| You're probably bemused by the number of self-help | | | | and applied at home, |
| books in the bookstores, and in fact the personal | | | | Other examples of freely available psychological tools |
| involvement in choosing and reading self-help books | | | | that can be learned on your own with self-help books |
| can be a therapeutic exercise in itself, but there are so | | | | include |
| many authors each with their own approach to the | | | | * learning to develop intuition and psychic senses |
| subject and a variety of self-improvement methods | | | | * learning to dowse with a pendulum, |
| which can make self-help subject matter confusing for | | | | * learning muscle testing, |
| anyone with limited knowledge of the self-help genre. | | | | * learning different methods of chakra clearing, |
| It depends on the style of the author as to whether | | | | * learning to use crystals to cure ailments |
| they will have a beneficial effect on the reader. The | | | | A common practice related to most of these |
| Positive-thinking books by Norman Vincent Peal were | | | | techniques is visualization, which in conjunction with |
| the first of the self-help titles, and since 'The Power Of | | | | deep relaxation can be extremely powerful. This is the |
| Positive Thinking' (1952) and since then there have | | | | basis of the Law of Attraction which defines that |
| been many derivations which have certainly helped a | | | | what you consistently think about is what you attract in |
| lot of people to direct their lives positively. | | | | life. If you do visualizations about what you really want |
| Self-help books cover a variety of areas including: | | | | in your life and reproduce the emotions related to the |
| * Addiction | | | | experience, your vibration will be raised to the level |
| * Low self esteem | | | | required to attract the circumstances. |
| * Divorce | | | | To enable you to do this you have to be in the mood |
| * Self confidence | | | | to produce these feelings and this is where you have |
| * Raising Spiritual awareness | | | | to work on your emotional state. To help to get to a |
| Stress and depression can be caused by anxiety over | | | | relaxed and receptive Alpha state, there are various |
| mundane things and self-help books can be useful for | | | | frequency recordings and hypnotic therapies on the |
| putting things in perspective. By reading a self-help | | | | market such as the range provided by the |
| book, your attention will be directed towards the | | | | Unexplainable Store which can help you to find the |
| solution to your problem which in itself can help you to | | | | correct frequency to attune your brain enabling you to |
| rationalize a solution for yourself. The key is to find an | | | | achieve success in many areas thought to be |
| author with whom you empathize and although this is a | | | | unattainable. |
| very personal choice it will also be the most rewarding. | | | | The following are all excellent authors in their field but |
| Solution may be generic, each has their way of putting | | | | as they vary in style quite considerably you may well |
| over the best way of approaching the problem and | | | | find that you prefer the approach of one of them |
| this means there are considered experts in the | | | | more than others |
| different sectors of self-help and readers find the ones | | | | - Deepak Chopra - Spirituality and Synchronicity and |
| they empathize with as being most helpful. The most | | | | applied universal laws. |
| certain way to find useful self-help books is to | | | | - Wayne Dyer - Practical approach to manifesting and |
| research the various authors and maybe sample | | | | raising self-awareness. |
| some of their writings to see if you empathize with | | | | - Anthony Robbins - Direct approach to |
| their style. | | | | self-empowerment. |
| Psychological techniques used to help achieve | | | | - Tolle Eckhart - Spiritual approach to the |
| improvement in performance, both physical and mental | | | | self-awareness and living in the now. |
| include NLP(Neuro Linguistic Programming), | | | | - Barefoot Doctor - Tao approach using meditation, |
| EFT(Emotional Freedom Technique, or 'tapping') and | | | | raising natural energy and manifesting through |
| Energy Psychology and there are many self-help | | | | visualization. |
| books with information on how these can be learned | | | | |