Book Review – I'm OK-You're OK
Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. A thought-provoking and hope-inspiring book on how transactional analysis approaches can improve life and relationships.
Book Review – Mindset
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An excellent, inspiring book on developing a growth outlook and approach to life and relationships.
Book Review – Man's Search for Meaning
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. Man’s Search for Meaning, while written 75 years ago, is startlingly relevant to the world we live in today. It is a superb look at surviving, forgiving and finding meaning and is a reminder and warning of atrocities that we collectively must oppose.
Book Review – Parenting from the Inside Out
Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A good book for parents to better understand how their experiences have shaped their interactions with their children and the steps they can take to improve their parenting.
Book Review – Brainstorm
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent book for teens, young adults and parents to better understand the amazing personal, interpersonal and neurobiological changes that occur in adolescence.
Book Review – Positive Discipline
Len's Star Rating: 5 out of 10. A book for parents and teachers that covers approaches and strategies for children that do not involve punishment or humiliation.
Book Review – The Power of Showing Up
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. An important parenting book that covers essential, foundational attachment-based parenting approaches.
Book Review – The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD
Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. A great workbook on acceptance and commitment strategies and exposure and response prevention for teens with OCD.
Book Review – The OCD Workbook for Teens
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An excellent, engaging self-help workbook on research-proven strategies for combatting OCD.
Book Review – Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A good workbook on behavioral activation strategies for combatting depression.
Book Review – Activating Happiness
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A good book on behavioral activation and other life strategies for dealing with depression.
Book Review – 1-2-3 Magic
Len's Star Rating: 5 out of 10. A solid book on behavioral strategies for parents.
Book Review – Control Your Depression
Len's Star Rating: 4 out of 10. A dated yet solid book on strategies and exercises for improving depression that includes an excellent chapter on behavioral activation strategies.
Book Review – Dare to Lead
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent book on leadership that introduces the concept of vulnerability as the foundation of developing strengths, such as courage, integrity, authenticity and connection.
Book Review – Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be
Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. An engaging and liberating book for students and parents who are considering their options for college.
Book Review – Fooled by Randomness
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent, engaging book on the effects of randomness and rare events on financial systems and life in general.
Book Review – Feeling Good
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent book on using CBT skills to identify and correct thought patterns that lead to depression and anxiety.
Book Review – Margin
Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. An excellent book that describes the causes of and solutions for overcommitment and burnout.
Book Review – I Hear You
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A good book on providing validation to enhance relationships.
Book Review – Feeling Great
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An exceptional book on identifying and correcting thought patterns that lead to depression and anxiety.