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Meredith B. (readingwithmere)'s Reviews > Stop Self-Sabotage: Six Steps to Unlock Your True Motivation, Harness Your Willpower, and Get Out of Your Own Way
Stop Self-Sabotage: Six Steps to Unlock Your True Motivation, Harness Your Willpower, and Get Out of Your Own Way
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4 Stars!
I go to therapy every single month and I've been going since I was 19. Some months and years it was more than others but I personally think it's a healthy thing. When I was asked to review a book written by a psychologist about self-sabotage (which I do a lot of, sadly) I was definitely in! A lot of the techniques and exercises in this book transported me back to my own therapy sessions over the years which has helped me immensely.
Dr. Judy starts the book with how and why we got here. Then she takes us through six steps to stop self sabotaging. She goes into great detail as to why each step is so important and then how to fix it. She also gives you 3 exercises, one quick, one short term and one long term. These are actually very helpful as I've done them myself throughout the last 10 years or so when identifying self sabotaging situations. She ends the book with how to continue on and keep up with this journey to end self sabotage. In fact, I feel like I could hear her cheering me on when I got to the last page!
Self help books can be hard for people to take the info and apply it. First, I think you have to want to do it and you cannot force anyone to self-help/get help if they do not want it. I think the info and exercises in this book are very realistic and can truly help those who self sabotage. I cannot say that I never self sabotage anymore but this book did make me realize some more self sabotaging scenarios in my life. I plan to use Dr. Judy's techniques to help improve them.
If you've ever told yourself you can't or you've been scared to do something because of embarrassment then this is the book for you to help you change your thinking. This book can truly help with all situations (deadlines at work, weight loss, dating, etc.). Think of it as your own therapy at your own pace in 250 pages.
Be sure to pick this one up when it publishes in August. I hope that Dr. Judy decides to write more as I would definitely love to read more by her! Thank you to Suzy Approved Book Tours and Harper Wave for my ARC of this book.
I go to therapy every single month and I've been going since I was 19. Some months and years it was more than others but I personally think it's a healthy thing. When I was asked to review a book written by a psychologist about self-sabotage (which I do a lot of, sadly) I was definitely in! A lot of the techniques and exercises in this book transported me back to my own therapy sessions over the years which has helped me immensely.
Dr. Judy starts the book with how and why we got here. Then she takes us through six steps to stop self sabotaging. She goes into great detail as to why each step is so important and then how to fix it. She also gives you 3 exercises, one quick, one short term and one long term. These are actually very helpful as I've done them myself throughout the last 10 years or so when identifying self sabotaging situations. She ends the book with how to continue on and keep up with this journey to end self sabotage. In fact, I feel like I could hear her cheering me on when I got to the last page!
Self help books can be hard for people to take the info and apply it. First, I think you have to want to do it and you cannot force anyone to self-help/get help if they do not want it. I think the info and exercises in this book are very realistic and can truly help those who self sabotage. I cannot say that I never self sabotage anymore but this book did make me realize some more self sabotaging scenarios in my life. I plan to use Dr. Judy's techniques to help improve them.
If you've ever told yourself you can't or you've been scared to do something because of embarrassment then this is the book for you to help you change your thinking. This book can truly help with all situations (deadlines at work, weight loss, dating, etc.). Think of it as your own therapy at your own pace in 250 pages.
Be sure to pick this one up when it publishes in August. I hope that Dr. Judy decides to write more as I would definitely love to read more by her! Thank you to Suzy Approved Book Tours and Harper Wave for my ARC of this book.
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Jul 28, 2019 02:52PM
Great review Meredith. I agree that everyone can benefit from therapy and we all self-sabotage to some extent. I'll be on the lookout for this one.
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Someone may be a good therapist for you but not work out for someone like me. I once saw a therapist named Holly Twedt. She had training in Christian therapy but she was a mainstream (mainline) Christian who was prejudiced against minority Jehovah's Witnesses which is what I was back then and currently still am. I could feel she wanted me to tell her negative stories about other Jehovah's witnesses and that she didn't view us as real Christians simply because we don't believe in the Trinity, blood transfusions, or celebrate Christmas. Well to make a long story short I didn't have happy conversations with Jehovah's Witnesses who became licensed therapists either. As far as I know they still live and work in Washington state. The only one I didn't see worked in Seattle which was too far for me as I lived in Tacoma. Well, it's just as well.
