How to Be Your Own Best Friend

De: Mildred Newman, Bernard Berkowitz, Jean Owen

Narrado por: Bob Berkowitz

What is real, lasting happiness? How does one achieve it? And why are so many people holding themselves back? At the heart of this profound, simple, beautiful book is the wisdom of Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz, married psychoanalysts who encourage listeners to both love themselves and to confront life's hardest truths. A classic for more than three decades, How to Be Your Own Best Friend has already changed millions of lives. Now, open up your mind, and let it change yours.

©1971 Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz (P)2021 Tantor

Love

You have to Love yourself and be yourself. Focus on your achievements rather than your mess ups.

Simple, Short, yet Profound

The fact that this book addresses so many of the challenges, and opportunities for maturing in a profound manner, in such a short time, makes it uniquely useful. Many such books I’ve read and listened to take far too much print, and still leave one confused and feeling unfulfilled. No nearly so much with this book.

I highly recommend this book for oneself, and for a parent or friend wanting to help others along their path.

About my only comment that could have made this book more impactful, is that the presenters sound so much alike (I’m assume they are brothers) one has to really pay attention to follow which is which. Maybe not such a bad thing? It’s probably dependent on who is listening.

Simplify the complex.

Well worth the time. This complex topic is simplified by building concept on top of concept.

Great to revisit this one

Enjoyed this in college. Great to revisit it again. Such great wisdom in a little book

Very encouraging and uplifting, also intellectually insightful! Timeless treasure.

I’m going to listen to it over & over for the positive feelings I get from it.

An excellent into to the self-actualization concept

The book is easy to follow on audio version. It is a great summary of all the great point readers need to begin their self-care, self-understanding, self-exploration, and self-compassion processes. The book is a good initial motivation tool for people to take the first in making themselves happier and kore satisfied every day.

Helpful

It was good but a little long winded to fill up the time. over all a very helpful message.

Good shit

Realist shit I’ve ever heard in my life, liberating and intriguing. What a great piece of literature. Revolutionary, This is what i go through to grow through. Applied immediately witht the right intention(s) Feel like a whole brand new person. Especially through tough times and when rough and tough

Did not get anything from this book

I was not impressed with this book at all. I did not hear anything significant or learn anything new. The narrators voice was extremely annoying and thankfully the book ended quickly.

Hard to listen but short

Voice of narrator was distractingly enthusiastic for much of the book, making the whole book sound like one long, drawn out conclusion. I had a hard time getting into and digesting much of any of the ideas and I'm not sure if it was the voice itself or the content as well.