A review by whiteage
Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer

2.0

I’ll admit I was really excited to read this (the title did grab me), but the “new science” didn’t seem new to me (I’ve also read a lot about anxiety, CBT and mindfulness). This seemed to take existing therapies and “re-brand” them as new. The last few chapters seemed disconnected from the rest of the book (they were added later), with the name-dropping “way to go, me!” epilogue especially feeling weird and out of place. I will say that I did gather a few new, affirming nuggets of information, but it could have been more appealing written more concisely, with less repetition in half the length.