The Self-Confidence Workbook: A Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt and Improving Self-Esteem (Building Self-Confidence)

I have read all of Dr. Barbara Markway's books and they greatly helped me overcome social anxiety.This modern comprehensive workbook has everything you need! It encompasses many topics, strategies and resources in a warm, easy to read tone. It has step by step, real, relatable action steps, and is up to date with examples, scenarios (e.g., social media and bad news burnout) and names of other empowering individuals in the field in all sorts of media and book formats.I’ve been gathering resources for 20 years in this area. I’m delighted to see each method I’ve seen to be highly effective in my personal and professional life come to light. From cognitive distortions (automatic negative thoughts), exposures, growth-based mindset, scarcity vs abundance thinking, creating hierarchies and realistic action plans, covering areas of CBT, ACT and Coaching - they are all beautifully intertwined.To really grasp the concepts, there are many brief scenarios with relatable characters who are facing challenges and overcoming them realistically; it’s a helpful added touch in each chapter. The Chapter Takeaways and Action Steps are a bountiful bonus, including links to even more modern resources.The thought-provoking questions are wonderful to getting to the root off your thinking and how to transform your beliefs, this workbook is definitely something to look back upon over time, track and update regularly. They aren’t cheesy questions that are typically asked in self-help books, they are of great depth with much detail of how to interpret them and connect them to other tools in the book.As a social anxiety/fear of public speaking support group and workshop facilitator over the past decade and a life coach the past couple of years, this workbook is like nothing I’ve seen before and it will be recommended to just about everyone I meet : )

The authors and various individuals who invested their time into this book are keen and passionate about helping out people with low self esteem, and I would suggest no other book than this one.

Lots of good advice, but seems deliberately to eschew truths of religion in favor of "whatever you think". Good for the particular goal of building self-confidence, but missing the opportunity to affirm the whole person in truth rather than neglect truth for the sake of book sales.

I was in denial that any type of change would come from this book and I am glad to see that I proved myself wrong. I read this book slowly, really trying to grasp all the concepts every chapter had to offer. It took me about 3 months to complete it and wow, looking back at my notes from the first 2 chapters was mind blown on how much my confidence and thought process changed for the better. I feel more confident and in love with myself after reading this book. I have put into action many lessons in this book and they have worked in nurturing me and picking my crippling self-confidence up. I am so glad I read it, and will encourage anyone going thru a dark period of self doubt and lack of confidence to give this book a try.

This book really helped me while I was going through a divorce. I didn't know who I was anymore and felt like every decision I was making was the wrong one. I needed some help to get me grounded again and this book really helped me get back on my feet. It gave me a lot of practical advice. There's places for reflection and to take action steps. I'll be reading it again every so often for sure.

It is an excellent book. It explains perfectly the things you have to do to know yourself better, and to start changing and earn confidence. Many of the exercises are easy to do, and they are really useful. I recomend this book to every person who is struggling with low self-confidence and wants to start accion.

I thought this would be a good book for my clients, since I’m a therapist. I’ll be returning this. The book is not bad. But it doesn’t meet my standards as a health professional.

So far I really resonate with this book. It is clear and thankfully not marred by academic jargon like other books of the same subject matter I have read. I am enjoying it immensely and can see from its structure that I will be able to make progress using its practical approach.