Self-Improvement audiobooks

Brave Talk

By: Melody Stanford Martin

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

When we disagree about fundamental issues, especially issues such as politics or religion, it can be incredibly difficult to maintain close interpersonal relationships. These differences have ended friendships and caused rifts in families. We need a tool to help us build more resilient relationships despite real and present differences.



In Brave... Read more

The Scout Mindset

By: Julia Galef

Narrated by: Julia Galef

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"...an engaging and enlightening account from which we all can benefit."—The Wall Street Journal
 
A better way to combat knee-jerk biases and make smarter decisions, from Julia Galef, the acclaimed expert on rational decision-making.

When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls... Read more

Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition)

By: Cheryl Strayed

Narrated by: Cheryl Strayed

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 bestseller Wild—featuring a new preface and six additional columns.

For more than a decade, thousands of people have sought advice from Dear Sugar—the... Read more

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Revised and Updated

By: Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling, Scott ...

Narrated by: Sean Covey, Chris McChesney, Jim Huling & Scott...

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Good to Great and The First 90 Days, The Four Disciplines of Execution is the book “every leader should read” (Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of The Innovator’s Dilemma) for creating lasting organizational change. A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with more than 500,000 copies sold, The Four... Read more

Build the Life You Want

By: Arthur C. Brooks & Oprah Winfrey

Narrated by: Arthur C. Brooks & Oprah Winfrey

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people... Read more

Fully Alive

By: Pema Chödrön

Narrated by: Pema Chödrön

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

We live in difficult times. Life sometimes seems like a roiling and turbulent river threatening to drown us. Why, in the face of that, shouldn’t we cling for safety to the certainty of the shore—to our comfortably familiar patterns and habits? Because, Pema Chödrön teaches, that kind of fear-based clinging leads only to even greater... Read more

Memento Mori

By: Joanna Ebenstein

Narrated by: Joanna Ebenstein

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A transformative guide to embrace your own mortality and live a more fulfilling life

Talking about death has been deemed morbid, taboo, or even pathological. But in order to fully embrace life, scientists, psychologists, and spiritual leaders all agree—contemplating death is the key to living a life with meaning.

This life-changing book will give... Read more

Think Faster, Talk Smarter

By: Matt Abrahams

Narrated by: Matt Abrahams

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public speaking to interviewing to networking—with these essential strategies from a Stanford lecturer, coach, and host of the popular Think Fast, Talk Smart The Podcast.

“A roadmap to mastering the art of thinking quickly and speaking confidently, this is... Read more

Let's Move the Needle

By: Shannon Downey

Narrated by: Shannon Downey

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Create change in the world with this inspiring guide to social activism, from the artist and craftivist behind Badass Cross Stitch.

Craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful, ever-evolving social justice movement that continues to grow and diversify as more voices and mediums take part in it. In Let's Move the Needle,... Read more

Languishing

By: Corey Keyes

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“With his pioneering research, Corey Keyes put languishing on the map. In this powerful book, he brings it to life. Get ready to rethink your understanding of mental health, update your views on happiness, and come closer to realizing your potential.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential

If you’re muddling through... Read more

Raising Securely Attached Kids

By: Eli Harwood

Narrated by: Eli Harwood, KJ Althoff, Te Anna Brown, Angela ...

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“A comprehensive road map for parents who want to raise securely attached, emotionally healthy children. A parenting must-read.” —Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., author of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions
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Learn how to create a lifetime of connection, trust, and open communication with your children through connection-focused parenting.

Though... Read more

Stop People Pleasing

By: Hailey Magee

Narrated by: Hailey Magee

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A viral life coach offers a practical, empathetic, and inspiring guide to breaking people-pleasing patterns that can harm our careers, relationships, and physical and psychic health.

For most of Hailey Magee’s life, people-pleasing came so naturally to her that she didn’t even have a word for it. When somebody wanted something from her—even a... Read more

Keeping Finance Personal

By: Ellyce Fulmore

Narrated by: Ellyce Fulmore

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

An intersectional approach to personal finance from queer, neurodivergent personal finance educator and TikToker, Ellyce Fulmore.
 
There’s no magic formula for being “good with money.” The perfect budgeting spreadsheet or debt repayment plan will never address the root of your money issues. When Ellyce Fulmore started her journey with personal... Read more

All the Gold Stars

By: Rainesford Stauffer

Narrated by: Jess Nahikian

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From journalist and author of An Ordinary Age, an examination, dismantling, and reconstruction of ambition, where burnout is the symptom of our holiest sin: the lonely way we strive.

Ambition—the want, the hunger, the need to achieve—is woven into America’s fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to... Read more

Wherever You Go, There You Are

By: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Narrated by: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Find quiet reflective moments in your life—and reduce your stress levels drastically—with this classic bestselling guide updated and featuring a new introduction and afterword. When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell... Read more

The Tragedy of Heterosexuality

By: Jane Ward

Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A troubling account of heterosexual desire in the era of #MeToo



Heterosexuality is in crisis. Reports of sexual harassment, misconduct, and rape saturate the news in the era of #MeToo. Straight men and women spend thousands of dollars every day on relationship coaches, seduction boot camps, and couple’s therapy in a search for happiness.



In The... Read more

The Road to Wisdom

By: Francis S. Collins

Narrated by: Francis S. Collins

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From “national treasure” Francis Collins (Philip Yancey), the New York Times bestselling author of The Language of God and former director of the National Institutes of Health, comes a deeply thoughtful guidebook to get us beyond societal divisions and back to the sources of wisdom—"the sort that can save us before it is too late” (Jane... Read more

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

By: Donald J. Robertson

Narrated by: Donald J. Robertson

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"This book is a wonderful introduction to one of history's greatest figures: Marcus Aurelius. His life and this book are a clear guide for those facing adversity, seeking tranquility and pursuing excellence." — Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Obstacle is the Way and The Daily Stoic

The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through... Read more

Will

By: Will Smith

Narrated by: Will Smith

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the... Read more

Come of Age

By: Stephen Jenkinson

Narrated by: Stephen Jenkinson

Length: 17 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In his landmark provocative style, Stephen Jenkinson makes the case that we must birth a new generation of elders, one poised and willing to be true stewards of the planet and its species.

Come of Age does not offer tips on how to be a better senior citizen or how to be kinder to our elders. Rather, with lyrical prose and incisive insight,... Read more

Becoming the One

By: Sheleana Aiyana

Narrated by: Sheleana Aiyana

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Spiritual writer and founder of Rising Woman, Sheleana Aiyana takes you on a transformational inner-work journey to heal life-long relationship pattens and reclaim power over your life.

Romantic relationships have the ability to infuse our lives with the magic of intimacy and connection. But for many of us, that magic is fleeting—over and over,... Read more

The Willpower Instinct

By: Kelly McGonigal

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity.

Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from... Read more

The Tao of Fully Feeling

By: Pete Walker

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The price of emotional renunciation is a constant, wasteful expenditure of energy that leaves us depressed and taciturn, imprisoned in the apathy and ennui of the "Seen-that-Been-there-Done-that" syndrome. When we surrender and soften to our feelings, we reconnect with our inborn vitality, and with the invaluable instinct and intuition that our... Read more

Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?

By: Gina Pera

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 14 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The science has been clear since 1994, when Adult ADHD was declared a medical diagnosis. Still, the public harbors misconceptions. That means millions suffer needlessly. Moreover, that includes millions of couples who can't understand why their marriages or intimate relationships are so hard—sometimes despite many attempts at couple... Read more