Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (The Path to Calm)

I purchased this book through Kindle which I find is much easier to read as I often flip back a page or 2 to re-read. I’m a classic on what the cover applies. It’s why I purchased it. Obsessive thoughts & worrying have been with me for as long as I can remember. I feel genetics is a factor for some, others are life experiences & just who I became as an adult. After going through cancer these issues became worse even though I recovered. I didn’t recover emotionally. I had my Son & the worrier as a Mother kicked in. Before I knew it the stress management I had in place caved & anxiety was a a daily fight. I still fight it. I’m more equipped now in coping with it in working with a Psycholgist & specifically focusing on Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). This practice has changed a lot for me in a positive way. I’m always a sucker for books on these topics & always looking for guidance from a different perspective. I’m glad I purchased this book. The 1st chapter I scanned as it’s a lot of explaining of what these mental health conditions are. Chapter 2 gets into the thick of things where I particularly liked “The 4 A’s of Stress Management.” As he states “all you need to remember is four techniques: avoid, alter, accept and adapt. I found this to be very useful to me. It writes a hard to approach topic(s) & breaks them down so it’s so easy to understand. This writing continued throughout the entire book. He breaks it down with an easy way to understand & begin an approach to apply it to your life. I’ve learned meditation is an awesome way to provide TLC to myself on a daily basis & it improves my overall mental health at the sane time as well as so many other amazing benefits. His “The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique” is similar to the way meditation gets started & it can be applied when your not meditating. He does an awesome job describing how to use this technique. Learning how to manage my time has helped me with procrastination. He cites theories but again makes it easy to read. The chapter on Setting SMART Goals truly teaches one-of course putting what you read into action- not to set goals which will lead to failure. Each letter is SMART serves a purpose I’ll remember. I liked “How to find instant zen” the best. Don’t we all wish for that. Again how he presents in actually achieving it made me feel, I can do this~ really! Again meditation is brought into play here as he focuses on the breath process of inhaling & exhaling which we all do. What’s important is paying attention to it more often. I could continue on & on with the rest of his book but the rest doesn’t disappoint. I ended the book feeling more confident in being able to manage my obsessing thinking, my stresses & my anxiety in check. I read portions of the book to my Psychologist in one of my sessions & she applauded his writings. The book was very much worth what I paid. If you are an over thinker I feel you would benefit from this book. I do recommend it!

This book was a quick read, but I enjoyed every bit of it. I tend to stress about things I can not control. This book gave me tools that will help prioritize thoughts. I would definitely read this again. I do not want to give it away. Please do yourself a favor and READ. LOL 😄

Worth the read. It stimulates the broader debate.

I found a lot of helpful information in this book, starting with the engaging writing style.There is a quote in the book that really zeroes in on why overthinking can be changed.It’s basically that the brain can take you places but your body can only be in one place.That’s a great description of being in the present!I also really like the takeaways at the end of each chapter. And the repetition has a purpose.The techniques mentioned offer variety for everyone. They may not be universally applicable for everyone but these are all options. The 4As are a tool that I think will help me.The message I got from this book is that overthinking is something that anyone can address. I am going to read more of Mr. Trenton’s books.

Love it had a little free time to start it and then my life got hectic so I am happy to say it was a wonderful tool for me and my life is changing dramatically I loved it Thank you

This book is to complicated. I gave up after 50 pages. It was to much talk and not enough practical for me.

I will forever recommend this book to someone needing a good read on overthinking! It offered a lot of great insight and overall great strategies. I highly recommend this read to anyone!!

I bought this book with the intention of using it as a textbook for my college students. It contains lots of details & data to help the reader conceptualize the information. There's many chapters and something for everyone, depending on what your main issues or focus as far as what you want to improve in your life. I found it a good dive into the subjects and my students provided positive feedback as well. While I assigned selected pages to read, several of them read beyond what I required so they were clearly interested in the material and it wasn't too much nor over their heads intellectually which is key.