Women Who Think Too Much, Susan NolenHoeksema
Women Who Think Too Much, Susan NolenHoeksema
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Women Who Think Too Much
How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

Author: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Narrator: Sheryl Bernstein

Abridged: 2 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2003


Synopsis

From one of the nation's preeminent experts in the study of women and emotion, a breakthrough new book based on the author's award-winning research

It's not a surprise that our fast-paced, overly analytical culture is pushing people—especially women—to spend countless hours thinking about negative ideas, feelings, and experiences. Renowned psychologist Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema calls this "overthinking." Her groundbreaking research shows that an increasing number of women—more than half of those in her extensive study—are doing it too much and too often, hindering their ability to lead a satisfying life. Overthinking can be anything from fretting about big questions such as "What am I doing with my life?" to losing sleep over a friend's innocent comment. It is causing women to feel sad, anxious, or seriously depressed, and she challenges the assumption that constantly expressing and analyzing our emotions is a good thing.

In Women Who Think Too Much, Nolen-Hoeksema provides concrete strategies that can be used to escape these negative thoughts, move to higher ground, and avoid future traps.

About Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, PhD, is the author of the bestselling Women Who Think Too Much and Eating, Drinking, Overthinking. A professor of psychology at Yale University, she has conducted award-winning research on women’s mental health for twenty-five years. She and her research have been profiled on the Today show and in The New York Times. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

About Sheryl Bernstein

Sheryl Bernstein’s audiobook credits included narrating for authors such as Alice McDermott, Susan Vreeland, and Susan Nolen-Hoeksema. In describing Bernstein’s work on Child of My Heart, published by Macmillan Audio, AudioFile magazine stated, “Sheryl Bernstein captures this quality perfectly, but even more astounding is how, by lightening her voice, she portrays the novel's children, rendering them tenderly but not sugary.”Bernstein is also an accomplished voice-over actress. She has lent her voice to productions such as Spider-Man 3, Ultimate Spider-Man, Toy Story 2, and Aladdin


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lastoadri on February 20, 2012

I don't know why it is titled : "Women who think too much". I think the book is relevant to both men and women. I am really glad to have read this book.. it doesn't really answer all questions, but it gives good advises to beat overthinking.. I am sure, I shall read it again some time soon. The best t......more

Goodreads review by Katie on May 18, 2012

Really good book. I read it in the library cuz it caught my eye because lately I have been over thinking my relationship with my bf. And it was very helpful. Made me feel better and I actually was taking a walk to try and clear my mind and ended up at the bookstore. So what she says about doing some......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on September 29, 2012

Some of the case studies in the book really annoyed me; as another reviewer said, is it necessary for us to know the eye and hair color of all of the women discussed? No. That said, I did appreciate the straightforward manner that Nolen-Hoeksema approaches the over thinking problem and practical ti......more

Goodreads review by Wiebke (1book1review) on February 16, 2019

I picked this mostly as a procrastination short nonfiction read and didn't expect to find it this interesting. I am pretty prone to overthinking so I could relate to many of the examples and some of the strategies I already use and looking forward to having more to fall back on. It's probably not a......more

Goodreads review by sara on February 22, 2024

5/5 so this book has rly helped me recently. the first part pretty much explained what overthinking is and it made me realize i wasnt alone. my whole life i thought my anxiety and overthinking were so insane and ridiculous. ive been struggling in certain aspects of my life, especially in the last few......more