Mahre

Very creepy computer narration

Revisado: 04-22-24

I would skip this one. The narration is creeoy as it's a computer rather than a person. I thought their suggestions were condescending and weird. Fir insrance, there was little thought about people's lives differing. Who needs four church outfits? What is a church outfit? Very traditional christian perspective which is particularly off-putting given the hateful nationalistic, on-the-road to fascist trends seen so often these days.

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Some good information

Revisado: 08-23-19

I liked the book generally. Not as much detail as I would have liked about how to do this. I was not at all a fan of the religious take on everything. I thought that was immaterial to the content as well. "God" has no stake in our stuff, I'm sure.

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Some good information/ideas, needs a good editor

Revisado: 12-19-18

The author has some good ideas about how to apply new learnings about brain science to address life issues. There is a decidedly negative analysis of most other approaches and a very simplistic presentation of a "magic bullet" solution she suggests will work for anyone and everyone. She presents what worked for her as the one true, final fix for binge eating.

There is little acknowledgment that the contributing issues differ among those who binge. There is also a very simplistic idea, essentially - "just don't do it" - presented as the solution. Just don't binge and you will be cured. It sounds a bit like "just don't drink" and your alcohol issues will be resolved. I've known dry drunks who "just stopped" who are little better off than they were while drinking.

I think there is some good information here, but much of the content negatively targets other methods and repeats the same conclusion repeatedly - "I just chose not to binge. I was cured. I know I will never binge again."

The material is very repetitive and the narration uninteresting. There were also issues with skipping and pausing. A good editor and re-recording would improve the book greatly.

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This book needs an a good editor!

Revisado: 07-16-18

I found this book - as much as I could bear to listen to - to have good information. However, by chapter four, I had wondered if I had somehow returned to the beginning at least ten times. The first three chapters could easily be just one. This did not seem to improve as I continued to listen; the book is very unnecessarily repetitive. I will see if someone has written a summary of the book.

Several times, just as I thought she would provide a list of helpful ideas, she referred me to the website instead. She does include very detailed URL information. She often quotes others' works, and it gets very confusing what is her work and what is others'.

Additionally, I found her tone unnecessarily condescending and angry. She seems to have a lot of anger still to resolve. Of course, there is much to be angry about, but I think it undermines her authority here.

That said, there is a lot of good information here if you can invest the time and tease it out.

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Great material but unnecessarily crude language

Revisado: 05-23-18

Interesting with a lot of good interviews and ideas about getting and living well sober. My one complaint is that the language is unnecessarily crude with many F%$*^! bombs throughout - as if that means his experience was the worst of the worst compared with everyone else's. It was hard to distinguish his words from some of his great experts which left me wondering if most of the spiritual leaders I admire also speak as crudely when not overhead.

Other than that, good information. I am not convinced his addictive behavior was so much worse than everyone else's experience. Active addiction is painful to all involved and I see no reason to make it a competition.

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Very Disappointing - Don't bother

Revisado: 02-15-18

What disappointed you about Stop Saying You're Fine?

The information is really a rehash of other folks' work with some self-aggrandizing stories thrown in. The language and presentation are geared toward folks with a middle school mentality - educationally and emotionally. It's a sort of locker-room version of the information really. I found the presentation very uneven and unnecessarily aggressive, a bit insulting really.

Has Stop Saying You're Fine turned you off from other books in this genre?

No. I just don't like the tone and presentation of this book.

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Not impressed

Revisado: 06-11-15

What was most disappointing about Mastin Kipp’s story?

This seems like an exercise in name dropping and woe is me... All these famouse, rich people then helped me out. I don't think it really offered much information really. Not worth the money or point.

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