Self Criticism

Kristin Neff, Ph.D., says that it’s time to “stop beating yourself up and leave insecurity behind.” Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind offers expert advice on how to limit self-criticism and offset its negative effects, enabling you to achieve your...

How to Fully Accept Yourself—Just As You Are Most of us have plenty of experience with self-blame and guilt—but we are often at a loss when it comes to forgiving ourselves. According to Colin Tipping, this is because our idea of forgiveness usually requires a victim and a perpetrator—which...

Turn self-criticism into clarity, fear into guidance, and self-sabotage into confidence. Change begins when you choose to be your ally. Have you ever felt that just when you are about to move forward, something inside you suddenly hits the brakes? You procrastinate, hesitate, push yourself too hard, or fill your mind with excuses that sound logical… yet leave you standing in the same place. It is not a lack of discipline or a sign of weakness; it is your mind trying to protect you from fear, rejection, or the possibility of failure. This book invites you to understand that mechanism from ...

After writing the runaway best seller Not Nice, Dr. Aziz returns to tackle the biggest killer of confidence: your own inner critic. That voice in your head tells you that you can’t achieve what you want or be loved for who you are, because you’re not enough. Unfortunately, most people don’t realize just how much that negative voice is running their lives, creating stress, anxiety, perfectionism, relentless business, and overwhelm.

Perhaps you want to be nicer to yourself but don’t really know how to get there. Or maybe you’re someone who assumes self-criticism is a permanent part of your personality. Rest assured you’re not alone. Millions of people struggle with the toll that excessive self-criticism takes on their minds, energy levels, jobs, and relationships. And problems with self-talk vary dramatically from one person to the next: they can appear as mild but persistent inner criticism, full-blown self-loathing, or the pain of internalized oppression or abuse.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Here is the Nobel Prize winner in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades that "speaks to today’s social and political moment as directly as this morning’s headlines” (NPR). These pages give us her searing...

Living with Avoidant Personality Disorder can feel exhausting, isolating, and painfully misunderstood. Managing Avoidant Personality Disorder is a compassionate, practical guide for people who struggle with social fear, rejection sensitivity, low self-worth, and the urge to withdraw even when they deeply want connection. Inside, you’ll find realistic coping strategies for managing anxiety, handling criticism, understanding emotional triggers, building healthier thought patterns, and taking small, workable steps toward stronger relationships and greater confidence. Whether you’ve been ...

“Psychologist and therapist Ellen Hendriksen has a likable, easygoing narrating style that holds together the impressive amount of useful information in her latest audiobook.”—AudioFile This program is read by the author. Are you your own toughest critic? Learn to be good to yourself with...

What if the problem isn’t that you’re failing at life—but that you’ve been using the wrong definition of perfection all along? In 2010, psychologist and author Pavel Somov introduced the idea of “ordinary perfection” in his book Present Perfect—a counterintuitive approach to self-acceptance that challenged the shame-driven logic of perfectionism. Over the next decade and a half, Somov continued testing, refining, stress-testing, and translating that idea into real-life clinical work with therapy clients, workshop audiences, and mental health professionals around the world. ...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ""Stomach stress gurgles are no match for this spinning rolodex of chill pills."" Neil Pasricha, #1 bestselling author of The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation Life is stressful as f*ck. But it doesn’t have to be. It’s no wonder you can’t calm down: your...

A dazzlingly original and ambitious audiobook on the history of female self-portraiture by one of today's most well-respected art critics. Until the twentieth century, art history was, in the main, written by white men who tended to write about other white men. The idea that women in the West...

How to Stop Hating Yourself : The S.T.O.P. Method. Break the Cycle of Self-Criticism, Silence Your Inner Critic, Heal Emotional Wounds, and Build Lasting Self-Worth—One Practical Step at a Time. If the voice in your head is your own worst critic, How to Stop Hating Yourself book will teach you how to change that. Do you replay your mistakes for hours after they happen? Do you deflect compliments, chase impossible standards, or feel like your worth has to be earned all over again every single day? You're not broken — you're living with a pattern of self-criticism that was learned, which ...

Uncover your hidden assets—you can fill each day with excitement and a sense of satisfaction! Even if you love your work, you probably have days when almost nothing goes right. Bestselling author Dale Carnegie shows you how to make every day more exciting and rewarding—how you can get more...

The Self-Compassion Blueprint : How To Improve Self Compassion. A 30-Day Science-Based Plan to Stop Self-Criticism, Build Emotional Resilience, and Develop Lasting Confidence. This book is organized into four parts and a 30-day daily practice section designed to move you from understanding self-compassion to actually living it. Part I lays the groundwork. You'll get to know your inner critic — where it came from, why it sounds so convincing, and what it's actually costing you. You'll also confront some of the myths about self-compassion that might be keeping you skeptical. Part II builds ...

Enter the shocking world of the modern senior Civil Service where the power to award enormous contracts can lead to massive corruption, fuelled by personal greed and commercial fraud. In this novel of our times and ways of life, this cosy world of mutual protection and closing ranks against outsiders is laid bare – a world made possible by a culture of wilful blindness. The senior civil servants are bound together by a code of not just looking the other way but of deliberately avoiding any investigation of other senior civil servants’ activities. Highly intelligent and immensely capable...

“A rare voice, someone who challenges orthodoxies in the way that many journalists and public intellectuals claim to do but don’t. It is bracing to spend time in the company of such a smart, plain-spoken and unpredictable person.”—Wall Street Journal A striking collection of essays from...

Rich in clinical examples, this book offers a fresh perspective on the roles of shame and guilt in psychological distress and presents a step-by-step framework for treatment. Martha Sweezy explains how the principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy are ideally suited to helping trauma...

Transform neurodivergent burnout and internalized shame into gentle self-acceptance using Compassion Focused Therapy. If you are navigating daily sensory overload or the exhaustion of heavy masking, this empowering guide provides an essential emotional reset. Listen on your daily commute or...

In today's fast-paced world, where self-criticism and burnout have become endemic, the science of self-compassion offers a revolutionary path to emotional well-being and resilience. This book bridges the gap between cutting-edge neuroscience and practical application, providing you with evidence-based tools to transform your relationship with yourself. Drawing from decades of clinical experience and research, we'll explore how self-compassion can revolutionize your response to life's challenges, from workplace stress to personal setbacks. Discover how this transformative guide connects ...

Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright-sided is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism Americans are a "positive" people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a...