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stephaniesteen73's review against another edition
4.0
There were a lot of great things in this book that will stick with me for a long time such as Human Giver Syndrome and "completing the stress cycle." I think every woman should read this because there is so much cultural conditioning in us that we don't even notice or question. For the time-strapped, there is a helpful "tl;dr" at the end of each chapter which outlines the main points.
christinas11's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
Audiobook. I actually lowered this one star because I realize I'm far too generous with my ratings lol. Chapter 1, completing the stress cycle, was actually really interesting and helpful. The thing is, it could've stopped there, 15% of the way into the book, for me. I didn't relate to very much of the rest of the book. If felt like a bunch of unrelated topics they tried to relate to make one book. For that reason, I think people may resonated with parts of the book but it didn't feel cohesive. I found an article that covered chapter 1 that I could reference back to and I probably would've been fine with just that to begin with.
dbess's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
storyeatsmybrain's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
daumari's review against another edition
4.0
I tend to be a little bit wary of self-help books, especially if they make pop culture references because I feel like that dates them, but Burnout quite concisely describes the reasons for stress (we tend to freeze or flee or 'just grit your teeth and deal with it' without actually completing the stress cycle to release) and ways to alleviate that in our lives. It neatly packages a lot of what I stumbled into through my university's CAPS after nearly crashing and burning in grad school about self-compassion and recognizing it's okay to be kind to yourself, including thatinternal critical voice as part of yourself as well.
I tend to skim through other reviews before posting mine, just to see if I'm on a similar wavelength as other readers and this one seems to be polarizing- alas, I do wonder if some of the negative reviews would be less harsh if they became aware of the impact that systemic patriarchy has on nearly every aspect of society, and how there's a lot of stress on being a "Human Giver" as the Nagoski sisters put it.
I tend to skim through other reviews before posting mine, just to see if I'm on a similar wavelength as other readers and this one seems to be polarizing- alas, I do wonder if some of the negative reviews would be less harsh if they became aware of the impact that systemic patriarchy has on nearly every aspect of society, and how there's a lot of stress on being a "Human Giver" as the Nagoski sisters put it.
juanjmorales's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5