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How to be a grown up : the ten secret skills everyone needs to know / Stacy Kaiser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperOne, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 261 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0061941182
  • 9780061941184
Subject(s): Summary: The challenge of being a grown up is to effectively balance the desire for fun and freedom against the responsibilities that come with having a full and productive life. This book is about maximizing your chances for happiness and success. As the psychotherapist on both Celebrity Fit Club and Lifetime's DietTribe, Stacy Kaiser has gained a reputation for helping us face the truth that is holding us back. She offers "tough love," but in a fun way. As a result of providing therapy for thousands of patients, Stacy identifies ten critical areas that will help readers develop the life skills needed to become a successful, happy, high-functioning adult. The book opens with a quiz to assess the reader's current level of function in the ten areas, followed by chapters devoted to each. While some of these will be familiar, Stacy offers a fresh take and gives you a blueprint to follow.--From publisher description.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 158 K13 Checked out 07/19/2024 33111005975723
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"How to Be a Grown Up should be required reading for anyone wishing to be (or trying to raise) an emotionally-fit, responsible adult in the modern world. In clear and simple language this book provides everything you need to know to have a successful life." -- Arielle Ford, author of The Soulmate Secret

In How to Be a Grown Up, Stacy Kaiser, the renowned psychotherapist from Celebrity Fit Club and The Lifetime Channel's DietTribe, reveals the ten critical areas that impact our success, happiness, and fulfillment. In the vein of the books of Dr. Laura, Cheryl Richardson, and Dr. Phil, How to Be a Grown Up is an effective blueprint for realizing your own best potential.

Includes bibliographical references.

The challenge of being a grown up is to effectively balance the desire for fun and freedom against the responsibilities that come with having a full and productive life. This book is about maximizing your chances for happiness and success. As the psychotherapist on both Celebrity Fit Club and Lifetime's DietTribe, Stacy Kaiser has gained a reputation for helping us face the truth that is holding us back. She offers "tough love," but in a fun way. As a result of providing therapy for thousands of patients, Stacy identifies ten critical areas that will help readers develop the life skills needed to become a successful, happy, high-functioning adult. The book opens with a quiz to assess the reader's current level of function in the ten areas, followed by chapters devoted to each. While some of these will be familiar, Stacy offers a fresh take and gives you a blueprint to follow.--From publisher description.

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