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I am surprising myself by giving this book 5 stars. I don't much care for the self-help genre and have not read many books of this nature. Perhaps the reason I appreciated this book was because it was more science based and less general psychology based? It's a practical book that doesn't dither about. I finished the book knowing nothing about the author's personal life - which is how it should be. I much prefer reading about various experiments rather than one person's experience. She does use some of her students' stories in brief examples, to hammer home a point. I found the book easy to read(less than 200 pages - plenty long enough) and I found it easy to follow. Best of all, I think it will be easy to apply to my actual life. In fact, I am going to attempt to get my two teenagers to read this book, I find it so filled with helpful ideas. (Wish me luck!) Baring that, I plan to aggravate them by following them around the house, reading pertinent bits out loud to them. I've even already copied one page out of the book and pinned it to the fridge. I'm not sure what has come over me. I guess I just like the message of this book - that while we cannot control what thoughts and feelings pop into our head, we can control how we react to them. Understanding that you are not a special snowflake and that your responses and behaviors have a biological basis is also a message worth hearing. This book is filled with practical advice that you can actually do. I'm glad I picked up this book.