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GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior
by Goulston, Mark & Goldberg, P
ISBN: 0399519904
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Life's biggest tragedy is waking up at the end of your life only to discover
that it has been a terrible, or at best, mediocre life and then realizing
that you have done it to yourself and it's too late to get a second chance.
What you could have prevented you failed to avoid, because you got in your
own way.
In any of its many forms, self-defeating behavior is the single most common
reason that people seek psychotherapy. It is a poison that prevents people
from achieving the love, success, and happiness they desire.
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY is an antidote, explaining the reasons for
self-sabotage by going back to the childhood origins of various behaviors.
With anecdotes and usable insights drawn from twenty years of psychiatric
clinical practice, Dr. Mark Goulston shares ideas that have helped thousands
of patients overcome pain, fear, and confusion-to approach life's challenges
with dignity, wisdom, courage, and even humor.
Few things make you feel worse about yourself than engaing in self-defeating
behavior and having to live with the consequences. Fortunately, however, few
things make you feel better about yourself than overcoming self-defeating
behavior and replacing it with life-enhancing behavior.
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