Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

3.08 AVERAGE

kayeleeo's profile picture

kayeleeo's review against another edition

2.5
 So this actually triggered me to start overthinking on things I hadn’t even thought about yet…

There were a few moments I felt enlightened, but overall this made me feel worse and was just a reminder of how much women go through and are meant to just handle it… there was no new advice in this book that I hadn’t heard before. Hearing some of the women’s stories was a nice reminder of how you can always overcome hard things, but yeah not feeling super great after finishing this lol
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toiaaaa's review against another edition

3.0
medium-paced

ems123789's review

4.0
challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
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leemothyjones's review against another edition

2.0
At least the audiobook was short.

Nothing like having a PHD doctor say "Overthinking means you're stressed out" like, gee, you think?

A lot of storytelling with not a lot of substance. Not even what could prevent overthinking, just kept telling stories about different women spiraling. One stories moral was "You cannot control other people" only for the next two stories to say "anyway, here's how these women change the men in their lives"

Not really any helpful stuff, anything in here you can easily get from other self help books. 
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natscorner_'s review against another edition

not for me, this book aged badly
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historianvik's review against another edition

2.0
fast-paced
Mediocre. Some good examples but mostly filled with things I already knew/ basic basic therapy techniques. Also stereotypical 

mnwildman's review

4.0
challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

gracelamp's review against another edition

2.5
informative fast-paced
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mirkosmimi's review

3.0
Boring and drawn-out, but solid advice. 

saralup's review against another edition

3.0
informative fast-paced
Interesting, moderately helpful. Not a lot of science/evidence to back uk claims, and also some very specifics, and potentially irrelevant examples for many readers. 
Had some good recommendations at the end, but definitely not a book for someone deep in the throes of overthinking