In the Christian genre, my favorite is "The Mizraim Principles", which is about the principles of life we can all learn from the life of Joseph the Hebrew. Not as much self- esteem, but same great advice!

Both of these would be great reads!


Maybe good for specific problems   June 16, 2004
 51 out of 53 found this review helpful

I think this book may be good for specific problems - eg if you've suffered abuse or been the abuser yourself even.
I didn't find it enlightening personally.
If you feel this way - that you feel a general pall over your life - a sense of low self-esteem and you can't put your finger on why specifically - then you may be an HSP like me. I highly recommend 'The Highly Sensitive Person' by Elaine N. Aron - it answered so many questions for me of why I think like I do, living in a non-HSP oriented world, and now I know what I am. It justified so many things in my life like my creativity and strong imagination. It boosted my self-esteem hugely because we all like to have definitions of ourselves - and now I know so much more about me! You may be a HSP if you feel a bit like life's a struggle.


Just great!!!   February 22, 2004
 35 out of 37 found this review helpful

Because of the size and look of this little book, I didn't expect much. But I was proven wrong. :-)

This is the best book I have ever read about raising the self-esteem, and the exercises really changed my behaviour and the way I think about myself and about the people around me. It fit whatever level or state you're at, which makes it useful for a development or a longer period of time.

This little book has made me accept my feelings (negative as well as positive) and past actions. I am much more relaxed and confident, and I am a lot better at recognizing the exact values, goals and desires important to me…

I know it sounds unbelievable, but why should a girl from Denmark cross the psychological boarders and write in English if it wasn’t because of my huge gratefulness to Nathaniel Branden?!?

Thanks!!! :-)))


STRONGLY RECOMMENDED   November 16, 2003
 34 out of 34 found this review helpful

After reading just 4 chapters of this book, i have come to look at myself differently as a person. Not only is this an interesting read psycologically but the exercises employed by nathanial are clever devices for changing and "accepting" the way you think. I strongly recommend this to anyone looking for ways to change their negative thought patterns.


Something everyone should read and understand at least once.   February 16, 2003
 81 out of 82 found this review helpful

I bought this book with a limited understanding of self-esteem, but enough to know I was lacking in it...Now I realise just how limited my understanding of myself was...I've never looked back. This book teaches you to accept yourself, your past and all your strengths and weaknesses with a view to becoming more self-confident, assertive, positive and living with much greater responsibility for your own life and what you do/achieve with it. It takes no time to read and work through, but the benefits to yourself are almost immediate. This book provides the tools and thought processes *all* people should live with.

My advice, buy it. Read it. Digest it. Live it.