Jon Henninger

UNIQUE and very HELPFUL - HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Revisado: 04-24-24

I've had all sorts of varying anxieties for most of my life (I'm 43), and I have read/studied about a lot of different techniques that attempt to address those issues, however this book definitely stands out as being unique in the ways in which she explains what's going on in our mind and why we react the way we do to perceived anxiety-inducing situations.

She dissects why we react to certain situations with anxiety (i.e. a primitive area in the brain appraises situations in a split-second fashion, so our responses are essentially automatic and without conscious thought) and how we allow the anxiety cycle to remain intact (i.e. it's essentially a learned behavior that reinforces itself because it makes us feel as though we dodged a bullet).

My undergrad is in Psychology and I'm currently in grad school for a masters in mental health therapy, I have studied this kind of stuff quite a bit, but this book was more helpful than 90% of the others that I have come across thus far. If you are already familiar with certain approaches, her approach seems to be a combination of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), exposure therapy, and MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction).

Not every approach will work for everyone, but this book definitely explains things in a very user-friendly and helpful way. You might have to go back through things a couple of times to truly understand what she is talking about so you can connect the dots as to why you do what you do and how you keep the vicious cycle intact.

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Worth the price

Revisado: 03-27-24

If you’re familiar with this topic, there’s nothing earth shattering new here, but I’ve went through a lot of different books on this topic before, and I still found it to be useful. Lots of different information/concepts discussed in somewhat of a rapidfire fashion, no fluff. 

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Great book, different than the rest

Revisado: 11-01-23

If you're simply looking for pick-up lines this book probably isn't the one for you. But if you can't muster up the strength and courage to make the approach then all those fancy pick-up lines won't matter. And that's where this book is an absolute gem. I have listened to 5-6 others in this general genre and this one clearly stands out among the rest. It takes on a behavioral psychology approach and helps you to learn slowly, allowing you to build up positive habits gradually until those actions essentially become automatic muscle memory through repetition. It is akin to facing a fear slowly (regardless of what the fear is), and this book will help you do that.

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Mind-numbing narration

Revisado: 08-31-23

I wanted to like this, I'm usually into this kind of stuff, but I just couldn't, the narration is absolutely mind-numbing, sounds like a robot. Maybe the content begins to get really good, so take my ratings with a grain of salt, because I quit shortly after I started..

Also, not a huge fan of people that promote "find your passion", duh, we all know that, but what if you don't know what your "true passion" is?

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Hilarious, take a break from life end enjoy this

Revisado: 12-17-21

If you're looking for something light-hearted, casual, and downright laugh out loud funny at times, this is definitely worth a listen. The way the narration is done during some of the storytelling - where they act out the scenes with different voices - is a totally new form of entertainment that I have never experienced before.

Loved it.

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Very well done, highly recommend.

Revisado: 11-17-21

This is my first review here on Audible but I thought this book was put together in such a good way that it was worth taking the time out to potentially bring it to other people’s attention.

I was already aware of the vast majority of the concepts presented in this book but I thought the ways in which they were presented enabled them to hit home more so than the others.

Plus the narration was very good. Easy five stars for me.

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