Despite being written several decades ago, mostly for divorced and widowed women, I learned a lot from this book. Would defo recommend the first half of it.

Never really liked self help books before but really really liked this one! wasn’t too abstract just talked about little mindset shifts - would highly recommend!

Three stars is a little generous, but I did take a lot from this book, particularly the first two or three chapters, and enjoyed reading it for the most part. For me, the credibility soon fizzled out towards the end of the book, and it became a bit too new age and cringe-worthy for me to take seriously. A lighthearted and worthy read overall though.

GENUINELY feel that this book made a significant impact on my life

Too much mumbo jumbo along the lines of "say 'yes' to the universe."

Listened on audio
Lots of good tips and advice.. will definitely get a hard copy.

This is one of the most popular and often recommended self-development books on the market and it is easy to see why. Author Susan Jeffers offers up a very easy read that makes a lot of sense, helping the reader to understand why many of the common fears that hold us back from living our lives are, in reality, irrational and that we can re-program our minds to overcome this irrationality and live full, productive and rewarding lives.

I found this book an easy read with every chapter hitting home with practical advice.

I read this book because it was recommended by the person who runs a c.f.s/m.e. clinic I attend.

I have really mixed feelings about the book as a whole. The first two chapters are great and clarifying and useful. The rest of the book, for me, is far less successful.

Firstly, in chapter 3 the author talks about illness. She orders you to declare, out loud, that you are completely responsible for your illness. I had a very strong negative reaction to that and put the book down for about a week while I processed my thoughts/feelings. I have a chronic illness. I'm completely responsible for how I react to and manage and deal with that illness. There is, however, absolutely nothing I could have done to stop myself becoming ill and I am not responsible for having become ill in the first place. The latter half the chapter clarifies this distinction somewhat but the subject is not dealt with very carefully and I suspect many people with severe ongoing illness might react badly and struggle to take away what I believe the author is attempting to communicate.

My main critique however is mostly stylistic. The writing style is almost rabidly excited. Exclamation points abound, as do italics. There are lots of buzz words and talk of affirmation audios and what feels like the self-help version of management speak. There is useful information in this book and I'll probably come back and read it again at some future date but, for me at least, I feel the need to root through the explosion of aggressive positivity to find versions of the recommendations I can use without tiring myself out.

I decided to feel the fear and do it anyway because this book said so. Nothing to lose, everything to gain sort of a mentality could be helpful at times.

A decent book for those who want to dissect the nature of fear. It is an interest way to look at the uncomfortable feelings associated with fear and thereby constructively address and move forward from panic, anxiety, apprehension. I found it helpful in dealing with both personal feelings of fear and in interacting with others who might be reacting as a function of feelings of fear.

The short read of Susan's book is packed with precise description on Fear.

Based on Susan,
Fear is felt when you are not able to handle it. The fear can be imaginary or real.
At any moment, when Fear is felt just say.

I'll handle it...

Finally:
Whatever it takes to get you there. Feel the Fear and do it anyway!!!

Fear is just an emotion. Bring back the teaching of Dale Carnegie. 99% of what you fear most never happens anyway ...

This book reminds me of that Lion King meme. Simba says, "my father's dead" and Timon and Pumbaa reply, "have you tried just not fucking worrying about it?!".

There's some useful bits but it's basically the Bible of toxic positivity.