Just finished reading What To Say When You Talk To Yourselfby Shad Helmstetter.
I think it's been mentioned on here before, but not sure.
Anyway, what an excellent adjunct to lesson #3.
Tremendous help with positive self talk and changing those negatives to positives!!!
Great book to supplement the program or to read after as reinforcement!
God bless and hugs to all.

i'll check it out

I read this book about when I was on lession 4. I believe that it is a wonderfull book. I know that I will read this book more than just that one time. This book is a life skill lession in itself that I recomend to everyone. I am impressed.

Glen

Thanks! I put it on hold at the library. This author also has neat looking tapes and cds to listen to as well!

Hi! I bought the book last night. Wow is all I can say.

I need some help here. Most of my anxiety is my negative thoughts. Like, what if I died? what if my husband died? could I go on? could he go on? A lot of times, I continously think those thoughts until I get myself into a depression b/c I cannot handle to even think about them. Is there anything I can read pertaining to those types of thoughts? I am hoping someone out there has those same thoughts and can help me.

Hi Catrisch
I have these same thoughts. When I was young, I used to have these thoughts about my parents, then when my children were born, I used to think the same thoughts about them. Now that I'm married, I think about what I'd do if my husband died or what he and my kids would do if I died. I was so bad that I'd beg my husband to stay home so he wouldn't get into an accident on the way to work or I'd keep my daughter home from school "just in case" some disaster happened at school that day. I know how these thoughts can affect you. The only thing that helped me was an antidepressant. Paxil worked wonders at the time but then I thought I could do without it and I stopped taking it. The withdrawl was pretty bad so I never restarted it and the thoughts came back after a few months. They say therapy can help but after a while, I stopped obsessing as much about it. I now worry about my health. You know, a headache is a brain tumor, sore throat is throat cancer, diarreah means colon cancer and so on. I'm taking Lexapro for that and it seems to be helping. I guess after all is said and done, our minds are just wired differently. We just need to learn to rewire them. Good luck to you!

Celeste

I enjoyed this book so much that I purchased a copy of it, and I'm now reading his additions because I am planning to make my own self-talk tapes. The other books are: "The Self Talk Solution" and "Choices: Discover Your 100 Most Important Life Choices." The first is for someone who wants to learn how to really put the ideas in his first book into action; the second, in my opinion, is not quite as good as the first two, but might be worth a read.

I have a few of Shad Helmstetter's books and they are all wonderful. They make so much sense. I also have all of his discs as well. There is one for every area of life. His web-site is excellent as well. I forget the name of it, but I will get back with that! I hope I spelled his last name correctly. "What To Say When You Talk To Yourself" is an awsome book indeed.

I have a really great book for all of you to check out . It is called Battle field of the mind by Joyce Meyer. It talks about how our thoughts can create so much of our troubles and how to change that. I hope that this book helps some one . I thought that it was a really great book.

anmlluver,
Loved that book too! thanks for reminding me that I have it on hand -going to lend it to a friend tomorrow.
God bless and hugs to you.

Does any one know if this book is in audio? I have a hard time with concentration. So when I read sometimes i find myself just forgetting what I have read....thanks


P.S. I started this book a few times...lol

Hi,
I haven't read this book, but did hear of it. I found that I could turn around not just some but all of the negatives tugging me into anxiety and stress. They say we have 100,000 thoughts per day and 70% are redundant and negative. I have overcome my anxiety and agoraphobia by thinking differently and that was a huge part of it. I wrote about this extensively in my book "Anxiety Rescue - Simple Strategies to Stop Fear from Ruling Your Life." I think we can all learn to become the leader of our thoughts rather than the follower of our fears. It just takes some concerted effort to become aware of those thoughts and our negative self chatter! Bless all!

catrisch-

I have the exact same emotions. A very spiritual and good friend of mine suggested I take the topic head on and Read Elisabeth Kubler Ross. She worked with dying patients her entire career. She had a very interesting life. I have only started on the books. of course, being the obsessive person I am, i ordered all of her books from the library at once. It is a topic that i am very afraid of and in fact haven't the courage to read on the topic except a little bit in the morning. I am always afraid of reading something so sad that it will trigger a panic/ depression.

I love reading SARK ( Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) She talks on her website about the death of her mother. It is quite moving the tribute she has to her. I am currently reading "Eat Mangoes Naked" It is inspiring and sad and happy all at once.

With much hope for finding joy in the everyday experience rather that fear. Give yourself over to Faith and Courage and appreciate each moment we are given!

I just reread the book What to Say When You Talk To Yourself, and I found it very helpful to record myself on my MP3 player. It's so light and compact I take it everywhere. I've even downloaded my entire program of attacking anxiety and depession on it, so I have the program right at my fingertips anywhere I am any time of the day or night. Even my relaxation cd is on it. I love it! Wow, congradulations to Kathryn Trinstan for writing your own book. I will look for it. I hope I can find it online. Looking foward to reading it. Anxiety Rescue, hmmm sounds good. I'm always looking for a good book to read. Right now I'm reading the devotional book of Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen. I just love it. Is there any other good book recommendations out there?

Dee