Ten Days to Self-Esteem

English language

Published Jan. 26, 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers.

(1 review)

Don't get the ebook version! This is a workbook. I had to download Adobe Digital Editions to my laptop to be able to see the diagrams/activities properly, as the way they were saved into the ebook, they couldn't be enlarged and were unreadable. I then had to copy the activities into a notebook to be able to do them.
- Some of the beginning is a repeat of information in the Feeling Good book. Not too much though.
- At the start of every chapter, you take 3 tests to assess your self-esteem. My scores absolutely improved by the end of the book. I think this was a combination of reading Feeling Good, this book, and implementing some other ideas I had along the way (like affirmations, which I thought were stupid years ago, but they actually work for me).
- The chapters on perfectionism and spirituality weren't of interest …

Don't get the ebook version! This is a workbook. I had to download Adobe Digital Editions to my laptop to be able to see the diagrams/activities properly, as the way they were saved into the ebook, they couldn't be enlarged and were unreadable. I then had to copy the activities into a notebook to be able to do them.
- Some of the beginning is a repeat of information in the Feeling Good book. Not too much though.
- At the start of every chapter, you take 3 tests to assess your self-esteem. My scores absolutely improved by the end of the book. I think this was a combination of reading Feeling Good, this book, and implementing some other ideas I had along the way (like affirmations, which I thought were stupid years ago, but they actually work for me).
- The chapters on perfectionism and spirituality weren't of interest to me, but the procrastination chapter was great (for me). I feel like I have a good tool for dealing with procrastination now.
- I think doing this workbook at home alone is probably far less effective than working on it with an expert (eg a psychologist trained in CBT).