Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Attacking Anxiety
Shawn Johnson · 2022
74/100
👍 Worth It
Johnson's willingness to write about panic attacks and depression while leading a major congregation is genuinely unusual in faith publishing, and that pastoral vulnerability makes the practical tools feel earned rather than packaged. The Christian framing is explicit throughout, so secular readers should know upfront, but for faith communities where mental health is still stigmatized this book meets a real need.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: explicitly Christian in orientation — secular readers will find the framework unfamiliar. We still scored it 74; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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safety82
substance74
craft72
originality70
accuracy68
hype74
age-fit78
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict74
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