Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

From one of the nations preeminent experts on women and emotion a breakthrough new book about how to stop negative thinking and become more productive Its no surprise that our fast-paced overly self-analytical culture is pushing many people-especially women-to spend countless hours thinking about negative ideas feelings and experiences. Renowned psychologist Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema calls this overthinking and 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 the big questions such as "What am I doing with my life?" to losing sleep over a friends innocent comment. It is causing many women to end up sad anxious or seriously depressed and Nolen-Hoeksema challenges the assumption-heralded by so many pop-psychology pundits of the last several decades-that constantly expressing and analyzing our emotions is a good thing. In Women Who Think Too Much Nolen-Hoeksema shows us what causes so many women to be overthinkers and provides concrete strategies that can be used to escape these negative thoughts move to higher ground and live more productively. Women Who Think Too Much will change lives and is destined to become a self-help classic.