{"product_id":"9781897238851","title":"Better Days","description":"Author: Neal Allen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781897238851\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Namaste Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this life-changing book, writer and spiritual coach, Neal Allen, teaches us a stunning new method for quieting the inner critic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Better Days will help you get to know your inner critic, and quiet its yammering, and in so doing, get to know the person you were born to be.\u0026amp;#x27;\u003c\/i\u003e  Anne Lamott, Author of \u003ci\u003eDusk Night Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e and others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if your superego has it wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat snarky little bully in your head...you know the one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou've lived under its weight for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a fraud, I'm lazy\u003cbr\u003e I need to work harder\u003cbr\u003e I need to be tougher, funnier, calmer...\u003cbr\u003e I need to stay quiet, look pretty, stop showing off\u003cbr\u003e I need to put others before me, I need to put myself first\u003cbr\u003e I need to be perfect\u003cbr\u003e I need to hide who I really am\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound familiar?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou know that its scolding voice is harmful to you, but you can\u0026amp;#x27;t will it away. You accept a life with short periods of peace and long stretches of stress and anxiety. But you don\u0026amp;#x27;t have to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revolutionary new book, \u003ci\u003eBetter Days: Tame Your Inner Critic\u003c\/i\u003e, writer and spiritual coach, Neal Allen, examines a critical aspect of the human psyche that often gets ignored - the superego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on Freud's idea that the superego necessarily forms a person's moral conscience, Neal explains how this voice in your head develops in childhood as a survival mechanism, but when no longer needed for protection, camps out in your mind like a personal parasite. A parasite that doesn't belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough simple and engaging exercises and explorations, Neal leads you into meeting, confronting, and ultimately quieting your own inner critic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy shedding off the burden of the superego, you can overcome tired patterns of reward and punishment, reduce the self-talk that harms you, and ultimately clear an open space for the life you deserve, one that is gentler and more peaceful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust imagine...if all that nasty, negative chatter in your head just evaporated ... what would you do next?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetter days are just ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857127362718,"sku":"ADS-9781897238851","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781897238851.jpg?v=1779155404","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781897238851","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}