peysha • 2014

Find the hidden need behind any problem and break lifelong patterns in a single coaching session.

4.25

114

🛠️ Coaching Methodology 🧭 Strategic Therapy ⚡ Brief Therapy

Strategic Intervention Handbook 86%

Find the hidden need behind any problem and break lifelong patterns in a single coaching session.

by Magali Peysha 2014

4.25

114 ratings

🛠️ Coaching Methodology 🧭 Strategic Therapy ⚡ Brief Therapy

High Conflict People in Legal Disputes

by Bill Eddy • 2005

The personality disorders that turn simple disputes into litigation wars, and how to handle them.

4.39

124

🧠 Personality Disorders 🤝 Conflict Resolution 😤 Difficult People

High Conflict People in Legal Disputes Summary

High Conflict People in Legal Disputes 86%

The personality disorders that turn simple disputes into litigation wars, and how to handle them.

by Bill Eddy 2005

4.39

124 ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 🤝 Conflict Resolution 😤 Difficult People

Embracing Your Limitations

by Lawrence Mooney • 2022

Self-help feeds on your dissatisfaction. The exit: stop chasing dreams and accept your limits.

3.29

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🤗 Self-Acceptance 📉 Lowered Expectations

Embracing Your Limitations 86%

Self-help feeds on your dissatisfaction. The exit: stop chasing dreams and accept your limits.

by Lawrence Mooney 2022

3.29

82 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🤗 Self-Acceptance 📉 Lowered Expectations

Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors

by D. Corydon Hammond • 1990

A clinical treasury of hypnotic scripts and metaphors for pain, anxiety, and unwanted habits.

4.13

166

🌀 Clinical Hypnosis 📖 Therapeutic Metaphors 💬 Suggestion Techniques

Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors Summary

Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors 86%

A clinical treasury of hypnotic scripts and metaphors for pain, anxiety, and unwanted habits.

by D. Corydon Hammond 1990

4.13

166 ratings

🌀 Clinical Hypnosis 📖 Therapeutic Metaphors 💬 Suggestion Techniques

Atmamun

by Kapil Gupta • 2016

Thought itself is the prison. Meditation and mindfulness are just painting the bars.

4.44

1k+

✂️ Anti-Self-Help 🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Philosophy

Atmamun 86%

Thought itself is the prison. Meditation and mindfulness are just painting the bars.

by Kapil Gupta 2016

4.44

1k+ ratings

✂️ Anti-Self-Help 🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Philosophy

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