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    Your Thoughts Create Your World: Learn How to Create the Life You Want by Taking Charge of Your Self-Talk.
    Your Thoughts Create Your World: Learn How to Create the Life You Want by Taking Charge of Your Self-Talk.
    Your Thoughts Create Your World: Learn How to Create the Life You Want by Taking Charge of Your Self-Talk.
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    Your Thoughts Create Your World: Learn How to Create the Life You Want by Taking Charge of Your Self-Talk.

    By Don Steckdaub

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    Author Don Steckdaub has taken concepts that have been discussed by philosophers, theologians, teachers, and thinkers as far back as we have recorded history. The power of thought is universally accepted as a creative force in molding our view of our internal and external worlds. We are encouraged through affirmations, constructive prayer, meditation, education, counseling, twelve-step programs to change the way we think about difficult areas in our lives. When we change our thinking, we change our experience.

    This book will give readers a powerful, effective, proven, and simple way to change the experience they are having with any situation or circumstance. The model was first presented on videotape several years ago and has been used in the treatment of alcohol and drug addiction, codependency, anger management, marital issues, domestic violence, and parenting. This book will be helpful to anyone willing to take charge of their own life and reprogram their self-talk.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateFeb 9, 2012
    ISBN9781452545257
    Your Thoughts Create Your World: Learn How to Create the Life You Want by Taking Charge of Your Self-Talk.
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    Don Steckdaub

    Don Steckdaub lives with his wife, Rita, and two puppies in Murrieta, California.  He has worked in the counseling field for more than forty years.  He is a licensed marriage family therapist and a certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor.  He has earned a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and doctorate degrees in psychology and philosophy.              He has worked in all areas of addiction treatment and has consulted with numerous corporations creating and supervising treatment programs.  He has worked closely with county probation and the courts, creating programs for domestic violence, child abuse and sexual offenses.  He has worked in private practice specializing in marital issues and has worked for the past seven years as a military and family life consultant.   Visit his website YourthoughtsCreate.com.

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      Your Thoughts Create Your World - Don Steckdaub

      Your

      Thoughts

      Create Your

      World

      Learn how to create the life you want by taking charge of your self-talk.

      Anyone can understand and master this key to the good life. But hold on, it may change your entire life.

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      Don Steckdaub PhD

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      Copyright © Don Steckdaub PhD 2012

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

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      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4525-4524-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-4525-7 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012900144

      Balboa Press rev. date:2/2/2012

      Contents

      Preface

      Self Talk / Thinking

      The Self-Talk Triangle Explained

      Three Destructive Thought Patterns

      The Scale – the Answer to Awfulizing

      How Do We Change Self-Talk?

      Healthy Self-Talk

      Education vs. Application

      A Personal Toolkit for Change

      Self-Talk Worksheet

      A Personal Action Plan

      About the Author

      Preface

      For nearly forty years I have worked in the counseling field. During that time I have tasked myself to find a way to describe how individuals, couples, families and institutions, function well and how they dysfunction. I have read many books, studied many philosophies and religions, attended schools and seminars, talked with, and to, thousands of people. I have studied Twelve Step approaches, created a successful business, loved much, and married well.

      This chip of a book is my attempt to impart what I have distilled from my life experiences both personally and professionally. I have a passion to share what I have learned and experienced in the hope that others might find the high road and be able to create a life they identify as good and rewarding.

      I owe gratitude to many people. Everyone I have met has been a teacher. To name only a few is not fair, but necessary. Three people have had a profound influence on my thinking; Dr. Herbert Beierle, Dr. Albert Ellis, and Chuck Chamberlin. Many more have given me ideas and challenged me to think. Among my best teachers have been my mother, my children, and my wife, Rita. I thank them all.

      Special thanks are offered to my longtime friend and colleague, Claudia

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