13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

Amy Morin

Dec 2014 · HarperAudio · Narrated by Amy Morin

About this audiobook

Expanding on her viral post that has become an international phenomenon, a psychotherapist offers simple yet effective solutions for increasing mental strength and finding happiness and success in life.

As a licensed clinical social worker, college psychology instructor, and psychotherapist, Amy Morin has seen countless people choose to succeed despite facing enormous challenges. That resilience inspired her to write 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do, a web post that instantly went viral, and was picked up by the Forbes website.

Morin’s post focused on the concept of mental strength, how mentally strong people avoid negative behaviors—feeling sorry for themselves, resenting other people’s success, and dwelling on the past. Instead, they focus on the positive to help them overcome challenges and become their best.

In this inspirational, affirmative book, Morin expands upon her original message, providing practical strategies to help readers avoid the thirteen common habits that can hold them back from success. Combining compelling anecdotal stories with the latest psychological research, she offers strategies for avoiding destructive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors common to everyone.

Like physical strength, mental strength requires healthy habits, exercise, and hard work. Morin teaches you how to embrace a happier outlook and arms you to emotionally deal with life’s inevitable hardships, setbacks, and heartbreaks—sharing for the first time her own poignant story of tragedy, and how she summoned the mental strength to move on. As she makes clear, mental strength isn’t about acting tough; it’s about feeling empowered to overcome life's challenges.

Ratings and reviews

It's the narration that's dreadful. I used this to fall asleep when insomnia hit several nights. The book itself is AWESOME. After I switched to the printed book I learned a lot of useful information that I'm applying to my own life. But I'd never get through it just listening to this flat voice. 🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️ Just read it yourself unless you're like me and have sleep issues.

I didn't get very far in this book and had to stop listening. I do think the narration lacks some enthusiasm but isn't the worse. I think what "annoyed" me about the book was that the content was very surface level and offered the common "self-help" tools. I can see this as a good book for someone just starting out on their personal mental journey. The 13 things didn't seem to offer anything different than the typical self help items, and just didn't go very deep into being mentally strong. Maybe for me personally, I read a lot of personal development books so I felt like i already knew these things.

Decent book with good points, just awful reading for an audiobook. Her voice sounds completely robotic and uninterested

About the author

Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, mental strength trainer and an international bestselling author. Her books in the 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do series have sold more than 1 million copies and been translated into more than 40 languages. She's the award-winning host of the Mentally Stronger podcast and she gave one of the most popular TEDx talks of all time. The Guardian dubbed her the ""self-help guru of the moment"" and Forbes refers to her as ""a thought leadership star. She lives on a sailboat in the Florida Keys. You can visit her online at amymorinlcsw.com.