gillthequill 's review for:

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

DID NOT FINISH: 85%

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My therapist recommended I give this book a try if you struggle with anxiety. This is not a book that will help you if anxiety is your struggle. It is a cherry picked series of self help and positive thinking nonsense, with bogus claims about anxiety, sadness, love and self image. The more I read the more I realized I was not this book's target audience. The psuedo intellectual tone without any real research grated, and it boiled down to "your mind can make the change" mixed with truisms and pithy observations. I managed to get through 26 of these essays before I gave up. They did not in fact change how I think.