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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
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Well.... I did not like it. I really love the cover though. I just could not get into the meanderings of the author about her life with anxiety. I guess her anxiety is not similar enough to mine for me to feel the joy of companionship and understanding, and life is just too short to read books you neither enjoy nor get much from.
Also, it sort of triggered my own anxiety and was a mixture of unhelpful patronizing and random anecdotes about people we don't care about.
Also, it sort of triggered my own anxiety and was a mixture of unhelpful patronizing and random anecdotes about people we don't care about.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
If I could give this book 10 stars I definitely would.
challenging
dark
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inspiring
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medium-paced
2.5 stars. The best part of the book is the cover. đŹ
I devoured the first half of this book. By the half way point, I started to grow tired of the author.
She included some good tips that I jotted down, however, I do not agree with every analysis and piece of advice. Her use of studies and quotes felt cherry picked to fit her opinions, not some deeper exploration of actual facts on the best ways to deal with anxiety. I can also understand why people say this book makes them MORE anxious.
Her lifestyle is completely unrelatable to the average person, which is fine, but it's a reoccurring theme in how she copes. Most of us can't go live in the woods, constantly go globe trotting, or spend time at an ashram. Not to mention, I didn't pick this book up so that she could talk me into cutting out sugar. Mention it once, fine, then move on.
As Sarah Wilson kept mentioning yet another excursion out in the world, I kept picturing Barry from Baby Mama. đ "You know, I was swimming this morning with the dolphins in Costa Rica..." Sure, Barry. Sure, Sarah.
Personally, I'm not a fan of vulgar language and there was some of that as well.
I am glad I read the book because I did get some useful ideas but the last 40 pages or so were especially painful to get through.
I devoured the first half of this book. By the half way point, I started to grow tired of the author.
She included some good tips that I jotted down, however, I do not agree with every analysis and piece of advice. Her use of studies and quotes felt cherry picked to fit her opinions, not some deeper exploration of actual facts on the best ways to deal with anxiety. I can also understand why people say this book makes them MORE anxious.
Her lifestyle is completely unrelatable to the average person, which is fine, but it's a reoccurring theme in how she copes. Most of us can't go live in the woods, constantly go globe trotting, or spend time at an ashram. Not to mention, I didn't pick this book up so that she could talk me into cutting out sugar. Mention it once, fine, then move on.
As Sarah Wilson kept mentioning yet another excursion out in the world, I kept picturing Barry from Baby Mama. đ "You know, I was swimming this morning with the dolphins in Costa Rica..." Sure, Barry. Sure, Sarah.
Personally, I'm not a fan of vulgar language and there was some of that as well.
I am glad I read the book because I did get some useful ideas but the last 40 pages or so were especially painful to get through.
Skimmed the end. I enjoyed some of the practices, but just couldnât enjoy the authors writing style. The way the chapters were divided was just confusing for my brain & some of it triggered my anxiety. Whoops.
Got this for Christmas, my mother told me I was either going to love or hate it from what she read of the reviews.
I fortunately enjoyed it quite a bit. It really was about the authors journey through anxiety and things she has struggled with and tried and she really just prompts the readers to be able to reframe their anxiety into a positive. She mentions multiple times that she is not a doctor and these are just things she thinks may be helpful, and why not share that? I guess Iâm just trying to figure out her critics.
This author is on the extreme end of the anxiety spectrum but there were some parts that were incredibly relevant to my own life. Itâs funny because before even reading this Iâve gotten to a point where I have blossomed through my anxiety and have found incredible peace with things and myself as they are.
There were some tips Iâm going to take forward with me as well that I think will help me get through those breakthrough stressful times. Plus the physical book smelled as good as a goosebumps book, so yeah I recommend smelling it or reading it.
I fortunately enjoyed it quite a bit. It really was about the authors journey through anxiety and things she has struggled with and tried and she really just prompts the readers to be able to reframe their anxiety into a positive. She mentions multiple times that she is not a doctor and these are just things she thinks may be helpful, and why not share that? I guess Iâm just trying to figure out her critics.
This author is on the extreme end of the anxiety spectrum but there were some parts that were incredibly relevant to my own life. Itâs funny because before even reading this Iâve gotten to a point where I have blossomed through my anxiety and have found incredible peace with things and myself as they are.
There were some tips Iâm going to take forward with me as well that I think will help me get through those breakthrough stressful times. Plus the physical book smelled as good as a goosebumps book, so yeah I recommend smelling it or reading it.
I did enjoy the writing style of this book. It felt comforting, like talking to a friend. Some passages were eerily on the nose for my thought processes, and I found it reassuring knowing that I'm not alone. And while there were definitely some helpful nuggets throughout the book that I would like to reread and soak up more, I also found by the end, I just plain didn't like the author. I appreciate her candor and realistic approach to anxiety (anxiety isn't just going to magically disappear after reading this book and that she herself still continuously lives with it, despite continuously working on it) I also felt annoyed by how oblivious she seemed to be about her own privilege... to travel constantly, uproot herself, be on TV, be a published author, etc. She even stated she doesn't care about money and claimed to be middle class...yet she uprooted her whole life to go to some exclusive ashram across the world...? Continuously keeps her stuff in storage so she can keep moving all around the world? I did like the idea of embracing the unknown in order to better live with anxiety, but a subtext to the book almost sounded like "be exactly like me, throwing caution to the wind all the time!" It sounds like she's running from unprocessed trauma or forming supportive relationships.
She admits to being manic throughout writing the book (which isn't inherently bad), but some of the advice comes off plain irresponsible. Suggesting folks abandon their medications "just to see what happens/what creative potential it might unlock"...?! Yikes.
I would be selective about who I would recommend this book to.
She admits to being manic throughout writing the book (which isn't inherently bad), but some of the advice comes off plain irresponsible. Suggesting folks abandon their medications "just to see what happens/what creative potential it might unlock"...?! Yikes.
I would be selective about who I would recommend this book to.
Interesting as a mĂ©moire and has some good tips to understand the anxious mind. But I agree with several other reviewsâthere are sweeping blanket statements without any support (paraphrase e.g. sex is good for anxiety, here is one single story from who knows where about why). And there is little recognition of intersectionality or privilege. I loved the title, but it doesnât have much to do with the book. This book is not about âmaking anxiety beautifulâ as I wish it was.