Reinventing Your Life

The Breakthough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again

By: Jeffrey E. Young, Janet S. Klosko, Aaron T. Beck - foreword

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Learn how to end the self-destructive behaviors that stop you from living your best life with this breakthrough program.

Do you...

• Put the needs of others above your own?
• Start to panic when someone you love leaves - or threatens to?
• Often feel anxious about natural disasters, losing all your money, or getting seriously ill?
• Find that no matter how successful you are, you still feel unhappy, unfulfilled, or undeserving?

Unsatisfactory relationships, irrational lack of self-esteem, feelings of being unfulfilled - these are all problems that can be solved by changing the types of messages that people internalize. These self-defeating behavior patterns are called “lifetraps”, and Reinventing Your Life shows you how to stop the cycle that keeps you from attaining happiness.

Two of America's leading psychologists, Jeffrey E. Young, PhD, and Janet S. Klosko, PhD, draw on the breakthrough principles of cognitive therapy to help you recognize and change negative thought patterns, without the aid of drugs or long-term traditional therapy. They describe 11 of the most common lifetraps, provide a diagnostic test for each, and offer step-by-step suggestions to help you break free of the traps. Thousands of men and women have seen the immediate and long-term results of the extraordinary program outlines in this clear, compassionate, liberating work. Its innovative approach to solving ongoing emotional problems will help you create a more fulfilling, productive life.

©1993 Jeffrey E. Young and Janet S. Klosko (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Several of the most painful petards upon which people become hoisted during an unhappy childhood are neatly dispatched here by two cognitive therapists, who attack 11 common ‘lifetraps’ - destructive patterns that underlie a variety of emotional problems. Young and Klosko ably demonstrate how to deal with issues of abandonment, dependence, trust, social rejection, emotional deprivation, failure and vulnerability. They provide meaningful case histories, perceptive descriptions, diagnostic tests and a variety of nugget-sized, easily understood lists detailing the causes, danger signs and effects of negative impulses and actions, as well as ways to short-circuit them.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Using illustrations from case studies, the authors describe each lifetrap, discuss its origins in childhood experience, and provide a questionnaire for self-assessment. They then offer a program for change using techniques ranging from experiential (getting in touch with your inner child) to cognitive (writing a ‘case’ against your lifetrap) and behavioral (identifying specific behaviors to be changed).” (Library Journal)

Great book that really hit home for me!

Learned more from this book than from years of therapy... they even explained why!

Fantastic Book! I wish it came with the worksheets

I'm on my second listen and picked up a hard copy to work through the various exercises. I wish those were provided in PDF format, but I'm happy to have a hard copy as well. I believe that this book can really help someone make changes and heal from past traumas if you do the work.

Just amazing

It’s no exaggeration when I say this book literally changed my life. It was a real eye opener for me. If you’re on the fence about buying it, please just do it!

Eye opening and methodical help

Provides not only diagnostic tools but also guides through the healing process (diagnostics dominates though). Important book.

Life altering for me

Most powerful book I may have ever read (listened to.) It is like years of therapy…it resonated with me deeply. Very grateful for finding this gem. If you have some deep hurt that you can’t resolve and is always there in the background/reoccurring, give this a listen. It helped me greatly.

Revolutionary

This book has what u can't find else where as far as I know, 11 life traps are discussed thoroughly and dealt with using schema therapy which uses more than a single therapy approach to treat each life trap so if u suffer from dependence or subjugation for instance you will fight it using CBT and imagery with innerchild work and other therapies combined in specific steps

Also the last chapter talks about a philosophy of change and does a very good work at teaching u how to live your life correctly while challenging your life trap

If u think you suffer with any of the life traps in this book, go for the book and FOLLOW the instructions and u will be amazed in shaa ALLAH .

Oh and be patient this isn't s quick fix approach that makes you u feel good for a week and leave u stuck after that, this book needs commitment and patience but the results are life changing.

An index for life

I loved this book because it was clear, full of examples, and real. They talk about situations that happen in life. It helped me to understand myself and also gave me a bigger picture about what it might be like for the people around me.

Good information but the narration is terrible

I got through a short part of this book and then bought the kindle version. The information was very good and helpful that I'd gotten through, but I couldn't listen to anymore. The narration is awful. The way the narrator emphasizes the end of sentences and annunciates certain words and at the same time speaks so blandly is hard on the ears. He just isn't the right narrator for this book sadly and it shows. I had to end up returning it.

Excellent book.

Well written and explained in detail. Best therapy session I have had. Definitely learned my life trap! Very helpful

Jewels

This book left me with so many GEMS to apply to my life. It has a wealth of knowledge that helps you understand yourself and why you operate in life as you do. I will definitely go use it as a point of reference going forward.