Self-Improvement audiobooks

Treasures in the Shadow

By: Connie Zweig & Jeremiah Abrams

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What treasures and dangers lie in the depths of our psyches? The hidden and denied aspects of ourselves that make up our "shadow" include not only "evil" or shameful demons and desires but a wellspring of latent, undiscovered joy and creativity. Read more

Return to the Sacred

By: Father Bede Griffiths

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This discussion with a remarkable Benedictine monk who founded an ashram in South India is a beautiful, stirring exploration of human spirituality. In a rare synthesis of Christian, Hindu and modern scientific thought, the late Father Bede discusses the infusing of gross matter and daily life with spirit and much more. Read more

A Grateful Heart

By: Brother David Steindl-Rast

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Gratefulness is the key, says Brother David, to fullness of life, true prayer and effective action in the world. "If you practice gratefulness it leads you into all the attitudes that all the great traditions have promoted." He tells of his own personal search, from a childhood in Nazi-occupied Austria to his explorations of Buddhism, modern... Read more

From Confusion to Clarity: Understanding Mind

By: Lama Sogyal Rinpoche

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Here Sogyal Rinpoche, an incarnate lama and meditation master, provides insights about the nature of mind and how we can bring more wisdom into our lives. His comments about death as a healing; enlightenment; family relationships and Buddhism in the West are especially provocative. Read more

The Well of Creativity

By: Meinrad Criaghead

Narrated by: Joan Mauler

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

How can a radio interview with a visual artist convey the depth and richness of the images in her paintings? Listen and hear for yourself! From the mystical liturgical experiences of her Catholic youth to the creation of sacred space and ritual in her contemplative artist's life in the New Mexico desert, Meinrad Craighead describes the images... Read more

You Just Don't Understand - Abridged

By: Deborah Tannen

Narrated by: Deborah Tannen

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Deborah Tannen's #1 bestseller revolutionized the way men and women talk -- and listen -- to each other -- at home, at work, and wherever the communication gap between the sexes can lead to troublesome misunderstandings. The problem dates back to childhood, when boys and girls learn to use language in distinctly different ways; years later,... Read more

That's Not What I Meant - Abridged

By: Deborah Tannen

Narrated by: Deborah Tannen

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You know the feeling: You thought you said exactly what you wanted to, but somehow a different message comes across. You end up feeling misunderstood...and the relationship that you're building -- at home, on the job, on a date, or in an interview -- slips a little further out of your control.
Talk is the key to any relationship and... Read more

Singer in the Real World

By: Holly Near

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"What has to take place for the light to come into your eye?" asks Holly Near. Not only a talented singer and songwriter, she demonstrates in this lively interview that she is also a passionate, humorous and articulate spokesperson for peace and sanity in the world. Read more

Light Touch - Abridged

By: Malcolm Kushner

Narrated by: Malcolm Kushner

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

YOUR CARRER IS NO LAUGHING MATTER, BUT...

Humor is a powerful and often forgotten tool in building business success. It can relieve tension, enhance relationships and motivate people. Now in this breakthrough audio cassette, Malcolm Kushner, America's premier humor consultant tells you how to tap this overlooked natural resource.

This is not... Read more

Money Sense

By: Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you mastered money in your life, or does it master you? Dominguez and Robin describe their own philosophy and techniques for knowing "how much is enough," for living below your means and not needing to work for money. They challenge us in new ways to re-examine our relationship to money and things financial. Read more

Money and Spirit

By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Money has become for our generation what sex was for the earlier generations," says philosopher Jacob Needleman, "a force that is at the back of almost everything people do, but which we're not yet able to face without hypocrisy." In this refreshingly candid and insightful interview, Needleman discusses the meaning of money and its place in the... Read more

Further Along the Road Less Traveled: Mythology and Human Nature - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more

Escaping Into Life

By: Shinzen Young

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most challenging problems we face in life is that we don't know how to concentrate. In this dialogue Young, a Westerner who lived as a monk in Japan and learned Vipassana meditation, emphasizes the importance of self-observation and focus as the way to personal freedom. Read more

Learned Optimism - Abridged

By: Martin E. P. Seligman

Narrated by: Martin E. P. Seligman

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ARE YOU HOLDING YOURSELF BACK?
Without knowing it, most of us impose limits on our achievement and our happiness by approaching life's problems and challenges with unnecessary pessimism. Now, Dr. Martin Seligman, a pioneer in cognitive psychology and motivational research, tells you how to identify your own self-defeating thought patterns --... Read more

Of Kings and Warriors

By: Robert Moore

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Within each of us are four fundamental archetypes--King, Warrior, Magician and Lover--which Robert Moore describes as "programs for human emotional, behavioral and mental functioning." These archetypes need to be recognized and integrated into our lives for us to achieve maturity and self-realization. Read more

Where Riches Lie

By: Paul Hwoschinsky

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Money and wealth are not the same thing, asserts Hwoschinsky, a venture capitalist, wilderness photographer and author. By using a "non-financial balance sheet" to identify the assets which, more than money ever could, indicate our aliveness and true wealth--our health, relationships, education, vision and creativity--we can begin to integrate... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Support Your Recovery From Stroke

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A large body of research over the past decade has shown that imagining desired movement in a stroke-affected limb increases motor function recovery, and is a powerful rehabilitation aid, alongside other therapies in programs for recovery after a stroke. The hypnotic suggestions, soothing guided narrative and powerful affirmations on this audio... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You Fight Cancer

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Guided imagery is a hypnotic, mind-body therapy that consists of healing words and images, set to soothing music, to achieve specific healing or wellness goals. Repeated listening once or twice a day for 2-3 weeks ensures maximum impact. The guided imagery shows listeners natural ways to fight cancer with a narrative that imagines tumors... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You Manage Diabetes

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Offering affirmations and guided imagery for diabetes, this recording has been endorsed and distributed by AADE, the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Embedded in this soothing, hypnotic meditation for diabetes are suggestions designed to help lower blood sugar naturally. The narrative invokes images in a relaxed, focused state of... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You With Chemotherapy

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Guided imagery for chemotherapy is a holistic, mind-body therapy that consists of healing words and images, set to soothing music, to achieve specific healing goals. Repeated listening once or twice a day for 2-3 weeks ensures maximum impact on physical comfort and positive attitude. This particular audio program has been distributed by oncology... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You With Multiple Sclerosis

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided meditation for multiple sclerosis (MS) is designed as a natural, mind-body treatment for MS, to complement standard medical treatment. It is particularly effective aid in combating fatigue, stress and pain. Continued listening to positive affirmations and guided imagery for multiple sclerosis will bolster energy, mood and motivation,... Read more

Further Along the Road Less Traveled: the Taste for Mystery - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more

Taking Off the Colored Glasses

By: Robert Nozick

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning author and professor of philosophy at Harvard University,Robert Nozick shares his reflections here on happiness, spirituality, pain and suffering. “The world is unsuspectedly rich if one approaches it with the right attitude,” he tells us, and encourages us “to pay a particular kind of attention to this world, and to view it... Read more

Personal Disarmament: Darkness and Light

By: Deena Metzger

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Poet, playwright, author and psychotherapist, Metzger takes us on an extraordinary journey into the pain and the ecstasy of engaging life to the fullest. She describes her transformative experience with cancer and how the process enabled her to redesign her life, appreciating the simple and listening to the silences. Highlighting this dialogue... Read more