The main competitor for this book is Approval Addiction by Joyce Myers. Joyce's book is more overly scriptural and, dare I say it, middle-class, whereas this is a friendly and conversational book from an ordinary woman from 'down the street'. I found it instantly relatable and quietly truthful and got through it in a day. Like many books of its type there's not a lot of how-to advice - I would reccomend Renewing the mind with NLP by Hall and Bodenhammer for that. I find that a lot of time thinking through the implications of scripture is necessary for approval addicts and some hard choices about whether Gods approval is more important than mans is necessary. Nevertheless, this book is a good primer and honest and accessibile.