How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t

You have to love a book with the title, How To Stop Feeling Like Shit! Andrea Owen has written a book giving advice on stopping the most destructive behaviors women tend to participate in.

Do you have an inner critic who won’t shut up? Are you always trying to please others? Always thinking about worst case scenarios? Andrea has some words for you! And there’s much more in this book, straight-shooting advice written in short chapters.

This is a quick read and I think there are some good nuggets of info/advice within the pages the book.

Here’s the official synopsis:

How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t is a straight-shooting approach to self-improvement for women, one that offers no-crap truth-telling about the most common self-destructive behaviors women tend to engage in. From listening to the imposter complex and bitchy inner critic to catastrophizing and people-pleasing, Andrea Owen–a nationally sought-after life coach–crystallizes what’s behind these invisible, undermining habits. With each chapter, she kicks women’s gears out of autopilot and empowers them to create happier, more fulfilling lives. Powerfully on-the-mark, the chapters are short and digestible, nicely bypassing weighty examinations in favor of punch-points of awareness.

How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t: 14 Habits That Are Holding You Back from Happiness could replace a few self-help duds on my shelf. I admit I'm a sucker for this genre and have read a lot of these. No apologies. But, really, once you have the basic "secrets for a good life" down, there's not much new to learn. In my opinion, there's no magic-bullet solution to supreme happiness, wealth and power.

Having said that, I appreciated the author's straight-talkin' style. Andrea Owen is relatable and clear about her subject. That in itself made me feel less alone in my dysfunction. In fact, she describes these 14 bad habits so clearly, they almost seem too obvious. I think she did an excellent job pinpointing the right culprits and offering useful solutions. No "standing on your head at exactly 5:36 a.m. for 8 1/2 minutes" b.s. solutions--just real honest stuff.

I can see this book becoming a helpful reference when the inevitable chorus of bad habits start to get the better of me.

Disclosure: I received this as a digital ARC in exchange for honest feedback.

This book is on point! The advice presented is very well written and it really points out things that we may be doing and not realize it. I like the author's style. All women would benefit from this book. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review.

I chose this book because the title appealed. I was hoping it would be a no-nonsense read, and it was. I found it to be written quite conversationally, and it was an easy and fairly fast read. The book centers on self-destructive behaviors, their cause and cure. I got a lot of good ideas and insights from reading Ms. Owen's book. If this plain hard truth style, reflected in her writing, is what I will find on her podcast, I might just find myself subscribing.

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrea Owen for allowing me to read and review How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t. I really enjoyed this book! Must read! 5/5

A straightforward “self help” book on How to stop feeling like Sh*t!

This book was pretty good. It is geared as a self help outlines exercises that readers can complete. These are meant to increase awareness of bad habits and expose the reasoning behind them. The activities are meant to strengthen. I think the emphasis on reflecting and locating the causes behind our behaviors is important.

Unlike many self help books that spin useless platitudes, this one really spoke to me. It gave concrete, doable ideas that seemed to be written just for me. As I read it, I found myself saying, over and over, "I do that" and " I thought I was the only one who felt that way."

Ms. Owen must be a wonderful life coach, because her book was fantastic.

I needed this book so bad. This is a no sugar coat approach to stop feeling like sh*t. The tips in this books are doable as long as you “show up”. You have to do the work to see improvement and the author makes sure you know and understand this aspect of self improvement. I appreciate the approach of explaining the habit and then giving the tools to change the behavior. This is a book for any woman trying to better their lives and stop the negative self talk which so many of us engage in. I’m So happy to have found this book. I’m sure I’ll referenca it often and will recommend or gift it to others.

I found this book very relatable. I knew that a lot of these habits would speak to me before I even picked it up. I'm a huge fan of this genre in general, I find myself always having a self-improvement book in progress. This one is definitely one I have recommended to a few people who I immediately thought of while reading. I know it's going to be hard but I really feel like this book will help me on my journey.