How Am I Doing?
40 Conversations to Have with Yourself
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Life is hard. But it gets a whole lot easier when you start to talk it out. In How Am I Doing?, you're invited into a series of conversations with yourself to improve your mental health as you discover your purpose, honor your story, and explore who you want to be.
Dr. Corey Yeager, psychotherapist for the NBA’s Detroit Pistons and most recently featured on Oprah and Prince Harry's The Me You Can't See on Apple TV+, offers you 40 questions to help you raise awareness of your thoughts and emotions and reconnect with who you want to be.
Over the course of these 40 conversations with yourself, you're invited to:
Build trust with yourselfConsider how past traumas affect your life todayGrow a practice of positive self-talkLet go of guilt and regret from your pastDevelop mental health strategies for what to for moments when you're depressed or anxiousIncrease your confidence and embrace your emotions
Each of the 40 questions is paired with a short, thoughtful reflection from Dr. Yeager, along with prompts and self-care strategies to help you look at yourself in the mirror and come into alignment with who you want to be.
So join the conversation; nothing is off-limits here. Come check in with yourself and take these small, simple steps to journey toward a more honest and harmonious way of living.
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This excellent debut from Yeager, psychotherapist for the Detroit Pistons, offers straightforward yet insightful advice on how readers can "cultivate a better sense of awareness" of their needs and desires. The author uses anecdotes from his career to explore 40 questions ("Who is the most important person in your life?" "What is your essence?") aimed at illuminating one's unconscious feelings and motivations. Noting that some Pistons players had wrongly assumed that "success, fame, fortune" would bring fulfillment, Yeager encourages readers to ask themselves "What makes you deeply happy?" to ensure they're pursuing their own goals rather than "what society tells us will make us happy." The author asks "Are you coachable?" and recounts how his openness to feedback and criticism as a student and college football player helped him succeed in both arenas. Exercises offer pragmatic guidance on how readers can better understand themselves, such as when Yeager recommends keeping a record of one's self-talk to gain clarity on the question "Do you have an encouraging inner voice?" Yeager's prose is lean and direct, and the thoughtful reflection prompts that end each chapter provide a bounty of useful strategies for putting the principles into practice. The result is a perceptive guide for getting in touch with oneself.
