Top Hacker News Book Recommendations in Self-Help (all time)

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You Can Heal Your Life

Louise Hay

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD

Russ

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Judith Lewis Herman

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

Paul Mason

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

Oren Jay Sofer, Joseph Goldstein, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Practice: Shipping Creative Work

Seth Godin and Penguin Audio

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender

David R. Hawkins MD. PHD., Peter Lownds PhD, et al.

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Battle Cry: Waging and Winning the War Within

Jason Wilson

? on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: The Complete Original Edition: Also Includes the Bonus Book "You Can Change Your Whole Life" (GPS Guides to Life)

Joseph Murphy

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life

Kathie Lee Gifford and Dolly Parton

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions

Russell Brand and Macmillan Audio

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential

John C. Maxwell

4.8 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

Rachel Hollis

4.6 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Garden: A Spiritual Fable About Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress (Jon Gordon)

Jon Gordon

4.8 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Own It: The Secret to Life

Diane von Furstenberg

4.4 on Amazon

1 HN comments

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andersthueonMay 11, 2018

The most important book I have read currently is “The Anatomy of Peace” by the arbinger institute. This book teaches me how to stay out of interpersonal conflicts and become a person pthers want to be together with.

“Crucial Conversations” is another really important book that teaches how to safely deal with very hard conversations.

For my own personal development/relationship with women I must say that “No more mister nice guy” and “the way of the superior man” has both helped me.

Lastly the letting go e-book by Leo Babauta from zenhabits also is really good.

henrywonJan 24, 2018

Try reading "The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer and/or "Letting Go" by David Hawkins. Depression could be partly due to an acquired habit of always paying attention to fear based thoughts (like lacking xyz), which came from evolution. The cure is to raise the emotional level of thoughts to love for self and compassion for others (by having compassion for others, you give it to yourself). Another cure is to not pay attention to the chattering of the mind. If you wrote down all the chattering of the mind, you may find that >90% of them are useless. Paying attention to the chattering brings more useless chattering.

All this sounds new age, but it works.

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