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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living

Russ Harris Β· 2026
πŸŽ™ Narrated by Russ Harris (self-narrated)
80/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

Harris lays out Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in plain, practical terms, arguing that fighting your own difficult thoughts and feelings is the real trap β€” and it's backed by real clinical use, not just feel-good platitudes. A few exercises clearly designed for the page translate a little awkwardly to audio-only listening, but that's a minor knock on a genuinely useful book. Harris narrates it himself, and hearing the actual ACT trainer walk you through it adds real credibility β€” well worth the listen.

✦ Penny’s Take β€” 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 β€” not a page-by-page personal one. The gold βœ“ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.

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πŸŽ™ Narration: good Author-narrated, which listeners generally take as adding credibility given Harris's role as an ACT trainer; specific 2026 edition details couldn't be fully confirmed beyond a verified expanded edition.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety80
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing75
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit85
Human-eye read82
Penny’s verdict80
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