Atheist/Secular books on self-confidence?....

[dave4shmups]

I would love to read some secular books on self-confidence/self-reliance, which (of course!) I was always told was evil in the church. I hope started this thread in the right place.

[Watson]

I wouldn't know f any atheist self-help books, personally, but I want to know what idiotic church told you that self-confidence was evil?!

[theVOID]

Probably worried about the woo tampering with their own lies watson. It's understandable, when you have no substance to your ideas it's not a good idea to let people find out about equally unsubstantial ideas.

dave4shumps - Go get something done that you want to do, start with small things. go get a hair cut or a tatoo, or fix the porch. Achieving shit makes you confident like nothing else (except crack)

[dave4shmups]

Probably worried about the woo tampering with their own lies watson. It's understandable, when you have no substance to your ideas it's not a good idea to let people find out about equally unsubstantial ideas.

dave4shumps - Go get something done that you want to do, start with small things. go get a hair cut or a tatoo, or fix the porch. Achieving shit makes you confident like nothing else (except crack)

Yeah, they were worried about that. Even more so, at the church I went to, self-reliance-speaking of being self-made was considered evil. Achieving stuff does make you feel confident.

[Entropist]

I remember encountering a few churches back in my fundie days that thought "counselling" was "unchristian" or whatever (unless it was "Christian counselling").

I don't know any specific books on the relevant topic here though...

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Try:

"You Are Not The Target" by Laura Huxley. (1955) It's A collection of Gestalt techniques rather than theory. They work.

Gestalt therapy is an existential/experiential form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility, and that focuses upon the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_therapy


A famous self help book is "I'm OK You're OK" and the sequel "Staying OK". There are probably newer, better books around,but I'm familair with and can recommend these.

I'm OK, You're OK, by Thomas A Harris MD, is one of the best selling self-help books ever published. It is a practical guide to Transactional Analysis as a method for solving problems in life. From its first publication during 1969, the popularity of I'm OK, You're OK gradually increased until, during 1972, its name made the New York Times Best Seller list and remained there for almost two years. It is estimated by the publisher to have sold over 15 million copies to date[1] and to have been translated into over a dozen languages[citation needed].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_OK,_You're_OK