num_pages: 256
description: The Today show's psychiatrist shows readers how to stop living half a life, break old patterns, and take controlYou have a story. The one you're not even aware you're telling yourself, the one you made up as a child to explain the behavior of your parents, the lack of control over your circumstances, the one that's keeping you from becoming more confident, the story that's keeping you from the five qualities of becoming Through revealing and intensive questionnaires, Dr. Gail Saltz helps you to finally identify self-defeating behaviors, improve your self-esteem, and escape your personal traps—the same difficult relationships, the same work problems, the same issues with family and friends—so that you can live with more freedom and control once and for all. Identify the symptoms, and you'll be able to discover—and rewrite—the story of your life.
language: English
title: Becoming Real: Defeating the Stories We Tell Ourselves That Hold Us Back
titlecomplete: Becoming Real: Defeating the Stories We Tell Ourselves That Hold Us Back
genres: Self Help, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Riverhead Hardcover