Self-Improvement audiobooks

Protect Your Achilles Heel - Abridged

By: Wess Roberts

Narrated by: Wess Roberts

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Protect Your Achilles Heel mirrors the immensely successful model created by Roberts in his two previous bestsellers Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun and Victory Secrets of Attila the Hun. In that series, Roberts applied Attila's cunning leadership secrets to the modern business world.

Now, he uses the story of Achilles to illustrate how... Read more

Confronting Your Demons

By: Theresa Sheppard Alexander

Narrated by: Jacqui Dunne

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Theresa Sheppard Alexander became a therapist after her own experiences undergoing Primal Therapy helped to liberate her from her scarred past.  Her experience from both sides of the fence, as patient and therapist, gives us a unique understanding of the entire healing process of Deep Feeling Therapy, an offshoot of Primal Therapy. Read more

Make Peace, Not War: Day Two

By: Dalai Lama, Michael Meade, Jack Kornfield & Sha...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

High-level inspiration and practical means for change catalyze each other in an incredible confluence of voices here in this second day of the conference. Read more

Power of Nonviolence, The:  Compassion In Action (Part 3)

By: His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Jose Ramos Horta, ...

Narrated by: Jeff Wessman

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In part three of "Peacemaking: The Power of Non-Violence", we explore the value of multi-culturalism and how the principles and tools of peacemaking apply to the complex relationships between nations. Through the words and example of many courageous individuals, we are reminded that the personal and the planetary are connected, and that each of... Read more

Peacemaking as a Way of Life

By: His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Narrated by: Jeff Wessman

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This is from the historic 1997 conference in San Francisco, "Peacemaking: The Power of Nonviolence," which brought together the voices of those at the forefront of peacemaking in our time, including Nobel Laureates the Dalai Lama of Tibet and Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor. Read more

Make Peace, Not War: Day One

By: Dalai Lama, Alice Walker, Angeles Arrien, Edwar...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In this first day of the conference, we also hear H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Alice Walker, Angeles Arrien, Gay Luce and Edward James Olmos, speaking of the causes and deeper cures of violent behavior. "There’s no reason for hopelessness or despair," says Thurman. "We can solve these problems." Read more

Gardening the Soul

By: Alice Walker

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms & Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s no secret that a rich and happy life has little to do with material wealth. So how can we make the best of what we do have? Alice Walker offers a fresh look at how to live well in a complex culture. Her unique depth of perception is a gift that shows us new angles on everything from cocaine to Aunt Jemima to painting murals on the White House. Read more

Death and Grieving

By: Marianne Williamson

Narrated by: Marianne Williamson

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Marianne Williamson uses music, meditation, and prayer to help ease the pain brought on by the death and grieving process. A sense of peace and acceptance will permeate one's being with each listening of this cassette, and the individual will find that he/she is able to deal more effectively with the profound emotions that he/she is experiencing Read more

First Things First Every Day - Abridged

By: Stephen R. Covey

Narrated by: Various

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that I'm doing what matters most and doing it well?

Does this nagging question haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient? If so, First Things First can help you understand why we so often prioritize things... Read more

Lunch With Krishnamurti

By: Michael Krohnen

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In his capacity as Krishnamurti's chef, Krohnen became witness to Krishnamurti's daily life, habits and mealtime conversations.  Krohnen shares with us a rare glimpse into the private life of Krishnamurti, revealing him as a man of rare integrity, the same person in private as in public.  Krohnen describes Krishnamurti's extraordinary ability to... Read more

Learning To Die In Order To Live

By: Stephen Levine

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

We've heard how a close brush with death can make a person suddenly realize what is truly important in life. But do we have to wait until we die to gain the benefits we suspect lie in wait for us? Stephen Levine, who spent a year of his life as if it were his last, says no. It is through actually practicing our dying that we learn how to truly... Read more

Change Your Mind - Change The World

By: Nancy Napier

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you feel overwhelmed by the problems of the world?  Do you wish you could do something about some of them, but don't have the time?  Nancy Napier suggests that changing our thought patterns is a powerful way to begin changing the world.  "We're all taught to believe that it's reasonable for some people to have and others not to have," she... Read more

Transforming Grief

By: Alexandra Kennedy

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Along with grief, the death of a loved one often brings old resentments, regrets and unexpressed love, which can block our emotional growth and negatively impact our relationships. Alexandra Kennedy shows us how, by using imagination and imagery, we can re-create an inner relationship with our loved ones who have passed away. Read more

Morning and Evening: Music, Meditation and Prayer

By: Marianne Williamson

Narrated by: Marianne Williamson

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Meditations and prayers to heal the body, mind, and soul. This is a wonderful way to begin and end each day. Read more

Ben & Jerry's Double-Dip Capitalism - Abridged

By: Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield

Narrated by: Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

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

Finding the Champion Within - Abridged

By: Bruce Jenner

Narrated by: Bruce Jenner

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If anyone knows what it takes to marshal the power needed to become a champion, Bruce Jenner does. His dramatic decathlon victory earned him a gold medal, a new world record, and America's heart. In Finding The Champion Within, Jenner offers the formula that he developed and lived by to anyone who seeks to harness their maximum potential and to... Read more

From Girl To Wise-Woman

By: Joan Borysenko

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Psychologist/biologist Joan Borysenko illuminates the gifts of being female and celebrates the power of the feminine life-cycle, a brand new field of study.  She shows us, through new research, the path to realizing our unique female gifts, and how to utilize them for a life of extraordinary power. Read more

Living The Creative Life

By: M.C. Richards

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A teacher, poet, painter, writer and potter, Richards has never lacked imagination, which she defines as "singing to a wide invisible audience."  Her wisdom flows from an intensity, an honesty and a tenderness we don't often find in this world. Read more

Bread For The Journey

By: Wayne Muller

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Mark Walstrom

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A minister and therapist who has spent the last twenty years working with the homeless, adult children of abuse, and people with life-threatening illness, Wayne Muller has learned that while pain is inevitable, suffering is not.  A catastrophe often wakes us up to what really matters in life, and the pursuit of more meaning in our lives. Read more

The Art Of Mindfulness

By: Philip Toshio Sudo

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

If you were to think of integrating the principles of  Zen Buddhism into music, punk rock would probably not be part of the equation.  Philip Toshio Sudo, a musician and longtime practitioner of Zen, chose to play punk rock  because "the technique is secondary to the passion and intensity of the performance."  The type of music you prefer is... Read more

Dancing With Life

By: Bill T. Jones

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Called today's most daring choreographer by Newsweek, dancer/artist Bill T. Jones is transforming the world of art as we know it.  He says "I believe an act of creation is a spiritual activity."   Here he discusses what led him into dance, the formation of his world-renowned dance company, dealing with the loss of his partner (in dance as well... Read more

Consciousness: What's It All About?

By: Charles Tart

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The science of consciousness and how it is changing, is explored in this dialogue with Charles Tart, a scientist and pioneer in the fields of psychology, parapsychology, dreams and meditation.  He discusses Eastern wisdom in a way the Western mind readily comprehends.  The nature of consciousness lies at the heart of it all, for "if we don't... Read more

Spiritual Seeds For A Family Garden

By: Phil Catalfo

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In a heartfelt discussion, Phil Catalfo talks about how we, as parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, can guide our children's spiritual development at a time when we are questioning our own. As we become disenchanted with the all-too-material world in which we live, Catalfo feels we must not only foster our children's spiritual growth, but... Read more

Death Is Not The Enemy

By: Christine Longaker

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Since suffering is an inescapable fact of life, Longaker says, "what we need to learn is how to go through suffering, how to bring the experiences of suffering into our spiritual path and purpose, because that is how we can transform it." Facing death--either our own or that of our loved ones--is a part of life; eventually, we are all touched. Read more