10 Conversations You Need to Have with Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement

by Shmuley Boteach

Overview

Celebrity author and therapist Rabbi Boteach shows how to use the power of self-talk to reach your full potential

Some of the most effective talk therapy is self-talk therapy—learning to connect positively with that internal voice that serves as your own personal GPS to guide you through life. Rabbi Shmuley teaches the reader to reconnect with the inner voice of conscience, the source of personal dreams and values, which has been so drowned out by the noise of a culture that emphasizes form over substance, career over calling, and consumption over conviction. Drawing on Rabbi Shmuley's extensive counseling experience, this book helps you defeat negative self-talk and strengthen your positive inner voices of inspiration, conscience, and deepest self to help you move forward and live your truest life. Filled with dramatic real-life examples and practical exercises, it guides you through the ten most important and life-changing conversations you will ever have.

• Shows how to use the art of conversation and self-reflection to turn negative self-talk into positive self-talk and improve your life
• Includes dramatic stories from Boteach's own counseling work and practical self-improvement exercises
• Covers important life issues such as love, self-esteem, success, and fear of aging
• From the star of TLC's television series Shalom in the Home and author of 10 Conversations You Need to Have with Your Children and other books

Start the conversation today and you'll find the voice of inspiration, the motivation to make the right choices in your life, and the ability to be true to your innermost self.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118095188
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	09/02/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	638 KB

About the Author

Rabbi SHMULEY BOTEACH is an internationally prominent spiritual leader, counselor, and bestselling author. His previous books include 10 Conversations You Need to Have with Your Children, Kosher Sex, and The Kosher Sutra. He starred in the TLC series Shalom in the Home, hosted The Shmuley Show on Oprah and Friends, and appears regularly on the Today show, Fox News Channel, CNN, and WABC radio. A syndicated columnist, he writes regularly for the Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Jerusalem Post, Beliefnet, and many other publications and websites. He was voted the London Times Preacher of the Year and is the winner of the National Fatherhood Award and the American Jewish Press Association's Highest Award for Excellence in Commentary.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

part i the voice of inspiration

1. Embrace Hunger 15

2. Choose Love, Not Attention 35

3. Give the Ego Its Due 55

4. Defy Death 75

part ii the voice of conscience

5. Do Your Way Back to Feeling 93

6. See Yourself in the Third Person 111

7. Be a Blessing, Not a Burden 131

part iii the voice of the innermost self

8. Seek to Struggle 149

9. Always Ask 169

10. Know Your Gift 193

Epilogue: Who Do You Want to Be? 215

Notes 221

Index 223