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Try Softer by Aundi Kolber

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stephvad's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

marlanaperry77's review against another edition

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5.0

A must read for learning how to be kinder to yourself and move through life at a softer pace.

rebeccasmith620's review against another edition

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4.0

Really good! The author integrates God’s tenderness, kindness towards us with how our brains and bodies are wired and how to live with compassionate understanding toward ourselves and others.

ddejong's review against another edition

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3.0

Aundie seems like a really lovely person and I appreciate the way she is integrating secular principles of therapy/psychology/neurobiology with her Christian faith. This book just didn’t do a lot for me. As someone whose life-long battle with low-grade anxiety and a constant sense of “white-knuckling” it can’t be neatly traced back to anything particular in my family dynamics or childhood experiences, I didn’t walk away with a meaningfully better understanding of how I end up in these thought patterns. I could appreciate some of the “try softer” approaches she shares in the back half of the book but again- they weren’t revelatory or particularly helpful for me. Likely just an example of not being quite the right audience for this message but I’m glad that Aundie’s work seems to have resonated with and helped many other people.

katesmorrison's review against another edition

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4.0

So so good and kind. It’s gently challenging while also very practical.

kt_apple's review against another edition

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5.0

A wonderful mix of explaining the physiology of anxiety alongside practical application for coping with it. I do recommend purchasing the physical book as there are a lot of useful charts and exercises to reference. Also noteworthy, the author is Christian and the book contains scripture references and helpful frame of references for likeminded readers without resorting to the prosperity gospel approach.