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There was a lot of truly great content in this book. The idea of the “stress cycle” and that you have to work to complete it was completely new to me. It makes a lot of sense now why I’ve had so many issues with stress in my life, and it’s helped to know what I can do to complete the cycle.
In the last chapter, the idea of the “madwoman upstairs” really hit me right in the feels. I started thinking about it, and it really does feel like there is somebody else in here sometimes, telling me jerky things that I would never say to a friend.
This book has a very liberal slant to it. I’m a conservative-leaning libertarian. There was A LOT of talk about “the patriarchy” and other liberal ideas in this book. It was a little heavy handed at times, but I appreciated that they at least tried to tone it down.
My take on “the patriarchy” is that it does exist, in some form. The authors aren’t wrong. When I’ve encountered it in my life, I’ve chosen to move away from it, rather than fight or complain about it.
I have to say that this book gave me a little different perspective on it. Even though I’ve chosen to move on from the badness, it still leaves scars. It still hurts that the “bro club” of a software company I joined viewed me as a junior developer for 2 years (even though I wasn’t hired as a junior level) and refused to acknowledge my ideas, and when I moved on I doubled my salary, for example. Society says you’re supposed to look at it as, well things are going ok now, so you don’t have the right to complain. But, it’s just never gotten resolved for me. This book gives me permission to feel - a little - angry about it, so I can move through it.
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Stop bashing the patriarchy and start helping please
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It might be a feminist book but the idea do work for both genders
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In all fairness, the book starts off really well. The authors talk about separating the stress from the stressor, how to actually completely the stress cycle etc. Then in the second section it just gets so weird. They absolutely ramble on for a third of the book about the patriarchy and feminism. Let me clarify, I hate the patriarchy and I am a feminist but it does not give any tangible advice for helping your stress and burnout, seemed like a total venting session. Not helpful at all.
Even worse by the end of the book they tell you to think about your "inner madwoman". Just think about that for a second. Is it in any way healthy to refer to yourself as a "madwoman"? Most definitely not. I rushed through the end because I wanted to finish it but it was unbearable. There are heaps of great self help books out there, this one is not it so save your money. They continuously reference Disney movies which is great if you are between the ages of 5-10. I am not.
On a happier note I realised something positive about myself, that I can actually write a book! If these 2 can write such garbage, I could probably write a better book myself. No joke.
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Banal, derivative, give it a miss so many better books on this subject!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 23, 2019
