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How to Let Go of the Need for Approval

By Ilene Strauss Cohen — 2018

When we urgently aim to please other people, we’re seeking approval of self from outside sources. And whenever we reach for something in the outside world to give us what we should be giving ourselves, we set ourselves up for disappointment.

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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High (Second Edition)

The first edition of Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene and revolutionized the way millions of people communicate when stakes are high.

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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen Covey (foreword)
2011
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I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships

In this 3-hour, conversational read, you’ll discover the whats, whys, and hows of one of the most valuable (yet surprisingly little-known) communication skills—validation.

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Michael S. Sorensen
2017
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

"Wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review), and rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.

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Cheryl Strayed
2025
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Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Two Homes for Your Child

Internationally renowned therapist, family expert and mediator Isolina Ricci, Ph.D. presents this definitive and newly updated guide to divorce and making shared custody work for parents and children.

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Isolina Ricci
1997
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.

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Lori Gottlieb
2019
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Helping Families to Change

With an emphasis on learning to change through other modalities than speech, this book discusses the importance of non-verbal body experience and awareness of kinetic cues in interpersonal relationships. A number of meditative exercises are included.

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Virgina Satir, James Stachowiak, Harvey Taschman
2011
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The New Peoplemaking

Revised and expanded seminal work on families, with more than a million copies sold in 12 languages. The New Peoplemaking expresses Satir's most evolved thoughts on self-worth, communication, family systems, and the ways in which people relate to one another.

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Virginia Satir
1988
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Moms & Sons—Stories by Mothers and Sons, in Appreciation of Each Other

This book contains 101 favorite stories and poems from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library honoring the lifelong relationship between mothers and sons.

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Jack Canfield (author), Mark Victor Hansen (author), Amy Newmark (editor)
2008
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Multitasking Mom’s Survival Guide

Laugh and learn with these 101 inspiring and amusing stories for moms who do it all! Make some “me time” to relax and read this collection of inspirational and entertaining stories—with great tips from other busy moms too.

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Jack Canfield , Mark Victor Hansen
2014
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The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship

In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships.

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don Miguel Ruiz
1999
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