Self-Improvement audiobooks

Y2K: Coping With Uncertainty

By: Margaret Wheatley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

It is often the beginning of wisdom to realize how little you know. The impending Y2K crisis is causing the entire world to feel this way. Just as a crisis in your personal life can herald the opportunity for great transformation, so too can Y2K give us pause to consider how we wish to evolve. Read more

Re-Inventing Money

By: Bernard A. Lietaer

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Prepare to have your current understanding of money completely transformed in this stirring dialogue with Bernard Lietaer.  Through his exploration into how our monetary system was originally created, and into new forms of currency at work in the world today, Lietaer reveals how we can enter a new era of "sustainable abundance" for all. Read more

Shedding Light On The Dark Goddess

By: Marion Woodman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply moving exploration of the Dark Goddess and her transformative power. Woodman reveals how to bring this feminine energy of life, death, and rebirth out of the oppression and mockery it has suffered for centuries. She cites her own experience of seeing a tulip after experiencing intense radiation for cancer: “It was so red it hurt.  Tears... Read more

Being Authentic

By: Marsha Sinetar

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

There is a vital energy you receive when you are infused with spiritual intelligence, which Marsha Sinetar calls the "kiss of life."  You may have felt this sense of aliveness at random moments of your life; now you can learn how to make it a part of your everyday existence. Read more

Take Yourself to the Top

By: Laura Fortgang

Narrated by: Laura Berman Fortgang

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Let one of the nation's foremost career coaches show you how to take charge of your career!There are plenty of resources that show you how to write a resume, improve your interview skills, or dress for success. But this guide is something much more valuable! If you're willing to take charge of your career and be responsible for the choices you... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Promote A Healthy Heart

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Listening to this relaxing guided meditation for heart health is a powerful, evidence based practice for lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, holistically and naturally. The hypnotic suggestions, soothing narrative, and powerful affirmations on this research-based audio program combine seamlessly to deliver a state-of-the-art guided... Read more

Healing Trauma: A Guided Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The hypnotic, healing suggestions go very deep, and are designed to counter ugly flashbacks and nightmares with positive images. Additional segments reduce the intense spikes of anxiety and serve as a natural treatment for panic attacks, as well as anger and fury; others shift the tendency toward avoidance, numbness and isolation. Created by... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You With Radiation Therapy

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided meditation for radiation therapy is designed to ease treatment side effects and symptoms, such as fatigue, burns, soreness and other discomforts, while at the same time reducing anxiety and encouraging a positive attitude toward healing. Guided imagery is a holistic, mind-body therapy that consists of healing words and images, set to... Read more

How to Profit from Today's Rapid Changes - Abridged

By: Robert Tucker

Narrated by: Robert Tucker

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From one of America's leading experts on innovation comes his classic guide -- now updated for the new millennium!
Are you bringing yesterday's attitudes into today's world?
Change is one constant in today's turbulent economic world. Now a leading business futurist and innovation expert has made a study of what it will take to put change to work... Read more

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amazing Sex - Abridged

By: Sari Locker

Narrated by: Sari Locker

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Get great tips to improve your love life from sexpert Sari Locker!Want to have more fun in and out of the sack? Could you use some help when it comes to exciting foreplay and afterplay? Would you like to know more about erotic techniques like tantric sex and sexual massage? Let noted sex educator Sari Locker show you how to explore your sexual... Read more

The Spiritual Art of Speaking

By: Lee Glickstein

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Lee Glickstein believes you may fear speaking because you were not properly listened to as a child--perhaps you were even ridiculed--causing you to lock away your inner speaker; the voice that longs to come out and express your God-self. Read more

In The Meantime - Abridged

By: Iyanla Vanzant

Narrated by: Iyanla Vanzant

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey

The #1 national bestseller from the host of the show Iyanla: Fix My Life on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) that answers the question: What’s love got to do with it in the meantime?

You know where you want to be, but you have no clue how to get there. You know... Read more

Unleashing The Soul

By: Marion Woodman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Woodman believes that facing the intense power of your own heart is the only way to truly connect with other living things. She says we must not be "afraid of the intensity of opening ourselves to our real personhood." Her insight in analyzing ancient folk tales and applying them to current events is intriguing. She will inspire you to get out... Read more

Mystery: the Wisdom of the Soul

By: Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Our culture trains us to scorn the unknown, to consider it a problem to be overcome. What the soul craves, however, is the awe and wonder of the unknown-the great mystery of life and our own existence. Remen describes the wisdom she has gained as a physician working with cancer patients-the realization that honoring mystery provides strength and... Read more

Hope for the Millennium

By: Barbara Gardner

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

During a private interview in Sai Baba’s ashram, a story was unfolding in Barbara Gardner's mind concerning people and events of which she had no prior knowledge whatsoever.  Gardner reveals how the experience changed her life. Read more

How To Stop Worrying And Start Living

By: Dale Carnegie

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

With Dale Carnegie’s expert advice, you’ll learn the proven, time-tested principles to breaking free of worry and anxiety so that you can start living your best life today.

Thanks to Dale Carnegie’s classic work of practical advice, more than six million people have already discovered happier, more fulfilling lives. How to Stop Worrying and Start... Read more

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 3: Deep Questioning: The Eight Principles of Deep Ecology

By: Arne Naess, George Sessions, Doug Tompkins, Fri...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How can we begin to look at the deeper social, economic and spiritual questions behind the environmental crisis? In this program, Fritjof Capra, Arne Naess, and other environmentalists expand on the radical nature of Deep Ecology. Read more

Stop Screaming At the Microwave! - Abridged

By: Mary LoVerde

Narrated by: Mary LoVerde

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

AN OVERFLOWING IN-BOX...AN OVERFLOWING SINK FULL OF DIRTY BREAKFAST DISHES...IS THIS WHAT THE EXPERTS MEAN BY "HAVING IT ALL"?
You've organized, prioritized, delegated, and simplified, and you still don't have enough time for your family, your spouse, your friends, your boss -- much less yourself! You're a veteran of the time-management wars,... Read more

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens - Abridged

By: Sean Covey

Narrated by: Sean Covey

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over 3 million copies sold.

Adapted from the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide—now updated for the digital age.

Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future.... Read more

The Enneagram in Life and Work

By: Helen Palmer

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"What stands between me and God?" This is the provocative question to which the Enneagram system offers a sophisticated answer. There are nine basic personality types, explains Helen Palmer, a foremost authority on the Enneagram. Each type has its own "emotional survival strategy" developed to help us cope in life-but this strategy can also be... Read more

Intelligence With a Heart

By: Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The book Emotional Intelligence (Bantam 1995) fundamentally changed our understanding of what qualities enable people to excel in real life.  The phenomenal response from the business community to the book prompted author Daniel Goleman to apply his insights to the workplace. Read more

Happiness Is a Choice - Abridged

By: Barry Kaufman

Narrated by: Susan Clark

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Happiness Is a Choice is a blueprint of simple, concrete methods to empower one's decision to be happy. Barry Kaufman presents a clear and strong statement on the care and feeding of the human spirit. He explores the belief that the secret to happiness lies within each of us, no matter what happens— or doesn't happen— in... Read more

Taiko Drumming: Bringing Rhythm To Life

By: Heidi Varian

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Anyone who has heard the thunderous power of these magnificent drums recognizes a compelling spiritual force at work.  Heidi Varian speaks of her teacher, Grandmaster Sensei Seiichi Tanaka:  "To be his age and to play with that much spirit and power makes you realize it has to be more than just physical strength--it has to come from somewhere... Read more

Small Miracles II - Abridged

By: Yitta Halberstam & Judith Leventhal

Narrated by: Yitta Halberstam & Judith Leventhal

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With over half a million copies sold, Small Miracles opened the hearts of people all over the world with real life stories of remarkable coincidences.
Now, authors Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal have assembled a collection of new stories, each recalling a coincidence that is moving, heartwarming, and inspirational.
These wonderful... Read more