Summary: This book provides a cornucopia of helpful information on self- esteem. It shows in a very easy-to-read manner the nature of self-esteem, why self-esteem is essential to human fulfillment and performance, and how self-esteem works in our lives. It is chocked full of solid research-based suggestions on how we can concretely improve our own self-esteem and also the self-esteem of others all along the lifecycle.

Spirit of the Book: As the subtitle indicates, this book links self-esteem with that kind of mature self-love which is so necessary for a healthy personal outlook on life, a healthy spiritual life, and a healthy life in society. This book takes as its starting place the injunction of Jesus to love others as you love yourself, thus indicating that one can truly love others only to the extent that one authentically loves onself. Self-esteem is not some new fad, but rather is rooted in age-old solid psychology and religion.

What this Book Gives You: This is not just another book on self-esteem. It has material not found in any other book on this topic. This book gives you a wonderful overview of the psychological background that you need to have in order to help you make sure that your path to enhanced self-esteem is solid rather than faddish. This book also gives you an enormous amount of practical, tested practices whereby you can improve your own self-esteem and the self-esteem of others.

Distinctiveness: Why this Book is Special: One of the reasons this book is special is that it is the only volume of its kind which deals extensively with developing and improving self-esteem at every age level from infancy to old age. Another reason for its distinctiveness is that offers wonderful psychological background not so much in a separate section but more importantly in an integrated way during the treatment of the practical specific ways of improving self-esteem all along the lifecycle.

Major Features: Some of the many major features of this very helpful volume are: (1) a strong research base underlying an easy-to read style; (2) a wealth of concrete practical suggestions which are consciously and immediately tethered to state-of-the-art research; (3) special consideration to developing self esteem in a variety of situations such as with individuals, with groups, and with the disabled.

Chapters
1. The Nature and Structure of Self-Esteem
2 . Developing Self-Esteem in Infants and Toddlers
3 . Developing Self-Esteem in Early Childhood
4. Developing Self-Esteem in Middle Childhood
5. Developing Self-Esteem in Pre-adolescence
6. Developing Self-Esteem in Adolescence
7. Developing Self-Esteem in Early Adulthood
8. Developing Self-Esteem in Middle Adulthood
9. Developing Self-Esteem in Later Adulthood
10. Developing Self-Esteem in Disabled Persons
11. Developing Self-Esteem in Groups
12. Conclusion: Making Key Decisions for Self-Esteem

Praise for this Book: There has been widespread acclaim for this book.

DAVID SEXTON of the University of Louisiana and author of HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR CHILD'S POTENTIAL says: "I consider this to be the best available book on self-esteem."

JUDY W. WOOD of Virginia Commonwealth University and author of ADAPTING INSTRUCTION FOR THE MAINSTREAM writes: "This is not only a comprehensive and insightful treatment of self-esteem, but it is a joyful book as well. It is definitely "must reading" for all persons interested in developing self-esteem in themselves and others."

HOWARD TARAS, M.D., of the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine in the University of California at San Diego and Pediatrician for the San Diego School System states: "Here is a helpful book which does an excellent job of transforming basic yet complex psychological principles of human development into a wide-ranging set of very usable methods for developing self-esteem in oneself and other persons."

A review in THE FURROW (Ireland) calls this book "a well-researched, practical, no-nonsense guide to self-esteem."

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151 pages List Price: $16.95 ISBN 0-9637034-0-4

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