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Feeling Good by Doing Good - A Guide to Authentic Self-Esteem and Well-Being (Hardcover)
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Feeling Good by Doing Good - A Guide to Authentic Self-Esteem and Well-Being (Hardcover)
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Recent years have seen a surprising shift concerning the concept of
self-esteem, with some researchers attacking the notion of
self-esteem as being of little value or too difficult to study.
Educators emphasized self-esteem's importance in schools to the
extent that sometimes it became more important than academic
performance. And a parade of overly-simple and ineffective
self-help books promote the importance of self-esteem but seldom
deliver real change. Coming to the defense of self-esteem as a
valuable and measurable component of good mental health, Feeling
Good by Doing Good offers a new evidence-based approach to
defining, understanding, and increasing what is known as "authentic
self-esteem." Translating decades of research in the fields of
self-esteem, humanistic psychology, positive psychology, and
psychotherapy into everyday terms, Christopher Mruk traces the
definition of self-esteem back to when it was first used to
describe the value of "doing that which is both just and right."
Seen this way, self-esteem is not just feeling good about oneself -
rather, it comes from facing life's challenges in ways that
demonstrate one's competence and worth as a person. This approach
to self-esteem offers several new and powerful advantages, namely
understanding different types of self-esteem, clarifying the
connection between self-esteem and self-control, appreciating how
self-esteem operates in various domains of life such as work or
relationships, realizing that self-esteem acts as an internal
compass to help steer us in healthier directions, and recognizing
the connection between authentic self-esteem and basic human
values. Featuring clinical and everyday vignettes, practical
exercises aimed at enhancing personal as well as interpersonal
well-being, and thought-provoking self-assessments for the reader,
Feeling Good by Doing Good is a unique resource that will be of
interest to mental health professionals, their clients, and
laypersons alike interested in substance over platitudes and
feel-good solutions.
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