13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success
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Expanding on her viral post that has become an international phenomenon, a psychotherapist offers simple yet effective solutions for increasing mental strength and finding happiness and success in life.
As a licensed clinical social worker, college psychology instructor, and psychotherapist, Amy Morin has seen countless people choose to succeed despite facing enormous challenges. That resilience inspired her to write 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do, a web post that instantly went viral, and was picked up by the Forbes website.
Morin’s post focused on the concept of mental strength, how mentally strong people avoid negative behaviors—feeling sorry for themselves, resenting other people’s success, and dwelling on the past. Instead, they focus on the positive to help them overcome challenges and become their best.
In this inspirational, affirmative book, Morin expands upon her original message, providing practical strategies to help readers avoid the thirteen common habits that can hold them back from success. Combining compelling anecdotal stories with the latest psychological research, she offers strategies for avoiding destructive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors common to everyone.
Like physical strength, mental strength requires healthy habits, exercise, and hard work. Morin teaches you how to embrace a happier outlook and arms you to emotionally deal with life’s inevitable hardships, setbacks, and heartbreaks—sharing for the first time her own poignant story of tragedy, and how she summoned the mental strength to move on. As she makes clear, mental strength isn’t about acting tough; it’s about feeling empowered to overcome life's challenges.
Amy Morin
Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, mental strength trainer and an international bestselling author. Her books in the 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do series have sold more than 1 million copies and been translated into more than 40 languages. She's the award-winning host of the Mentally Stronger podcast and she gave one of the most popular TEDx talks of all time. The Guardian dubbed her the ""self-help guru of the moment"" and Forbes refers to her as ""a thought leadership star. She lives on a sailboat in the Florida Keys. You can visit her online at amymorinlcsw.com.
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Reviews for 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
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“People who avoid failure also avoid success." --Robert Kiyosaki.
This book grew out of a series of tragic events in the author's life. Three years after her mother died, Amy's husband, still young, suddenly died of a heart attack. Now she not only had lost her mother, she had lost her husband as well.
After these tragic events, the author decided to write down what she had personally learned: 13 things mentally strong people don't do. “They were the habits I'd fought so hard against to come out on the other side of my grief." These thirteen habits don't just help you get through grief, they will help you develop mental strength.
Here are some parts of 13 THINGS I thought were especially good:
♦ Developing mental strength requires three different steps: First thoughts, second behavior 3rd emotions.
♦ We have to balance our emotions with rational thinking: “We make our best decisions in life when we balance our emotions with rational thinking."
♦ One of the first chapters shows the problems with self-pity: "Feeling sorry for yourself is is self destructive. It leads to new problems and can have serious consequences." Instead, Amy suggests exchanging self pity for gratitude. The author sites a 2003 study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, which shows that people who feel gratitude don't get sick as often as others.
♦ A big mistake is a sense of entitlement: "Gget over yourself. Develop self awareness of your sense of entitlement.
♦ A big obstacle to mental strength is giving other people power over you: "Giving other people the power to control how you think, feel, and behave makes it impossible to be mentally strong.
♦ This book is filled with lots of practical suggestions. Here's one simple one: “When you receive criticism or feedback from others, wait a beat before responding. If you're upset or emotionally reactive, take the time to calm down."
♦ Learn from prior mistakes: "Establish behavior that will replace previous behavior. Instead of drinking alcohol to cope with stress, a person could identify alternative strategies, such as going for a walk or calling a friend." Looking at prior mistakes in a positive way helps you to learn so that you don't repeat them again.
Finally, in order to maintain mental strength try coaching yourself. Follow these steps: First monitor your behavior, secondly, regulate your emotions, thirdly think about your thoughts.
√ All in all, 13 THINGS is a practical, well-written book. I learned a lot of good ideas. At the conclusion of the book the author provides references to support her various conclusions.
♫ A Review by Chris Lawson
Note: I do not know the author of this book, and no one requested I write this review.2 people found this helpful
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5About a young woman who has barely experienced adulthood. Is a therapist at a young age has family and extended family support and her life ahead of her??? Gee what a surprise .
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a powerful book that has thoroughly entertained me.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I couldn't go past the introduction (it didn't introduce anything special anyway) . I'm sorry but her voice was so irritating (it had that "valley girl" sound, as if something is stuck in her throat) that it caused me a headache. I would have given it a chance if it were another voice.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good insights. A lot of reaffirming thoughts and confirmation that I’m in the right track.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Amy Morin, college psychology professor and psychotherapist, describes thirteen behavior patterns, which are ineffective and often the doorway to worse behaviors and negative emotions. Each chapter is entitled by one of them, three of which are:-"They Don't Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves"-"They Don't Worry About Pleasing Everyone"-"They Don't Resent Other People's Success"Each behavioral pattern includes anecdotes; the thoughts, behaviors, and emotions assigned to each; mental strength strategies for eliminating these behaviors, and common traps leading to their return.I'm not saying that this is a cure-all book; however, the strategies included can be beneficial in enhancing your mental strength.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Just an ordinary as any other self help book, if you are used to those book, you can skip one, nothing special that I found
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5It was way too repetitive. I got bored wit it.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I liked the beginning the most but you lost me at Madonna and Oprah. Not everyone achieves the same level of success. Or wants celebrity and fame. And I’m here to tell anyone who reads this—that’s okay. Definitely could have used more realistic examples or people that are not “entertainers”. A lot of recycled, New Age ideas. No you can’t control your life, but you can control how you react to it says it better.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Too many stories and too generic. I wish the author left more realistic tips
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The narrator had a soothing voice and easy to follow I already kinda know a lot of the stuff the book included but having to listen to it again and let it seek in again gave me motivation, positive energy and faith.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this book it is going to help me be the person I want to be!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I reluctantly picked this one up. The title put me off but I had added it to my list and therefore had to go through it. Or at the least sample the first chapter. I thought I need to know what mentally strong people do not don’t do but the author makes a great case. Despite identifying with only 3 (and a half) of these behaviors I gladly went through every chapter because the author not only identifies pertinent issues but has a great practical and sometimes step-by-step approach to how to deal with them. Which is after all the goal. You won’t regret this one.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Positively teaches growth through identifying reality, resilience and thoughtful choice.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Im not that same person anymore after listening to this book
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A friend recommended 13 Things to me, and I’d like to recommend it to others now that I’ve finished it. It is a self-help book, but it breaks with most of that genre by offering only sensible advice and avoiding quick fixes or magical thinking. The case studies are a little simplistic, and the strategies might seem obvious, but the 13 things she suggests are all things that I know will work. I’ve seen many of them work, either for myself or for others. If you want to set goals, improve your attitude, and achieve, you could do worse than keep this book handy.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The best self help book I read. Makes sense and worth listening twice.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic! Very well structured and extremely helpful! Brilliant! Hope there are more to follow!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of the best books ever! All you need in this book to become mentally strong
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Surprised with all the rave. The book is full of platitudes and generic. It makes no mention of validating feelings and the complexity of human emotions. It's definitely an easy band-aid for whatever wounds or emotional cuts if that's what you looking for.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an amazing book that touches on areas that most people deal with.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved listening to the book. It’s inspirational and informative. Thanks
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really could listen to this book over again and different points in my life. Going to get the hard copy to keep forever <3
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5- - - Fuck you Amy I have clinical depression.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Makes you think a lot about your life choices, worth reading!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book for everyone.!!!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To be honest, I started listening to this book because of the name of this book.For me, the title was really appealing as i wanted to know what does it mean to be mentally strong, and i was curious based on what kind of criteria we can rate people' mental health. I would totally recommend this book for someone who is going through a lost of someone close, as there are many personal examples of the author going through grief of losing many people. Not only this,there are also many other mental health problems that were described and also the cause of those problems as to why they have appeared and ways to deal with them. Really liked the flow of the book and how the author organized her chapters!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very useful & handy for coping with life. Left me feeling gratitude
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5\amazing book! Can't wait to put everything I have learnt into practise.