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Learned Optimism: Is Martin Seligman’s Glass Half Full?

By Catherine Moore — 2021

This article is about the Learned Optimism concept and its benefits, as well as how you can start to change your mindset and life.

Read on positivepsychology.com

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Understanding Our Inner Critic - Esther Perel & Dick Schwartz

My colleague Dick Schwartz, PhD joins me for a conversation about our critical voice. We discuss why we have this inner voice and how we can better understand its motivations.

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Richard Schwartz
2018
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The “Oh Shit” Factor: Waste Management for Our Minds

Edgy, humorous, informative and life changing, this book challenges what we know about what we put into our minds and what comes out of our mouths. The word “sh*t” is used as a metaphor for the toxic thoughts we put into our heads.

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Jerry Jampolsky, Julie Ruffo
2025
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Mr. Monkey and Me: A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs

What if the secret to being a successful entrepreneur had nothing to do with your business plan, resources, market size, or strategy? If your success or failure weren’t dependent on how much money you have, where you grew up, or the level of education you received? Here’s the truth: the...

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Mike Smerklo
2025
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Mastering Your Mean Girl: The No-BS Guide to Silencing Your Inner Critic and Becoming Wildly Wealthy, Fabulously Healthy, and Bursting with Love

You know that sneaky voice inside your head telling you that you’re not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, whatever enough? That’s your Mean Girl. And she’s doing her best to keep you stuck in Fear Town, too scared to go after the life you always imagined.

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Melissa Ambrosini
2016
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today’s world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before.

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Naomi Wolf
2025
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Embracing Your Inner Critic: Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset

The inner critic. It whispers, whines, and needles us into place. It checks our thoughts, controls our behavior, and inhibits action. It thinks it is protecting us from being disliked, hurt, or abandoned.

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Hal Stone, Sidra Stone
1993
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Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative

This book is duct tape for the mouth of every artist’s inner critic. Silencing that stifling voice once and for all, this salve for creatives introduces ten truths they must face in order to defeat self-doubt.

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Danielle Krysa
2025
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Banish Your Inner Critic: Silence the Voice of Self-Doubt to Unleash Your Creativity and Do Your Best Work

Are you ready to boost your personal productivity—minus the fear and loathing? Are you ready to Banish Your Inner Critic and unleash the creative ideas and personal productivity within you? Help is on the way! Blocked creative ideas.

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Denise Jacobs
2017
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28 - Friday Fix: A Simple but Effective Way to Develop a Healthier Inner Dialogue

In today’s Friday Fix, I explain some simple steps you can take when you have unrealistically negative (or BLUE) thoughts and replace them with true thoughts. It’s a really easy but effective exercise for developing a healthier inner monologue.

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
2020
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42 – Develop Self-Discipline with Professional Gymnast Stacey Ervin Jr.

Amy talks to professional gymnast and former WWE star turned fitness trainer Stacey Ervin, Jr. Some of the things Stacey shares include strategies for developing self-discipline, the tricks he uses to stay on track, and how to deal with negative self-talk.

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
2021
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