Category: Feelings and Self Help
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Scream Your Way to Mental Health

The Primal Scream Primal Therapy: The Cure for Neurosis Janov 1970 Talk about a blast from the past! Primal Scream Therapy was the “it” therapy for many celebrities in the 70s. The basics of Primal Therapy is that current neurosis is a result of suppressed childhood pain. Evidently, all you…
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Body Watchin’

Body Watchin’ is Fun! Shirley (Chief Watcher) 1973 I really wanted to get my hands on this book to see what’s on the inside. It was not available through inter-library loan (although there ARE owning libraries out there…). I had to settle for a Google search to see what other…
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Chicken System Neurotic

Are You a “Chicken System” Neurotic? Tools to Help You Change Ludvigson 1984 Submitter: Short version is that this is a self-help guide in the positive thinking, stress reduction vein. I don’t want to know the long version. The illustration on page 37 was the first (and possibly last) explanation…
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Get your “strokes” here

TA for Kids Powerful techniques for developing self-esteem Freed 1977 Anyone heard of the book Games People Play or I’m Okay, You’re Okay or the term “TA”? I ask because when I explained to Holly about this awesome old book she thought I was talking about “t!ts and ass.” She wondered if…
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Pyramid Power

The First Practical Pyramid Book Stark 1977 I don’t even know how I tripped over this title. But I couldn’t wait to get my hands on some serious energy tips and meditate while I dried my food and all while looking fabulous. Too good to be true? Still not sure.…
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I’ve fallen and I can’t get up

Over-coming Clumsiness Physical dexterity for people who thought is was impossible Chandler and Eisen 1986 I think this is one of the oddest books I have seen lately. I don’t even know how I found it in the catalog. (Clumsy is hardly a common keyword search) The title and and…