The best behavior modification books

Stress impacts our quality of life & prematurely ages the skin! Managing stress has been a daily part of my life since my early thirties. At this time I looked ten years older than my age and was close to a breakdown from stress, overwork, and unresolved childhood emotional issues. The stress that I felt on a daily basis was impacting the quality of my relationships, my business, my health, and my state of mind.

My quality of life and my health depended on making real and lasting changes, and this started me on a journey to explore how I could manage stress day-to-day so I could live more peacefully, have more energy, and look and feel healthy. Stop Stress Fast shows how to use the power of breath and food to reduce stress, counteract the wrinkle-causing hormone, and take years off the face! It is a book for anyone who is serious about reducing stress in their lives and would like to feel calmer and take years off the face at the same time.

"When we actively make a decision to reduce stress, we nurture the body, mind and spirit, and what previously felt ordinary becomes extraordinary, as we begin to recognise that our external world only changes when we make changes to our internal world."

Have you ever wondered… What it is like to be on the receiving end of you? Why don’t people see things as you do? How you can improve your relationships with others?

These questions were the starting point of my own quest – which in turn fired my passion for personal development and redefining what is possible. In my book, I blend NLP with other complementary approaches for giving and receiving feedback better, becoming aware of the power of language, and shifting our patterns of thinking to see ourselves and others in a more resourceful way. For years I resisted clients’ suggestions that I ‘write this stuff down’ ….and finally, I did! So much of our happiness and success depends on our mindset…and this book happened when I changed mine!

In From Side Hustle To Main Hustle To Millionaire, Ryan Scribner shares the tactics and strategies he used to leverage his simple internet-based side hustle into becoming a millionaire by the age of 26. Ryan breaks down the side hustle journey into specific stages, walking the reader through the entire process. 

Through 13 simple lessons, Ryan shares what it takes to leave the workforce behind, follow your passions, and earn passive income. Learn how to build a successful side business that you can grow to your main source of income over time, with specific guidance on each step of the side hustle journey.

My book, Ignite a Shift, asks readers to reconsider the way they communicate, as well as think, feel, and act, to create new and quantifiable changes in their daily lives. Whether you’re a C-Suite executive seeking ways to become a more effective leader, a parent wanting to improve communication with your teen, or a sales and marketing specialist looking for ways to improve your persuasion and influence prowess, Ignite a Shift offers you the everyday techniques that will help you achieve your goals and succeed in life. 

Have you tried everything to become more productive―but you're still too busy and stressed? That's because the old approaches to productivity just don't work in today's fast-paced, tech-driven workplaces. Time management is outdated. What does work? Attention management is the solution you need.

Attention management is an essential skill to live a life of choice and intention rather than a life of reaction and distraction. It's a collection of behaviors including focus, mindfulness, control, presence, flow, and others, that will support your success in the environment of constant distraction we’re all subjected to today. I’m a productivity speaker, trainer, and author, and the first book in my Empowered Productivity series, Attention Management, will show you how to master this important skill by offering practical strategies that will make an immediate impact. 

It sounds like a simple idea: to be kind to yourself. But if you pay attention to your thoughts, habits, and self-talk, you may find that it’s more difficult than it sounds.

The intentional practice of self-compassion, outlined here by Buddhist scholar and teacher Bodhipaksa, can help you find greater overall wellbeing, emotional resilience, physical health, and willpower. Bodhipaksa provides both the why and the how of mindful self-compassion, drawing on contemporary psychology and neuroscience and also on Buddhist psychology, weaving the modern and ancient together into a coherent whole.

OCD can be debilitating for those who suffer from this disorder. Many people suffer in silence because symptoms can be confusing and embarrassing. Most people have a stereotype of what OCD looks like, but this disorder can masquerade in many forms. The good news is that OCD is a well-researched biological disorder with very effective treatments that can help people overcome intrusive thoughts and the need to engage in compulsive behaviors.

This book was written as an easy-to-understand overview of OCD in order to help people demystify and understand this disorder and to learn ways to overcome it. 

All Gloria ever wanted was a normal life. Instead, she is having recurring dreams about Earth Girl who recounts the story of her abduction and rape during a time of war. When Gloria discovers she is pregnant, despite her husband’s long absence, she begins to question her sanity. Could she really be carrying Earth Girl’s baby? While unraveling the mystery that ties her to the past and the future, Gloria confronts questions about the way we live, the choices we make, our relationship to the earth, and our responsibility to future generations. 

The book Cult Child is based on the author Vennie Kocsis's actual life experiences. When she was only three years old, her mother was recruited into Sam Fife's Move of God, one of America's most violent cults. Cult Child is an in-depth look at the author's childhood near-death experience as a result of abuse and the author's experience of growing up in two remote cult compounds. Cult Child transports the reader to Sila's world.

"Poignant, gripping and ultimately triumphant, Vennie Kocsis' Cult Child will leave you inspired by the pure strength of will that children use to cope themselves through trauma. Her fortress is no bigger than the space between her ears; but through quiet internal resistance, Sila halts her opponents and outlasts their ten-year siege." Dolon Hickmon, author of 13:24