What are the three most valuable inspirational or self help books you have read?

Please list the ones you have ACTUALLY read and have had a profound value to you, perhaps even changed your life. Asked by vhfaloha 38 months ago Similar questions: valuable inspirational help books read Education & Reference.

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Here are three very inspirationak, fascinating reads! As a survivor of an emotionally abusive marriage, I would have to say that Robin Norwood’s Women Who Love Too Much literally saved my sanity, and possibly my life, as well! No one knows when an emotionally abusive relationship will become physically abusive, after all.

Had I not gotten out when I did, I might not even be here, writing these words! This book was the single most influential factor in bringing me out of denial, and admitting, to myself just as much as to others, that I did, indeed, have a problem: my husband was a verbal and emotional abuser. The book is full of stories of real women in real, abusive relationships (their names have been changed, for obvious reasons).

These stories were shocking for me to read, not only because of the nature of the abuse involved, but also because I was able to see myself in some of those stories....... That was a very painful discovery. Thanks to this book, I stopped doubting whether or not I was being "oversensitive" to the things my husband was doing to me. There were just too many similarities between myself and these women, too many of the very same excuses I was using, too many of the same hurtful incidents.

Besides opening my eyes, the book also detailed procedures for women like me to get out of an abusive relationship, as well as bolstering our self-esteem. Furthermore, it included a list of resources for those women who had finally decided to leave. Naturally, this type of self-help book will not be useful for every woman, Those who have no problems with either self-esteem or vulnerability to abuse, will not need to read this kind of thing.

Still, the book is an important collection of abusive experiences that serve as a warning of what to beware of when dating, just as much as advice for women on owning their (our) own power, Although I haven't read it, I would also recommend her Daily Meditations for Women Who Love Too Much. Another wonderful and highly inspirational book is You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise Hay, who is very well-known in New Age circles. This book is full of affirmations, as well as examples from her own life that show how she herself overcame her low self-esteem and other issues.

She was highly influenced by the Science of Mind, founded by Ernest Holmes, eventually becoming an ordained minister in the faith. Along with her powerful, hope-filled affirmations, Ms. Hay includes questions for self-inquiry.

She recommends writing and answering these in a personal journal. She also has a companion workbook that contains many helpful exercises. I have two copies of this book -- one to carry along with me whenever I need some inspiration, and another, a "deluxe" edition, which is full of delightful, visually exciting illustrations.

The book has recently been made into a movie, which is available in DVD. The third book is targeted specifically to visual artists, although it also contains many inspirational thoughts that can be applied to life in general. It’s titled The Art Spirit.

The author, Robert Henri, was an important American artist, member of the Aschcan School art movement, in the early part of the 20th century. Along with very useful, fascinating painting techniques, Henri offers very profound philosophical observations on art, creativity, and life. An excerpt from the book’s very first sentences will give you an idea of the depth of his insights."Art, when really understood, is the province of every human being.

" "When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it, shows there are still more pages possible." As a young college art student, I was not only impressed by Henri’s knowledge and mastery of drawing and oil painting, but also dazzled by the beauty of his spiritual musings on art and artists, as well as on the greater scheme of things.

It is indeed a very uplifting, inspirational read, to be savored and meditated upon, so as to integrate its insights into one’s philosophical outlook. You may not need to read the first book yourself, but you can certainly recommend it to any woman you might know who is presentely captive in an abusive relationship.As for the other two, anyone who wants to feel inspired and mentored by two enthusiastic, empowering students of life, will certainly enjoy them. Happy reading!

Here are some links for additional information on the authors: http://www.louisehay.com/ http://www.louisehay.com/affirmations/index. Php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henri http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/henri_robert.html Sources: books, personal reading experience, websites Twilightdreamlover's Recommendations Women Who Love Too Much Amazon List Price: $15.00 Used from: $8.45 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 104 reviews) Daily meditations for women who love too much Amazon List Price: $14.95 Used from: $1.82 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 8 reviews) You Can Heal Your Life (Gift Edition) Amazon List Price: $17.95 Used from: $7.98 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 283 reviews) You Can Heal Your Life Companion Book (Hay House Lifestyles) Amazon List Price: $17.95 Used from: $5.003 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 16 reviews) You Can Heal Your Life, the movie: 70-minute movie! Used from: $5.003 The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments of Letters and Talks to Students, Bearing on the Concept and Technique of Picture Making, the Study of Art Generally, and on Appreciation (Icon Editions) Amazon List Price: $15.003 Used from: $5.003 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 21 reviews) .

The first one is my favorite...I read it daily The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren I’m Okay, Your Okay by Thomas A Harris M.D. Self-Defeating Behaviors: Free Yourself from the Habits, Compulsions, Feelings, and Attitudes That Hold You Back by Milton R. Cudney ************************************************************************* I also love these....that you may want to look into. The Alchemy of Peace & Love: Magical Meditations to Calm Your Mind and Lift your Spirit by Sandi Anders (I got this on cd) All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum The Road Less Traveled by M.

Scott Peck slingshot's Recommendations The Purpose Driven® Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven® Life, The) Amazon List Price: $14.99 Used from: $3.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 1097 reviews) The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth Amazon List Price: $15.00 Used from: $1.98 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 176 reviews) slingshot's Recommendations I'M OKAY YOUR'RE OKAY slingshot's Recommendations Self-Defeating Behaviors: Free Yourself from the Habits, Compulsions, Feelings, and Attitudes That Hold You Back Amazon List Price: $14.95 Used from: $5.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 15 reviews) All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Amazon List Price: $13.95 Used from: $1.98 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 73 reviews) .

See below The three that first come to mind are: Steps to Christ, A Southern Album, and The Millionaire Next Door. I have actually read these book (several times). They did indeed have a profound impact opon me, as did many others such as The Power of Myth, An Underground story of American Education and Free to Choose.

Sources: cited above and below Renrul26's Recommendations Steps to Christ Used from: $0.01 A Southern Album Recollections of Some People and Places and Times Gone By Used from: $2.94 The Millionaire Next Door Amazon List Price: $15.00 Used from: $0.49 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 792 reviews) The Power of Myth Amazon List Price: $14.95 Used from: $1.95 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 130 reviews) The Underground story of American Education Used from: $45.00 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 10 reviews) Free to Choose: A Personal Statement Amazon List Price: $15.00 Used from: $2.943 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 78 reviews) Video This is the first of several video clips that summarize the book: Free to Choose, by Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman. Video An interesting interview with John Taylor Gatto. He was given the New York state and New York City Teacher of the Year award.

S comments are from his book An Underground story of American Education.

Goodbye! Said: 1 The Road Less Traveled; The Happiness Trap; Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life. Between the first and the last two, I read probably 100 others.

After reading The Happiness Trap and GOYM&IYL, I haven't felt the interest to read others. (That's not to say I won't again, at some time! )All three changed my life.

The Road Less Traveled; The Happiness Trap; Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life. Between the first and the last two, I read probably 100 others. After reading The Happiness Trap and GOYM&IYL, I haven't felt the interest to read others.(That's not to say I won't again, at some time!)All three changed my life.

2 I read The Adventures of Spider Man Comic Books when I was 10 years old. They shaped me into who I am today.

I read The Adventures of Spider Man Comic Books when I was 10 years old. They shaped me into who I am today.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.