Feeling Good by Doing Good

Coming to the defence of self-esteem as a valuable and measurable component of good mental health, 'Feeling Good by Doing Good' offers a new evidence-based approach to defining, understanding, and increasing what is known as 'authentic self-esteem'. Translating decades of research in the fields of self-esteem, humanistic psychology, positive psychology, and psychotherapy into everyday terms, Christopher Mruk traces the definition of self-esteem back to when it was first used to describe the value of 'doing that which is both just and right'.