About the Book
Discover Your Real Self-Worth and Cultivate Lasting Self-Esteem
If you are frequently self-critical, questioning yourself, or comparing yourself to people around you, it's time to take a step back and reevaluate how you treat you. This workbook can help you eliminate negative thinking, appreciate your unique strengths, and be kinder to yourself.
This fully revised and updated second edition of The Self-Esteem Workbook will help you truly see and appreciate who you are, and discover how comparison-based self-criticism is not a true measure of your value. You'll also find new chapters on cultivating compassion, forgiveness, and unconditional love for yourself and others, as well as cutting-edge information on neuroplasticity and how sleep, exercise, and nutrition affect how you feel about yourself.
"The Self-Esteem Workbook is both excellent and practical because it is built on a sound scientifi c base, offers clear recommendations, and comes from and speaks to the heart."
-STEVEN E. HOBFOLL, PhD, professor and director of the Applied Psychology Center at Kent State University
"Chock-full of effective and practical strategies for raising self-esteem ... helpful for anyone who wishes to end negative thinking and learn to see their true value."
-MATTHEW MCKAY, PhD, coauthor of Self-Esteem
"It is impossible to read this book without feeling better about oneself and others. It should be required reading for every living soul."
-ROBERT L. BUNNELL, MS, PA-C, executive director of the Utah Academy of Physician Assistants
About the Author :
Glenn R. Schiraldi, PhD, has served on the stress management faculties at the Pentagon, the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and the University of Maryland, where he received the Outstanding Teaching Award, as well as other teaching and service awards. His books on stress-related topics have been translated into fifteen foreign languages.
Review :
"Finally, a sane book on how to develop healthy self- esteem! Rather than promoting feeling better than others, this book helps readers to have kindness and compassion for themselves because they are simply human. The sense of unconditional self- worth developed through the exercises in this book will help transform many lives for the better." - Kristin Neff, PhD, associate professor of human development and culture at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of Self- Compassion
"The Self- Esteem Workbook is both excellent and practical because it is built on a sound scientific base, offers clear recommendations, and comes from and speaks to the heart." - Steven E. Hobfoll, PhD, professor and director of the Applied Psychology Center at Kent State University
"Chock- full of effective and practical strategies for raising self- esteem...helpful for anyone who wishes to end negative thinking and learn to see their true value." - Matthew McKay, PhD, coauthor of Self- Esteem
"It is impossible to read this book without feeling better about oneself and others. It should be required reading for every living soul." - Robert L. Bunnell, MS, PA- C, marketing coordinator at the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program, and executive director of the Utah Academy of Physician Assistants
"What a wonderful workbook! Even for those of us who feel we have a high level of self esteem, this book provides insight and techniques for improving those areas that sometimes make us question ourselves and our self worth. With some of my more difficult physical therapy patients, I often employ the cognitive rehearsal technique of acknowledging what is 'right' about themselves to break their negative views of themselves or their situation. This in itself often leads to acceleration in the healing process." - Linda C. Harvey, MA, PT, physical therapy role extender for rehabilitation coordinator for the Visiting Nurses Association of Maryland
"This book is excellent. We are already using it in our self- esteem presentations. It's one of the first and finest self- esteem resource guidebooks that offer in- depth information in a grounded, useful way." - Jaqueline Miller, Maryland Governor's Task Force on Self- Esteem
"Self- esteem- its importance and how to develop and protect it- is a poorly understood concept in today's world of the 'quick fix.' Glenn Schiraldi has done a great service in assembling all of the material on this important topic. His practical, step- by- step format and powerful skill- building exercises lead the participant on a purposeful journey that can result in a future of better mental health and well- being." - Sharlene M. Weiss, PhD, founder and former director of psychosocial oncology at the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and associate professor of medicine, psychiatry, and psychology at the University of Miami School of Medicine
"The Self- Esteem Workbook is clearly one of the best written for understanding and exploring the true meaning, importance, and value of building self- esteem. It is a guidebook for healing and loving our inner essential selves. This book encourages us to explore and learn to cherish with awe, the magic that lies within us. A must for teacher training, working with battered and abused populations, and people who are in recovery processes. A terrific workbook. I think every school in America should be working with this information." - Sandi Redenbach, MEd, former chairperson of the California Council to Promote Self- Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility
