You Don't Need a Self-Help Book: Replacing the Shelf with Yourself

"You Don’t Need a Self-Help Book: Replacing the Shelf with Yourself" is a unique, wickedly candid, and thought-provoking work from humorist and bestselling author Michael Essany.

With enormous contemporary appeal to the millions who occasionally indulge in vapid feel-good rags, Essany asserts how and why most self-help titles ultimately fail to help readers as much as they can actually help themselves.

Stemming from the philosophy that the self is more powerful than the shelf, "You Don’t Need a Self-Help Book: Replacing the Shelf with Yourself" is anchored in irreverent common sense, punctuated with humor, and designed to unleash the self-sufficiency in us all.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Self-Help Detox
Chapter 2: The Law of Distraction
Chapter 3: The Problem is in Your Pants
Chapter 4: Actions Speak Louder Than Turds
Chapter 5: Clinical, My Ass!
Chapter 6: The Positives of Thinking Negatively
Chapter 7: If You Must

Excerpt From Chapter 1: Self Help Detox

A guy walks into a bookstore and asks a salesperson where the self-help section is.

The salesperson says, "If I told you, that would defeat the purpose."

In reality, if any bookstore attendant actually spoke to you in such a discourteous manner, you would certainly be justified in calling him a smart ass.

Then again, if you’re looking for the self-help section, he is equally justified in calling you a dumb ass.

Much like that wisecrack, the multi-billion dollar self-help industry is an elaborate joke. Of course, you have to be careful when making that observation in public. A lot of folks take the self-help genre seriously - very seriously. Rather than viewing the self-help banner as a category that has deteriorated into a repository of self-promoting charlatans who saturate and

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self-help (The Power of Being Different - Embrace Your Uniqueness)

Now that the Law of Attraction is becoming well known and practiced globally, it appears that humanity is expanding to a new belief system that unlike before, is based in our heart, our passion, our feeling and love. During times of changes of any kind the question of “Who am I?” is brought to our awareness. One way or another, eventually inventory of our life is required to better understand different parts of it or altogether. This book offers you a way to explore your true self through stories and exercises. Author's hope is that it awakens different aspects of your true self and leads you to recognize and experience the power of your uniqueness as well as embrace it. All of us deserve to be in touch with our true self and this is what leads us to live the life of our dreams. The main intention for this book is to encourage you to be true to yourself, accept and love yourself! May it help you on your journey!

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Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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There's No Self to Help: "Why Self-Help Has Failed You And How To Finally Tap Into Your Infinite Power and Potential"-- Limited Edition

Have you tried every approach under the sun to change or improve your life and you're still not getting results? Have you used the law of attraction or similar teachings, but you're still stuck in the same cycle of stress, mediocrity, or struggle?

In the revolutionary book There's No Self to Help, you'll learn:

* Why most forms of self-help will only perpetuate your problems
* The fatal flaw with the law of attraction as it is typically taught
* How you can finally clear any and all limitations in every single area of your life
* A proven blueprint for reclaiming your infinite power-- especially if you repeatedly feel like you are exempt from true spiritual growth
* A very simple, clear approach to radically expanding your awareness


If you feel stuck, frustrated and fed up with all the New Age or self-help approaches, and you're ready for a radically new and refreshing perspective on what it really takes to quickly transform any area of your life, then There's No Self to Help is the book you've been waiting for.

You're going to LOVE this book if you're ready for true change.. and you're sick of tolerating anything less than the brilliant expression of who you really are. You know deep down that most 'teachings' are simply spoon feeding you variations of the same theme: 'Here's how you can smooth the edges of your life and feel better about yourself, without really ever getting to the core source of genuine transformation.'

As the author says, "I don’t need 500 pages to share what I’ve learned about reclaiming power and creating true transformation. It’s a simple message-- one that you’ll either take to heart and act on right now, or you won’t."

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Five Simple Steps to Emotional Healing: The Last Self-Help Book You Will Ever Need

Tap Your Troubles Away It's that simple. Meridian Therapy is a self-healing system that can be learned in minutes and can relieve a lifetime of emotional pain. A cutting-edge technique based on the ancient art of acupressure, it involves stimulating the energy meridians in the body by tapping on specific energy points and awakening their healing power. In Five Simple Steps to Emotional Healing, noted therapist Gloria Arenson explains the scientific basis of Meridian Therapy and teaches readers the five easy-to-follow steps that will allow them to break free from stress and negative emotions. Meridian Therapy can be practiced any time, anywhere, in order to Improve performance in sports, work, and the bedroom Stop the fears that limit activities and ruin relationships Eliminate the urge to procrastinate Conquer cravings and compulsions Heal emotional scars and painful memories Improve self-esteem Dissolve panic attacks before they start

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Be A Star Rewards Chart

A PARENTING TOOL that quickly improves family dynamics.Kids love to use BE A STAR because they instantly see how their efforts and cooperation earn rewards.Successfully used for 25 years!

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• Easy-to-Use Reward Chart for ages 3-12
• Parents Stop Yelling, Kids Start Listening...Immediately!
• Includes dry erase marker, and magic stick stars
• Lightweight and Durable. Can be hung or mounted magnetically.

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Self-Help Nation: The Long Overdue, Entirely Justified, Delightfully Hostile Guide to the Snake-Oil Peddlers Who Are Sapping Our Nation's Soul

Every year, Americans waste millions of dollars on books that promise to fix all their problems. We buy each new one, believing its promises despite the failures of all the previous tomes, continuing to hope for that nonexistent magic bullet. Tom Tiede, a former syndicated columnist and the recipient of numerous journalism awards, just might be able to cure us of this addiction. In Self-Help Nation, Tiede skewers the authors of self-help books, whom he compares to modern-day snake-oil peddlers exploiting our weaknesses. As he slashes his way merrily through his least favorite books, Tiede posits a larger cultural argument about why we as a nation have fallen prey to the self-help juggernaut. Waging an eloquent attack on the salaciousness and irresponsibility of the media, the self-absorption of the Baby Boom generation, our fascination with celebrity, and other cultural afflictions, Tiede offers insightful commentary on what we've lost in our hyperaccelerated culture and calls for a return to the timeless American value of self-reliance. In urging us to trust ourselves, Tiede is perhaps writing just another self-help book, a sure sign of the mess we've gotten ourselves into. Regardless, Self-Help Nation is a delight to read-wickedly funny, refreshingly candid, and ultimately profound.

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Knock Knock Self-Help Smorgasbord Activity Book (50059)

Knock Knock's magnanimous commitment to self-improvement (of others) continues with an activity book that lets you work on yourself in manageable doses. Each week presents a new modality - yoga, scream therapy, etc. - for you to explore and, if necessary, debunk. You'll never need to suffer the self-help aisle again! Weekly fix-yourself techniques include: gardening, unplugging, waking up early, massage, guru consultation, fun exercise, self-medication, and acceptance. At Knock Knock our sensibility is proudly distinct, in contrast to the overwhelming homogenization of committee-created corporate product. We believe that many people are intelligent enough to appreciate wit, wordplay, and conceptual thinking, so we strive not to dumb down as we create. Our customers comprise the impish, the dapper, the droll, and the young-at-heart. On the highfalutin front, Knock Knock seeks to integrate art and commerce by creating original, authentic, non-cynical products. Our inspirations are Charles and Ray Eames and Tibor Kalman, designers who refused compartmentalization and brought intelligence, aesthetics, and creativity to everything they touched. Following are a few things we believe: Ethics and decency are immeasurably important. Whether mass produced or handmade, products should be created with care. Craft is important for the soul as well as the hands and eyes. Humor makes everything better. Not everything should strive to be accessible to the lowest common denominator, or any common denominator, for that matter. Despite the rise of the screen, much that is interesting and innovative can be done with printed matter, though paper should be recycled whenever possible. Good should be rewarded. Problems should be discussed and resolved. Mistakes should be admitted and learned from. Common sense is uncommon. Ego is annoying. Turn signals should be used.

• 52 Ways to fix yourself one week at a time with Knock Knock's Self-Help Smorgasbord, an activity book as refreshingly smart and savvy as you are
• Each week offers a new self-improvement method to sample; gentle prompts encourage sane goal-setting; takes the pain out of personal growth
• Weekly techniques include gardening, unplugging, waking up early, massage, guru consultation, fun exercise, self-medication, acceptance, getting enough sleep, acupuncture
• Offers an eclectic buffet of life-improvement methods broken down into easily digestible chunks; 112 page paperback book has lay-flat binding and a ribbon page marker
• Packed with useful information, factual tidbits, and engaging prompts, this practical workbook gives even the most cynical of self-help explorers all the good advice they'll ever need

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