Best Self Help Books For Young Adults (2024 Updated)

As a parent of teenage twin boys and 20 -year teaching veteran, I first heard of this book from a high school student. After speaking to the newly inspired reader, I borrowed the book. The same night, I ordered two copies for home that will eventually land in my lending library.

The writing is accessible and easily understandable. The difficult topic of how to motivate teens is effectively addressed. There is a religious message within the text, but it is not overwhelming or alienating for someone who doesn’t feel as strongly or of the same faith.

My teens resisted (imagine that) reading a nonfiction book — at first. Then, they started really reading the content. Fight over. My family of five is all reading the book; with only 2 copies, we have to share.

There is no doubt we will finish and come away stronger: alone and together. Overall, a great read for teens, parents who want to understand and motivate them, and teachers who want to educate them.

Beginning with the experience of the two young authors and moving on to that of others, this is a book written to counter the expectation teens often acquire of themselves to spend their youth as consumers rather than producers, to waste their youth instead of making it count.

The book inspires teens to challenge themselves to achieve the greatest good they can rather than treat these years as some sort of joyride. Written from a Christian perspective, the book’s message is equally relevant regardless of religious faith or lack thereof.

Finally a book that tells one of the greatest problems in America and what to do about it. Too many lazy people that are addicted to technology and not willing to do the “hard things” that made this country great.

That’s one reason why this country is going down hill.

I purchased this book and workbook for my teenage son. He loves it. I use this as a parenting tool. I regularly ask him, does your red book say anything about this situation? He instantly remembers or hl goes to check and updates me.

He referenced it himself when a circumstance occurred. He said, mom this situation shows me why I should keep studying and continue applying while being responsible.

This version of the worldwide bestselling ‘7 Habits’ is by Stephen’s son, and is a cracking read. Puts the 7 habist in a easy to understand format and gives ‘baby steps’ to develop each habit. This is all supported by Sean Covey’s really good website.

I couldn’t recommend this book higher. Everyone should own two or three!.

I have a teenager and we’ll we know how teenagers are. This book has really helped and couldn’t be happier.

Great book. From page 152 onwards there are examples of affirmations to say to yourself. Whether you want to quit smoking, lose weight, change habits, etc. This one differs from others as it considers the permanence of your affirmations.

I read it in 4 days. 200 pages. Definitely a book to work on afterwards.

I see no cons in this Book unless you don’t buy into the initial premise. It has been my go-to resource for dealing with my self defeating challenges. I loaned it to someone and obviously they never returned it because of its value, so I had to find a new one.

‘The author seems to assume both that they have some commentary worth their while as well as implicitly getting respected for that. While amongst the readers, they may be those that don’t feel that they want to contribute further on the subject, even though they feel their thoughts worthwhile, nor would they be likely to asume that they would be respected for having those views.

Somewhat akin to explaining reactionary politics to a liberal activist. So the question remains only clinical; does talking to yourself depend upon what you say to yourself or upon what you omit, paraphrase, re-ificate or plain and simply do NOT say to yourself? The answer may be only the proverbial pudding; but Mr Helmstetter seems to be of the persuasion that there exists some formula for an individual, presumably his clients, should communicate to themselves.

Aside from the lapses of style; suppose that you re-interpret what you say using another language or some period style of speech, Mr Helmstetter seems to be saying that talking to th e self amounts to a sort of ‘self-confession.

‘ While there are still any number of perspectives that are not considered; the speaker could be a repeat victim of crimes, from some alien, or non-native, culture or they may be handicapped. Particularly if the speaker were to be linguistically handicapped, with defective dentures, congenital deformities of voice cavities or other, to the extent that they could not possibly pronounce certain sounds or words.

So that the whole premise of talking to yourself ignores the idea that the individual may either ultimately or only ever, have themself for an audience. So the reader with those doubts, as to exactly the way that they may sound to themself, may have only further doubt or even confusion upon reading the book, but at least they are advanced to some degree beyond where there would not be a single word, from anybody, spoken in behalf of their defense or to their credit, either.

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Listened to this on audiobook – once you get past the fact that it sounds like the Geico gecko reading to you, it’s actually a pretty good motivational book. I found this on Libby and it was a quicker 3 hour “pick me up” afternoon listen.

I like the chapters about willingness/sacrifices. I also liked the bit on expectations and how they create life disappointment. Love looking at things at a new angle but this one was your pretty average cookie cutter “self help” read but I didn’t have that many great takeaways from this listen – 4 stars.

If you are struggling, hurting, or just stuck this is a great book to jump start a recovery or a healing process. I personally have mental problems since I was a child & this book has made me look from a different perspective.

A quick & easy to read book with golden nuggets in it. I don’t know if he meant it to be a 4 part set with his books but I’m currently on his second & going to get the other 2 when I’m done.

The book is very poorly written. Mostly the sort of self-affirmative nonsense you might catch in bad boomer memes, but not as compelling. Consists in the main of “STOP DOING THE BAD THINGS” and “BE A GOOD DOER OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO GOOD” or some incompetant garble.

Does not hold up to Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules. Not even close. It isn’t even edgy.

Dr Claire Weekes book, and this just been one them, helps us understand the complexity of nervous sensitization and how this impacts upon a nervous persons life. The book outlines the anxiety trick that keeps us locked into feeling afraid, we unwittlingly release short burst of adrenaline into our system that keeps our nerves activated and alerted.

This triggers the strange sensation that is known as nervous suffering and we find the overwhelming feelings prevent us from functioning as a normal human being, we are somewhat bewildered and lost to these strange sensations that we are unable to live without the nervous feelings that accompany our everyday movements.

Dr Claire Weekes, reassures us that these are no more than normal sensations exaggerated by nervous tension. We have focused so intently upon these apparently usual sensations (they are normal bodily functions) that they appear to us to be very frightening and fustrating, this puts us into a corner of life that we desperately try to free ourselves from, but we use the wrong technique and subsequently barracade ourselves into these restrictive negative habits and patterns of living that it locks us in even further.

These chains of discomfort cannot be released until we learn to accept they are normal sensations that have been magnified to the extent we are consciously aware of the nervous system, this needs to be calmed significantly enough so it can slip back into the background of everyday living.

Dr Claire Weekes gives many interpretations and examples of the way nerves trick us and all in an attempt to keep us safe and protected. So an over-active subsconscious mind that is working overtime to keep us safe, that’s all that it is, and although frightening and upsetting, is not a true reflection of the body’s health or condition.

We need to send new signals and messages to the subconscious mind to lower the input and strength of these extreme and exaggerated sensations that we can begin to live life without the constant tripping of our emotions that bring unpleasant feelings that disturb our emotional well being.

This book is a must for those diagnosed with nervous disorders and will bring some clarity and understanding in the way the body develops the extreme reaction to life stressors. It is always advisable to speak with a doctor regarding any health issues, but this book would be an ideal reference in keeping the right attitude of mind when dealing with any extreme conditions that the nerves can bring.

G. Stott.

If you have anxiety that is impacting your everyday life, then this is the best book beyond any other. Dr Claire Weekes has been extremely clever in keeping the literature easy to follow, and not over complicating information.

For example the nervous system is explained in a few pages; revealing what is keeping you anxious. A whole range of symptoms which get people stuck in an anxiety cycle are covered here; and the book will explain how you can recover – Acceptance.

An absolute must read for those suffering from an anxiety state/nervous illness.

I bought this for my Husband who has not read it yet but I read this book many years ago and it helped enormously. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who suffers either bad nerves, Panic attacks and or is suffering from a nervous breakdown and cannot cope with life in any capacity.

This book takes you through all the symptoms that you would normally experience when having a breakdown and helps you to realise that you can cope and that you are not going to die. Read it through, put it into practice and you will be either a new person or your old self again.

It certainly helped me many years ago and I can still remember the advise and fortunately I have not experienced symptoms since.

There are so many things that our young men need to know as they achieve manhood and The Manual To Manhood is like a man to man talk that will help as teen boys hit that coming of age stage where they transition from boy to man! Written in a very easy to read down to earth manner that will makes it so easy to connect with what the author is saying.

The conversational tone that the author uses is perfect for pulling the reader in and the practical topics that are touched on will keep them reading! Some of the topics seemed almost to simple such as how to shake hands or how to wash hands or face or how to trim fingernails but as I read the topics they fit perfectly because they are very important things that young men need to know in order to feel self assured as they reach manhood.

As I read this book I found myself wishing I would have had it when my own son was at this stage in life but truthfully I am going to share it with him so that he can read the chapter on using tools and fixing things.

Overall this is a very needful book for any boy who is on the cusp of manhood and would be a perfect book to use in home schooling and even in main stream schools because of its useful content. A complimentary copy of this book was provided for review.

A plethora of miscellany. Or ‘Much Ado About Everything. ‘ You pays your money and you takes your choice. The Manual To Manhood is almost encyclopedic in the things that it covers and it claims to cover all the skills that ‘a man’ needs to survive.

Each ‘skill’ is organized sequentially step-by-step. For most men this is a bonus ñ it’s idiot-proof! If you can read you can do it. Whatever ‘it’ happens to be. And they don’t just throw it out there; they actually explain ‘why’ you need to be doing whatever ‘it’ happens to be at the time.

I just wish I’d had this manual when I was growing up. The school of hard knocks provides a sterling diploma ñ but you really have to earn it. This book will take some of the lumps out of life for many a young man.

5 stars for a manual that I wished I’d had growing up.

There’s no book to teach a boy how to be a good man, but this is a useful tool to help navigate along the way. Some common sense subjects, but also much knowledge to take away. Anything that gets a young man to think about character, manners, integrity, etc is a win!.

I’ve read all of Mr. Gladwell’s books and if you’re only going to read one, IMO, this is his most important, and at the risk of hyperbole, I’ll call it brilliant. He argues, and supports with substantial evidence, the idea that sheer luck plays an enormous role in how our lives turn out.

He stops short of taking the extreme deterministic position agreed upon by, oh, Einstein, Freud, and BF Skinner, to name a few of the 20th centuries most influential thinkers, but many readers will have their minds opened to consider that possibility more seriously.

The book is also the story of failure. I guess if that had been incorporated into the title it would have been less appealing. And although examples of failure due to bad luck are no doubt far more common than The Beatles or Steve Jobs, thus who experience failure, also because of (bad) luck, don’t stick out to be studies and included.

If there’s a weakness it’s that examples that con’t support his thesis are ignored. On the other hand. if his thesis is correct, and I think it is, there are no contradictory example. Outliers is, IMO, a truly great book.

I can’t thin of a book I’d recommend more highly.

A book that challenges the stereo type thinking of who is an exceptional person or group of people. The author has demonstrated that outliers are products of history and community, of opportunity and legacy.

Their success is not exceptional or mysterious. It is grounded in a web of advantages and inheritances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky, but all critical to making them who they are.

The book has so many examples of circumstances but the wonderful example of the Jewish emigre family to New York, the Borgenichts’ showed how Louis and Regina may have been tired and poor and overwhelmed.

For Louis being his own boss and making his own decisions, engaging his mind and imagination resulted in a relationship between effort and reward. The three things – autonomy, complexity and connection between effort and reward are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it has to be satisfying.

Meaningfulness is very important in one’s job or task for us to excel in it. Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig.

For me, a crucial lesson to those who want to tackle the upper reaches of a profession is if you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desire.

Working hard is what successful people do. Even for subjects like mathematics, it’s not ability as attitude. Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work. As the Chinese say “No one who can rise before dawn three hundred city days a year fails to make his family rich”.

In summary, outliers are those who have been given opportunities and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them. As the author summarises, “The outlier, in the end, is not an outlier at all.

This book enlightens us about the myth of land of opportunities and hard work. These myths survive because a lot of people heard of self made millionaires. Theyre usually the ones that perpetuate the illusion of hard work, good ideas produce $ucce$$.

Without proper opportunities, like being in the right place at the right time and knowing someone who can propel you in the right direction, just by ones own merit doesnt take you very far.

I’d heard of Ryan Holiday but never really took him seriously until I heard him on a podcast. He sounded wise for his age and is a devoted writer. So I worked my way through his trilogy- Ego, Obstacle, Stillness, and was impressed by the subtle injection of Stoic philosophy.

Stoicism really rang true for me with it’s tenants of courage, wisdom, justice, and moderation. It’s a practical philosophy and has got me into journaling too, which is great for your mental health!.

To understand the ego is to undo its false system of belief , the journey to undo the ego is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage and accountability ! This book is one for the library of the true searcher.

The title does not match the inside. Was expecting a lot more explanation what is Ego and how to fight with it, how it shows in daily situations. In this book you have information about some big names and what they accomplish.

Don’t waits your time on this.

This book was about a bird who didn’t yet know how to fly. The bird has to decide if it will try to fly, but it was not sure if it wants to. The bird thought, “If I never forever endeavor” then I won’t ever learn.

On one wing, he worries he might fail and on the other wing he thinks of how he may succeed. He worries that if he tries, he may get lost in the world. That makes him want to stay in his nest where he’s safe.

I think this book would help other children to learn that trying new things can be scary, but sometimes when we try, we can find things that make us happy too. And this book will help others know that mistakes are okay and part of learning.

My favorite part is that the bird tried and learned that she could fly. I also liked that I read this book because it gave me a chance to talk to mom about making mistakes and how I don’t like making them.

Then I learned they are good and part of learning. Boys and girls who are 3 to 8 years old would like this book because it teaches about trying a new thing and how it’s important to get past being scared so you can learn new things.

I give the book 5 stars since I think it’s important for other children to learn about courage.

I am currently reading this book. It’s amazing! This was my 2nd book that I started to read during the “stay put” order in Lafayette. It’s amazing how things work. One day, my husband and I were sitting outside, and I had been reading my book.

I told him, it was like the author was sitting beside me having a conversation with me. I finished reading Chapter 4-The Big Snooze, and he and I went into the house. The next morning, I woke up, and my husband told me he had just finished a conference call with work and he was laid off.

I think I would have totally lost my mind, if I had NOT JUST READ THE DAY BEFORE, how LIFE throws every possible bad thing your way, right before the Universe opens up new opportunities for you. Oh, did I mention that my husband has M.

S. So, going through is world pandemic with M. S. is so stressful. This book has really helped me to take things in stride and trust in the MASTER PLAN of life. Stay Safe and Healthy!.

This book sparked the inner child in me–the child that once believed “I COULD DO ANYTHING!!!” and reflecting, now, this mentality got me through a lot of tough situations. As I got older the game changed and I didn’t know how to handle the “adult issues” its as if life had strapped me into this roller coaster ride of disappointments, failures, and loss of hope, in which, made itself right at home–in my brain!! Which caused me to doubt myself, talk down to myself etc etc.

All negative!! This book took me back to re-evaluate my own question. why did things go right for me–then!? I had courage, but most importantly I knew a higher being greater than anything or anyone loved me and was in complete control!! I never talked down to myself as a child and if someone told me I couldn’t do something (like a awful teacher once did) it made me work harder to prove her wrong.

I had such a strong mentality and I refused to allow anyone tell me otherwise. Our way of thinking has complete control of our lives we get what we put out in this universe! Think negative get negative think positive get positive results!! I fell in love with one quote in this book that resignated in me.

The One who guides the stars guides me! How wonderfully beautiful is that!!! I’m not completely changed but this book has shine a light to what I’m doing wrong and I’m fixing all me issues one day at a time!.

4. 5★s “There are clues to making sense of a stranger. But attending to them requires care and attention. We should accept the limits of our ability to decipher strangers. ” Talking To Strangers is the sixth book by British author, Malcolm Gladwell.

Is it a book about social interaction? Yes, certainly, but not so much a “how to” as a “why do we get it wrong”. Gladwell explores the reasons that we seem to be so bad at telling when strangers are lying to us.

He does this with reference to a myriad of psychological experiments, research, case studies and examples. Gladwell holds that we are successfully deceived by strangers through a combination of three main reasons: the fundamentally human tendency to default to believing we are being told the truth; that facial expression and demeanour are much less reliable than we believe; and context matters a great deal.

“We fall out of truth-default mode only when the case against our initial assumption becomes definitive. We do not behave, in other words, like sober-minded scientists, slowly gathering evidence of the truth or falsity of something before reaching a conclusion.

We do the opposite. We start by believing. And we stop believing only when our doubts and misgivings rise to the point where we can no longer explain them away. ” Gladwell cites examples of Cuban spies and the CIA, Hitler and Chamberlain, Bernie Madoff and the SEC, the Penn State Paedophile Case, a murder in Perugia, and more “If every coach is assumed to be a p3dophile, then no parent would let their child leave the house, and no sane person would ever volunteer to be a coach.

We default to truth-even when that decision carries terrible risks-because we have no choice. Society cannot function otherwise. And in those rare instances where trust ends in betrayal, those victimized by default to truth deserve our sympathy, not our censure.

” Gladwell talks about whistle blowers, bail judges, alcoholic blackout and sexual assault, the effects of torture on.

Gladwell used multiple anecdotes from transcripts and interviews to bring “truth-default theory” to life in “Talking to Strangers. ” He worked through this theory as a way to explain the position most people default to when talking with strangers.

Truth-default theory originated with Timothy R. Levine, a distinguished professor and chair of communication studies at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Gladwell explained that when talking to others, we accept they’re telling the truth.

We look at two scenarios, and we go with the more likely answer. Something has to push us over the threshold for us to not default to truth. “To assume the best about another is the trait that has created modern society,” Gladwell said.

“Those occasions when our trusting nature gets violated are tragic; but…to abandon trust as a defense against predation and deception – is worse” (342-343). Gladwell opened and closed the book with the case of Sandra Bland, pulled over for failing to use a signal on July 10, 2015 in Prairie View, Texas.

That minor traffic violation led to a troubling exchange between her and state trooper Brian Encinia that led to her arrest. I didn’t remember this story so this was a fresh telling for me. He ended with the Bland case after a journey through other stories where he further developed “default-to-truth theory” and moved on to what I’ll call companions to default-to-truth for how we make sense of the stranger.

He moved from a look at Cortez vs. Montezuma II to Fidel Castro & Cuban spies and the CIA, UK ambassadors and Adolf Hitler, finally turning his attention to stories from today’s headlines. He talked about the controversial cases of Jerry Sandusky, Larry Nassar, and Bernard Madoff, as well as Amanda Knox, and Brock Turner.

A chapter labeled “Sylvia Plath” caught my eye. She and Anne Sexton were included. I couldn’t wait to see why. I kept thinking, “I feel like singing the Sesame Street song, “One of these things is not like the other.

” Some of these stories were not like the others and didn’t appear to belong. They did connect eventually, and that’s what made the book a stimulating mental treat. I thought Gladwell triumphed as a storyteller.

I talked about this book often as I read, so riveted was I by these stories and the new insights I gained. I told people he’s like Paul Harvey in that he gave you “the rest of the story” once he developed his argument further.

So many of his cases invited further study. He’s restored my faith in journalism. I could tell he thoroughly researched the cases presented and worked to give back an unbiased re-telling. He conducted interviews and used transcripts to bring life to the stories.

(Yes, that meant I did see curse words. ) Included were copious notes in the back. And he even gave an email address in the notes section for readers who notice an error they want to dispute. I felt better informed about past and present cases, and I appreciated how Gladwell showed compassion and empathy for people the media had tried in the court of public opinion.

When I finished this book I thought: “Give this guy a Pulitzer!” Such a departure from my usual nonfiction fare. I do like to take deep dives into subjects. I love the rush of the “A-ha moment. ” I could easily see someone taking Gladwell’s ideas and applying them to literature to make sense of misunderstood characters, like Frankenstein’s monster in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” or Heathcliff in Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights.

” The more I read, the more I saw how often I have let social media and news media influence what I believe about some of the high-profile cases covered again in the book. And I think Gladwell accomplished his goal because I reflected often on each case presented.

Not giving away the thrill of discovery, I will say they’re ones we should never forget.

Super book Talking to Strangers I love all author Malcolm Gladwells books. His unique perspective helps the reader to see things in different ways. He opens your mind to accepting new ideas! This book allows you to unlearn ways of making assumptions about people you dont know.

The content deals with the way our brain comes to quick decisions and opinions. Why the immediate response might be as good or better than after careful consideration. How we function under stress. The sections on facial expressions and police killings are particularly fascinating.

I realise how much I depend on appearance to judge people. To like the book you should be interested in psychology. It is not long and it is an easy read.

I enjoyed the examples given in the book to introduce the concepts and help them stay in mind long after I finished it. Read this in a matter of days, it was so easy to pick up and follow. My goal was to understand how decision making works to be more comfortable when I make quick decisions (I always worry I haven’t analysed enough), and this book helped!.

I wanted to like this book so much more. The concept is great, the very quick ‘in a blink’ decisions we make. However, I think the idea could’ve been summed up in a chapter, the rest of the book just proceeds to give examples.

If you went straight to the back and read the Afterword, I think you would’ve got most of the book idea and content there. I found myself being a bit disappointed in how to maybe apply what I was reading and was only just suggested maybe how to use this information in the end chapter in the Afterword.

Maybe I missed something but I failed to recognise anything useful in this book. His style is annoying. His use of confected mystery disguised as some form of wisdom and analyses simply confuses his message and his message is never really clear.

If the best that can be said is that his commentary is thought provoking, that is a poor excuse for this writing. I can’t understand the acclaim he receives.

This book is well written and includes many strategies on dealing with difficult times with teenagers. It is written from a Christian perspective. Definitely recommend

I have read the original BOUNDARIES book by Henry Cloud and John Townsend, and I thought this book would be helpful in applying those truths to my relationship with my teenager. I am glad I got this book.

It is good to see things from the perspective of the relationship with my teen and how to give her the boundaries – and the freedoms – she needs in the proper proportions. Sometimes as parents we overcompensate because of guilt in one area with our teens by letting down the barriers (boundaries) in another area because we think they will balance out, but we are not doing justice to our teens when we do this.

They need good, healthy, balanced structure and boundaries, and this book gives practical insight and applications for how to do that successfully. I recommend this book to any parent of a teenager.

I like the way the book is set out in useful chapters. Gives some really good ideas not too sure about the religious references but I have found it an interesting read and very thought provoking. A reassurance that I am not too far off the mark.

This book is an excellent book for teen girls or even early college age! It tackles all the issues , struggles they face as young women, honestly, truthfully, using Scripture to back up sticky issues and how to overcome struggles and become a strong, godly woman.

Powerful book! I would highly recommend and even gave it as a grad gift!.

I just ordered this book, and I am very excited about it. Even though I am a twenty-something girl, this book was recommended to me by a trusted church friend. I am looking forward to receiving this package soon!.

Covered topics churches don’t typically discuss. It provided practica strategies we should employ in order to protect others’ and our own purity.

So I finished the book in about 3 days and absolutely LOVED IT!! I couldn’t put it down. It made me realize a few things. 1- My calendar isn’t really filled with things I don’t want to do or don’t enjoy (this was a nice surprise).

2- I definitely need to work on figuring out my priorities and focusing more on the priority that I do choose to do so that I can complete it before moving on to something new. This has been a challenge for me for quite some time.

I always thought it was a lack of motivation or feeling just overwhelmed with all that needed to be done but I now realize it’s a lack of focus that is working against me. My new goal is to focus on my priorities and finally get things completed.

3- Being present in my current season. This is something that I really want to work on. My oldest is a freshman in high school this year and my youngest in 6th grade. My time with them is limited and I want to make the most of the time we have.

Thanks for an awesome read!! Christy really hits all the major points. There were so many AH HA!! moments and even some moments when I actually learned I was on the right path. The book is well written, easy to read and understand & the activities are helpful.

I have already begun recommending it to my friends!! ❤️.

I found myself in college last semester taking 8 classes (20+ Credit Hours), running two small businesses, raising three young children as a single mother, picking up extra circular activities, and trying to find time to date.

My life was a disaster! A quarter of those classes were not contributing to my degree, and I didn’t even realize it until the semester was over. My kids hated me because we never had family time, the businesses were slacking, and I was so focused on school that I never even had time to dress up for a date! My stress and anxiety levels increased, and I started to gain weight at a fast rate.

I knew I had to make a change! I’ve been searching everywhere for a book that could help me take back my life and God answered my prayers! Thank you so much Christy Wright for your hard work on research and time away from your family to create this amazing book! By the way, I ordered it and it shipped in less than 24 hours! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Now I can take back my time!.

I absolutely loved Christy’s newest book, Take Back Your Time! As I read it, I could hear Christy’s passionate and down-to-earth voice in my head. She offers sooo much valuable advice and steps to help anyone “take back their time”, no matter what season of life you’re in.

One of the things I loved most was all the anecdotes Christy uses throughout the book. It helped to really connect to my own life. We all try to be everything to everyone, but it’s time to prioritize ourselves.

Like the old saying goes, put your oxygen mask on first before you try to help others. It may sound selfish, but we need to practice some self-care. After reading this book, my new motto in life is “do more of what you love, and less of what you don’t.

” I can’t wait to get my own hard copy of this so I can highlight all throughout the book. It’s definitely a book you’re going to want to re-read to remind yourself to take back your time. Thank you Christy!! Note: I was given early access to this book by Ramsey Press to review the book before it is released.

Wonderful read if you have ADHD and need something to perfectly describe how you feel and have better control/ understanding of it. I would also recommend even if you don’t have ADHD just to understand those who do cause chances are you know or are close to someone with ADHD.

I seriously loved every second of this book, and it was later out perfectly to keep my attention lolz. also i t helped me in my relationship cause not only do I have it my boyfriend does as well. so 10/10 would recommend.

I wanted this book because it was recommended by professionals and patients alike, who have ADHD. My BF and his daughter live with ADHD, but I suffer through it. I am using the book as a tool to show them little examples which I hope will lead them to be diagnosed and accept treatment.

The book also helps non-ADHD partners recognize what the ADHD person’s life is like. Excellent!.

Great read for people waiting to be referred or have been diagnosed with adult adhd. Well written and informative so far.

This book, although I am not even finished with it, has changed my life immensely. Worry will make you sick. I started applying the things I’ve learned so far from this book in my own life and good things have been happening left and right! I tell everyone that will listen to buy it.

It is oh-so important if you struggle with worry.

There are many books on this subject and I view Dale Carnegie the leader in promoting these ideas to the public in mass. His writings are exceptionally fun to read and the message is timeless. This was one of his later books published around 1944, on the back end of WW2, and encompasses many thoughts from “How to win friends and influence people” first published in 1936, in the middle of the “Great Depression”.

His approach is honest. He looks at human relations from a view of “how can I become a better person and more concerned about my fellow man than myself. ” Yes many of the techniques he alludes to in his writings can be used to manipulate without caring.

They are just tools, just like a hammer can be used to help build a house, you can use to hit someone in the head. The 1930 parallel the way things are now. People from presidents of corporations to the Joe on the street flocked to his seminars and speeches then to learn how to improve there abilities to better deal with people.

There are many books on the subject of manipulating people. The difference between Dale Carnegie and most of them is a matter heart, sympathy, compassion, and caring for the other person; which, he believed was the main main components to true human relations.

I must reiterate, he was writing at a time when the world was involved in two of the most horrible things that could happen to a people, the “Great Depression” and WW2. He wrote to and for people that were struggling at all levels.

If it worked for them it can work for you.

Got this book for my mother to deal with my youngest brother who is approaching teenage years. She loved it! Very simple, clear and helpful.

This is a currently written book. It is very helpful and insightful. It does not minimize the struggle or give pat answers. However, there is alot to be gained here for these teenage years. I love how it is edited.

You can go to the back to the issues that are a crisis and then come back and read the entire book. I have found this to be extremely helpful.

I began listening to Christy Wright about a month ago. While we can all say, we need “life balance” her podcast hooked me, not because she could “fix” my crazy life, but because she was like me. A busy mom who is trying to make the right decisions at the right time.

I immediately pre-ordered this book and yes, began listening to the audiobook on release day. As she has become a missionary for something different, she preaches the power of intentionality and she.

is. funny! So relatable to my season of life. Now I feel like I am a missionary for this book. I have already talked to my husband, friends, and family about the steps to guilt free balance and even sending my best friend this book! Also, if you want the audiobook, its Christy which makes the book so much better.

Its like a five hour podcast!.

Do you struggle with all the things to do that you get so overwhelmed to the point that nothing gets done? We find ourselves doing either too little or too much, right? This book will help you prioritize the right things for you to do right now in the season you are in, and with no guilt to boot! Some of my fave quotes from Christy’s book are: “Finding balance can be tricky because it isn’t just a schedule problem; it’s also a heart problem.

” “If we aren’t careful, we’ll keep running around like crazy, doing things that create a life we don’t want to lead and that make us into people we don’t want to be. ” “If you don’t begin with the end in mind, you will end up crossing someone else’s finish line.

And worse, you’ll work really hard for a life you don’t actually want. ” Grab your girlfriends together for a fall book study and set your priorities straight. Don’t let anyone else set them for you.

Take back your time.