How to Be Yourself: Easy Steps to Overcoming Insecurities and Strengthening Your Life

Simone Essex, Jane Briscoe

BalboaPress, Mar 23, 2012 - Self-Help - 68 pages

Transform your life with this practical guide
to self-acceptance and happiness

Have you ever heard someone say just be yourself, as though its the answer to
everything? It can be very difficult to be yourself, especially if you dont really know
who you are anymore.

Learning how to be yourself is the first step towards living a happy and meaningful
life. In How to Be Yourself, psychologist Jane Briscoe and her coauthor, Simone Essex,
deliver an empowering collection of techniques combining the use of acceptance and
commitment therapy, positive psychology, and hypnotherapy and mindfulness. These
techniques are designed to aid in

understanding exactly who you are and how the human mind works;
identifying and embracing your values, strengths, and personality style;
reducing stress, worry, and insecurities;
overcoming the fear of judgment;
handling difficult and painful thoughts effectively.

As a bonus, How to Be Yourself comes with a hypnosis MP3 download to help reinforce
the powerful strategies offered throughout the guide. By embracing these techniques,
anyone can experience authentic happiness.

Contents

• 1 The Emotional Cleanse: 8
• 2 The Human Condition: 11
• 3 Are You Being Yourself?: 13
• 4 Who Are You?: 15
• 5 Fear of Judgement: 28
• 6 A Healthy Amount of Concern: 32
• 7 Mindfulness and Reregulating Your Emotional System: 35
• 8 How to Interact With Others: 38
• 9 Conversation Skills: 41
• 10 How to Develop Assertiveness: 44
• 11 Apologising: 49
• 12 Public Speaking: 51
• 13 Self Image: 53
• 14 Value Yourself: 55
• 15 Be Yourself Hypnosis: 58
• 16 Take Action: 61
• References: 64

About the author

Jane Briscoe and Simone Essex are a mother-and-daughter team who share a passion for life and happiness. Jane is a psychologist and hypnotherapist with more than thirty years experience and Simone is a journalist and marketer. They live on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.

Jane Briscoe and Simone Essex are a mother-and-daughter team who share a passion for life and happiness. Jane is a psychologist and hypnotherapist with more than thirty years experience and Simone is a journalist and marketer. They live on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: How to Be Yourself: Easy Steps to Overcoming Insecurities and Strengthening Your Life
• Authors: Simone Essex, Jane Briscoe
• Publisher: BalboaPress, 2012
• ISBN: 1452504067, 9781452504063
• Length: 68 pages
• Subjects: Self-Help / Motivational & Inspirational