Positive Psychologist and award-winning filmmaker Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein has announced a free ebook giveaway of her bestselling historical fiction book, Women's Freedom, Unfinished Love Stories, available on September 22 and 23, 2026. The book explores the struggles and desires of young women in the 1960s, delving into sexuality, identity, and self-discovery. Through the stories of three college students, Dr. Holstein highlights universal longings and challenges that have shaped generations. The ebook can be downloaded from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Barbara-Becker-Holstein/author/B001JXEZ8U.
In addition to the giveaway, Dr. Holstein has released two new books in print on Amazon. The King of the Numbers is a children's book that emphasizes the importance of the number zero, showing how zero, when paired with other numbers, greatly increases their value. This gives Zero, the hero of the story, his well-deserved reputation as the King of numbers. The book aims to help children enhance their self-esteem. The second book, Poetry by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, was penned by Dr. Holstein as a young person during a fragile and exciting period in her life. In her words, "poetry tells us in a few words what we feel and see often in our lives that we don't really know how to put into words."
Dr. Holstein is known for wrapping Positive Psychology concepts in engaging, relatable, and inspiring media. Her work includes six bestselling, award-winning books, four self-esteem workbooks for girls 8 and up, award-winning films and coming-of-age selfie films, podcasts, dedicated websites, stage plays, a library of articles, and TED-style talks. As a school psychologist and in private practice, she has helped children and parents develop life skills in decision-making, recognize their own talents, feel more courageous, and build successful inter-generational skills. Her last book, Conflict and a Bit of Magic, helps kids build self-esteem through reading the journal of a girl, identifying with her, and understanding they have more courage and resiliency than they thought. It achieved bestseller status in the multi-generational families category. Her latest workbook for kids, Secrets, achieved bestseller status in the 'Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction on Depression' category.
Dr. Holstein's cutting-edge presentations, most recently based on the Covid-19 pandemic issues, can be found on YouTube, Vimeo, and on the Roku channel and Amazon Fire TV, titled 'The Enchanted Self Presents'. She created The Selfie Showcase, a project emerging from The Selfie Project, that allows young people to voice their opinions on subjects that matter to them, including the pandemic. The Selfie Showcase allows kids, teens, and young adults ages 13 to 18 to candidly express their concerns, worries, observations, and possible solutions by creating selfie videos or films around important subjects using a smartphone. Dr. Holstein's mission is to help rectify some issues young people face by giving them a chance to engage with others in meaningful ways about the anxiety and stress they must grapple with constantly. More information about the Selfie Showcase is available at http://www.selfiefilmmakers.com. Selfie videos and selfie films can be uploaded at the site. More information is available at her primary website at http://www.enchantedself.com.
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein is an internationally known Positive Psychologist, creator of The Enchanted Self ®, a positive psychology method for happiness, and a pioneer in Selfies as Film. Her Enchanted Self website was included as one of the best websites in positive psychology. She is in private practice in Long Branch, New Jersey, with her husband, Dr. Russell M. Holstein. She has been a contributor to Your Tango, Heart and Soul, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Honey Good, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Redbook, Real Simple, Women's World, The Wall Street Journal, Psychcentral.com, Time online, Readers Digest, Parade, The Today Show, and Family Circle Magazine.
