Lisa4bama

Self esteem books?

Posted on 11/04/09, 12:11 pm

Does anyone have a recommendation for self esteem books? I am going at this mess I have made with "guns blazin'" I need to fill my head with good . Thank you for all of your support.

• Reply #1 11/04/09  11:31pm
  
  SusyP
  I purchased this book based on a recommendation, but have not it to give you a personal recommendation:
  
  Self Esteem Companion Patrick Fanning
  
  Ditto (one of the 15 by my bed:
  
  Recreating Yourself - Building Self Esteem Through Imaging and Self-Hypnosis
  
  http://www.traumahealing.com/somat...
  
  My therapist is big on this book, but it is more on trauma healing then SE. I am not sure it applies for your particular situation but she feels that you can not build self esteem with out processing and healing your trauma wounds (not saying you have any!!!):
  
  Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
  
  http://www.traumahealing.com/somat...
• Reply #2 11/06/09  12:38pm
  
  tortlawgirl
  I wonder how many of us that have this addiction don't have trauma? One thing I'm beginning to learn is that we are raised by flawed, human beings. Imperfect, by nature. And thus, there can be quite a lot of trauma, but we tend to minimize it, even if it was horrific. We tend to minimize it in favor of others' trauma which we decide was much worse than ours (invalidating ourselves).
  
  I'm just learning so much from all of you ladies, and I wanted to say thank you all so much for posting your stories and your feelings.... because without seeing it in others, I honestly think that sometimes we are blinded to our own selves. We can heal, and fellowship is one of the most lucrative ways of all in terms of the final product: US, HEALTHY US.

WHEN BEING IN LOVE, MEANS BEING IN PAIN... This group is to help women through the journey of realizing they can love themselves. To help realize that they are capable of having a happy, healthy, whole relationship and break the cycle of abuse and heartache from loving emotionally unavailable men.