Self-Improvement audiobooks

A Guided Meditation to Help With Anger & Forgiveness

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The narrative of this guided meditation for anger teaches listeners how to better respond to debilitating anger and blame by listening repeatedly to simple images and metaphors, such as envisioning the loosening of tight cords that have been wrapped around the heart, constricting its natural energy and flow. So often, when thinking about the... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help With Stem Cell Therapy

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided imagery audio for bone marrow transplant recovery uses powerful metaphors of rescue, rebirth and resurrection to cushion the rigors of stem cell transplant recovery. The evocative images of love, protection and support on this audio program of guided meditation and affirmations instill hope, energy, comfort and patience during a... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help With Dialysis

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This relaxing audio set of positive affirmations and guided meditation for dialysis patients is designed to ease discomfort, lower anxiety and fatigue, and reduce possible psychological side effects associated with hemodialysis, while increasing energy, hope and positive mood. A clinically tested segment of guided imagery for dialysis also... Read more

A Guided Meditation for Hospice & Pallitave Care

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided imagery for hospice and palliative care is designed for patients and their families looking for closeness, resolution and closure during end of life care. The powerful, soothing tracks of guided meditation and affirmations on this uniquely comforting guided imagery for palliative care provide reassurance and inspiration to dying... Read more

Guided Meditations To Help with Fertility

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This set of four separate fertility meditation exercises was created to provide holistic, mind-body tools to help with infertility challenges and boost desired results. The Health Journeys expertly made, physician-endorsed collection of guided imagery for fertility is designed to reduce the stresses that naturally occur with infertility and its... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help With Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Inflammatory Bowel Disease

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided meditation for IBS and inflammatory bowel disease consists of state-of-the-art, research-based guided imagery and affirmations to help people successfully manage and reduce the distressing, painful symptoms of IBS and IBD, naturally and holistically. The guided meditation for IBS is also designed to work well with more traditional... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You Be Relaxed & Awake During Medical Procedures

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio is a soothing, calming guided meditation for medical procedures, designed at the request of Kaiser Permanente to help patients undergoing cardiac catheterization feel more relaxed and confident during their procedure. It then was adapted for use for a whole range of potentially uncomfortable or unpleasant procedures where it is... Read more

If Success is a Game, These are the Rules

By: Cherie Carter-Scott

Narrated by: Cherie Carter-Scott

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Chérie Carter-Scott learned the rules of success firsthand: she built her management consulting firm to serve hundreds of clients worldwide, including IBM and GTE. Her bestselling books touch hundreds of thousands of readers. And despite a calendar that shuttles her through dozens of time zones annually, she keeps her family close and... Read more

You're Fifty--Now What - Abridged

By: Charles Schwab

Narrated by: John Rubinstein

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Every eight seconds someone in this country turns 50, an age at which even baby boomers can no longer put off becoming fiscally responsible and planning for the future.  For everyone who finds that thought daunting (and that's an awful lot of us), Charles R. Schwab, America's most trusted figure in financial services, is here to outline the... Read more

Practical Spirituality/Right Attitude

By: Jerry Jampolsky & Diane Cirincione

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Here they share the special daily rituals to jump-start their day, encompassing gratitude, generosity, trust, honesty, faithfulness, patience, open-mindedness, and joy. We need to “[C]ome back to the importance of the simplicity of everyday acts and to recognize the value and the importance that one is equally as powerful as another,” shares... Read more

Faith In The Valley - Abridged

By: Iyanla Vanzant

Narrated by: Iyanla Vanzant

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

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

In this companion volume to her bestselling book Acts of Faith, bestselling author and star of Iyanla: Fix My Life discusses the “valleys” that cause stress and imbalance for women and explains how women can cleanse their minds and promote a healthy foundation... Read more

Life Strategies For Teens - Abridged

By: Jay McGraw

Narrated by: Jay McGraw

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the son of Dr. Phil McGraw comes Life Strategies for Teens, the New York Times bestselling guide to teenage success, and the first guide to teenage life that won’t tell you what to do, or who to be, but rather how to live life best.

Are you as tired as I am of books constantly telling you about doing your best to understand your parents,... Read more

Talking Dirty With the Queen of Clean - Abridged

By: Linda Cobb

Narrated by: Linda Cobb

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Talking Dirty
with the
Queen of Clean
LET HER ROYAL HIGHNESS OF HOUSEKEEPING SHOW YOU HOW TO TURN YOUR HOME INTO A SPARKLING PALACE -- IN NO TIME AT ALL!
Step aside, Martha...Here comes the Queen of Clean, and her down-to-earth housekeeping tips for those of us who live in the real world.
The Queen loves to talk housework. But she hates to do... Read more

Until Today! - Abridged

By: Iyanla Vanzant

Narrated by: Iyanla Vanzant

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

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

Shift your attitude and live your best life with this inspiring collection of 365 daily devotionals from New York Times bestselling author and star of the OWN Network’s hit show Iyanla: Fix My Life.

If there are situations, circumstances, or perhaps relationships... Read more

Awakening the Buddhist Heart - Abridged

By: Lama Surya Das

Narrated by: Lama Surya Das

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Life is about relationship-the relationship we have with ourselves, with each other, with the world, as well as the connection to that which is beyond any of us yet imminent in each of us. When our relationships are good, we feel good; when they are bad, we feel awful. Let's accept it: We need each other. We need to feel connected; we need to... Read more

A Short Guide to a Happy Life

By: Anna Quindlen

Narrated by: Anna Quindlen

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life makes a perfect gift for any occasion.

“Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t... Read more

Mean Genes

By: Terry Burnham & Jay Phelan

Narrated by: Pat Woodruff

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Mean Genes message is optimistic . . . a self-help book for the merely average human being." (The Washington Post Book World)

"An unusual cross between a social Darwinist monograph and a self-help manual." (The New Yorker)

Why do we want-and do-so many things that are bad for us? In Mean Genes Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan argue that we need... Read more

Heart Rhythm

By: Reinhard Flatischler & Camelia Flatischler

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Beginning his musical journey at the early age of four, Reinhard Flatischler went on to become an international performer by the age of 15.  Studying under shamans and masters from around the world eventually led him to an adaptation of his own ideas and ultimately to the creation of his own method. Read more

Nutritional Tools for Diabetes

By: Julian Whitaker

Narrated by: Julian Whitaker

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Although doctors are quick to prescribe medication to lower blood sugar, they often overlook the adverse side effects. While drugs may decrease blood sugar levels, they also increase the risk of heart disease, which is the cause of death for 75 percent of all diabetics. Dr. Julian Whitaker's experience over the past 25 years in treating... Read more

Organizing From The Inside Out - Abridged

By: Julie Morgenstern

Narrated by: Julie Morgenstern

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hundreds of thousands of people have broken through the clutter and streamlined their lives with Julie Morgenstern's proven techniques. There's no magic, no mystery. Getting organized is a skill that anyone can learn. The beauty of Julie's system, honed during her many years as a professional organizer, is that it enables you to design a unique... Read more

Time Management From The Inside Out - Abridged

By: Julie Morgenstern

Narrated by: Julie Morgenstern

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

These days, we face no greater challenge in our personal and professional lives than organizing and managing our time. Now Julie Morgenstern, whose bestselling Organizing from the Inside Out has helped hundreds of thousands of people conquer the clutter in their lives, explains how to overcome the time challenge once and for all. Her... Read more

Prayers

By: Sylvia Browne

Narrated by: Sylvia Browne

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The prayers on this audio program are taken from Sylvia Browne's own sermons, delivered at her church, Society of Novus Spiritus. In each case, the words were "infused" into her by her spirit guide Francine, and of course, by God. Granted, these words are a passive mode of prayer, yet the goal is to recharge your spiritual battery so that you'll... Read more

The Power of Intention

By: Marilyn Schlitz & Elisabeth Targ

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Elisabeth Targ, M.D. and Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D. discuss how the research and study of consciousness has progressed steadily to a new era of human possibilities. Read more

Life Makeovers

By: Cheryl Richardson

Narrated by: Cheryl Richardson

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Take Time for Your Life now shows you how to reclaim your life one week at a time

Cheryl Richardson, bestselling author and one of the most sought-after lecturers in the country, knows firsthand how tough it can be to juggle the daily demands of living in a fast-paced world, and how easily you can... Read more