I like it. It was a little cheerleader in the language lol but the concepts are great, and I really am starting to use the daily coffee self-talk, and I also grabbed another book it recommended.

I find we are all in a funk right now, this is a great time to start this new habit!

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with this book!

I've been in a mood to change up the type of books I read and this seemed like a fun one! I drink coffee/tea every day so I thought, why not! Many of the tips in here are pretty easy to implement; a lot of it was affirmations. For those that look for constant ways to keep things positive and find the silver lining in everything, this is easy to do.

The author was relatable and this was an easy quick read.

Coffee Self-Talk is a helpful book about changing the narrative you say to yourself and improving your life. The book has been recommended to me several times and i am happy to have read it. And I liked it so much digitally that I bought a hard copy to do the worksheets.

I was gifted a Spanish version of this book, by someone who didn't into account that I don't know Spanish nor drink coffee. But I'm grateful for the book anyway, as I used it to learn the language, and actually, the book is great for learning, as it's easy, the subject is familiar and it's extremely repetitive.

The premise of the book is that you say positive affirmations to yourself while drinking coffee. Since caffeine is associated with dopamine release, and therefore you have a greater chance of developing habits if you connect it with caffeine. You will also associate thinking positively about yourself with the good feelings of the dopamine rush from the caffeine.

Caffeine is my favorite drug, and I try to avoid it as best as I can, one of the reasons is illustrated by the book itself. I think an ungrounded optimism is creepy, and that's what I felt this book was, it was written under the influence of caffeine... it's a lot of content, its light-weight happiness, its repetitiveness, and its lack of depth, perfectly resembles what I don't like about caffeine.

On the other hand, she has managed to develop a great output of writing, and it's impressive to have finished a book, let alone, the amount of romance novels she has been able to produce. So, caffeine is a double-edged sword, in that it creates economic reward.

Anyway, I suppose this can be helpful for a lot of people, but Helmsetter admits that she's probably in the 99th percentile of suggestiveness. As for me, this simply does not work for me, I could never go to the gym, for example, and tell myself lies... either I feel good or I feel bad. I guess I'm just not that suggestible, and thus I've come away with this book with no real tools or change of mind. Don't get me wrong, I believe strongly in much of what's in this book, such as the power of thought, but I'd recommend instead finding better sources on this, such as Tony Robbins.

As a self-help book, it's okay, I guess. It does the typical thing, talks about neurotransmitters, and the law of attraction, and borrows a lot from other books, such as Atomic Habits, I don't see much original here, and with the original premise, to combine caffeine with self-talk, I disagree with. So there's not much here that I liked. Not my cup of tea.

First things first, this book is DEFINITELY repetitive. Though I did read it all the way through, it's one that I would recommend using more as a resource. I don't believe you need to read the whole book to get the information out of it. Especially the scripts in the back, don't need to be read all the way through. You're not going to need every single script this book has to offer. But, there is probably something for everyone with how many scripts there are to offer. So, go over the ones you think are relevant to you and pick parts you like to add to your own self-talk.

There was information that I found useful, while other parts felt a little over-the-top. Maybe it's because I'm new to the self-affirmation and positivity space, but a lot of the scripts seemed like TOO much, and i could never see myself actually using them. However, there's plenty of parts that I highlighted and implemented into my own daily self-talk.

Now, the big positive takeaway from this book: I have started implementing coffee self-talk into my daily morning routine. I just started this, so I can't tell you if it “works” or not, but it does get me doing self-talk every day, which is something I've been wanting to do for a while.

Overall, this book is worth a read (or flip-through), but I'm not going to run out and grab my own copy of this one.

Is this a new thing?
Certainly not!

Is it different though?
Absolutely!

The writing style absolutely caters the way my ADD brain works! Loved it - long term effects will have to be observed after time ;-)