Thought this was a really good book about sexual desire, and enjoyed its normalization of sex positivity. Main two new concepts are her discussions ofThought this was a really good book about sexual desire, and enjoyed its normalization of sex positivity. Main two new concepts are her discussions of spontaneous vs. reactive desire and accelerators vs. breaks; both interesting sections. Overall I liked this a lot!
Easily one of the most genuinely helpful self-help books I’ve ever read. Huge fan of this book’s simple takes on organizing complex systems; only writEasily one of the most genuinely helpful self-help books I’ve ever read. Huge fan of this book’s simple takes on organizing complex systems; only writing down next steps is genuinely life-changing, and I love my someday/maybe list. One or two parts are slightly outdated as occurs with any productivity books in this era, but I really liked this one!
This is the sort of self help that usually doesn't resonate with me much - very inspirational, and Abby Wambach is an absolute icon, but the content oThis is the sort of self help that usually doesn't resonate with me much - very inspirational, and Abby Wambach is an absolute icon, but the content of the book itself didn't feel like a revolution. Nonetheless, glad I gave her a gander! ...more
I think this is a book I would’ve found somewhat more helpful a few years ago. There are several suggestions it makes for coping with narcissism or imI think this is a book I would’ve found somewhat more helpful a few years ago. There are several suggestions it makes for coping with narcissism or improving yourself—specifically, with regards to setting your own boundaries—that I think I really needed to hear two few years ago. It was slightly more of a basic handbook. I think it works very well as what it is.
And some of it was soooo horrifically on the nose to people I’ve known. It was never the brutal parts that got me; I’d generally identified stuff like straight-up gaslighting already. But specific details like comparing you unfavorably to a bad ex, little jokes about how they knew you better than everyone else, flipping the “abuse” narrative onto you, ditching you and then accusing you of abandoning them… those got me.
I’m really not sure I buy that some people are just biologically narcissistic, and everyone else is just biologically different. “You are biologically different; you have been blessed with the ability to feel shame and guilt” strikes me as a take meant to exempt the reader from having to critically think about our *own* behavior [I don’t meant to those with narcissistic traits, I mean to loved ones]. The overall point he builds to, though, is a good one—that in order to overcome a history of relationships with those with narcissistic traits, you have to believe more in your own grandeur.
Overall a good book, and extremely entertaining to read with friends.
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