Self-Esteem Books

How Full is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life by Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. Gallup Press: New York, 2004.

• Even brief interactions with others affect your relationships, moods, and well-being; therefore it is important to learn how to make these interactions positive ones.   This book will show you, through stories and strategies, how to increase the positive moments in your life and decrease the negative ones.  Great for building self-esteem and learning how to have a happier life altogether.

The Disease to Please: Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome by Harriet B. Braiker, Ph.D.  McGraw-Hill: New York, 2001.

• Do you say “Yes” when you really want to say “No.”  Is this behavior compromising your own needs or wants?  Are you being taken advantage of?  If so, this book will help you see a balanced way of living that takes others into consideration while not loosing sight of yourself.