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Topic: Book Rec's? About positive thinking, being happy, etc

ILINIA
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Member # 39836

Posted: 3:46 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

Okay, I think I'm ready to turn the corner and start reading books that don't focus on infidelity and marriage.

I looked in the Healing Library, but didn't see any titles that jumped out at me.

What books helped you focus on the positive, focus on you, put you in a happy state of mind, and/or made you think about life in a different light?

Thanks!

Entering R slowly and cautiously...

Posts: 583 | Registered: Jul 2013

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Posted: 5:36 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

Bumping in hopes that members will have suggestions.

Posts: 10002 | Registered: May 2002

MediumRare
♂ 35128
Member # 35128

Posted: 5:38 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

The Four Agreements comes to mind. It's a great book for creating a healthy, solid outlook on life and return to happiness.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal/dp/1878424319

[This message edited by MediumRare at 5:39 PM, September 30th (Monday)]

BS (ME): 44
WS(HER): 42
9 years
OM#1- 20-something loser, stole bunch of my things after she had sex with him in our bed (no condoms, STDs)
OM#2- 24 year old, unemployed loser, lives with mom & dad
DDay 1/2012
NC 3/20/2012
SGASDay 4/1/2012

Posts: 722 | Registered: Mar 2012 | From: California

nowiknow23
♀ 33226
Member # 33226

Posted: 5:45 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

I started a thread in the book club about mindfulness. Might be worth a look, ILINIA.

You can call me NIK

“The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.”
― Pema Chödrön

Posts: 28345 | Registered: Aug 2011

meaniemouse
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Member # 10798

Posted: 5:48 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essentials by Stephanie Dowrick

Act as if what you do matters. It does. William James

Posts: 2174 | Registered: May 2006 | From: Midwest

sisoon
♂ 31240
Member # 31240

Posted: 5:54 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

Anything by Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale, and Clement Stone.

fBH (me) - 70 (22 in my head), fWW (plainsong) - 70 (22 in my head), Married 45+, together since 1965, same sex ap
DDay - 12/22/2010
Recover'd and R'ed
I'm not an exemplar. I share my own experience because it's all I know.

Posts: 11132 | Registered: Feb 2011 | From: Chicago area

rachelc
♀ 30314
Member # 30314

Posted: 6:09 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

Omg, Sissoon you're old school! Lol. Yep, they're all good!

his Dday: 2/10 but TT until 7/11
my Ddays: 1/12, 4/12 broken NC 12/12

me (WW/BS): 48
him: (BS/WH)52
4 kiddos in mid 20's

“Take action to change what needs changing. Take action to respond to your situation. Let the discouragement take ca

Posts: 6417 | Registered: Dec 2010 | From: Midwest

meplusfour
♀ 38958
Member # 38958

Posted: 6:14 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

Anything by Brene Brown who is a researcher that deals with vulnerability, love and even shame.

BW (me)42
WH 44
3 daughters, 1 son
Married 10 years, together 13
DDay 3/14/2013, four year PA
In R
"Sometimes you have to accept the fact that certain things will never go back to the way they used to be."

Posts: 417 | Registered: Apr 2013 | From: Canada

ILINIA
♀ 39836
Member # 39836

Posted: 6:23 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013

Thank you! I am truly thankful for all of you on SI. I do not know how I would have gotten through the past few months without SI!

Here's to hoping that one day I will be as wise, level-headed, and helpful as all of you!

[This message edited by ILINIA at 6:27 PM, September 30th (Monday)]

Entering R slowly and cautiously...

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