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Bad Advice

How to Survive and Thrive in an Age of Bullshit

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Bad Advice

By: Dr. Venus Nicolino
Narrated by: Dr. Venus Nicolino
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Over motivational messages? Sick AF of inspirational quotes? Done with the shiny, happy bad advice that gets you nowhere? Well, heads up: You’re about to get a shitload of good advice.

In Bad Advice, relationship expert Dr. Venus Nicolino - aka Dr. V - takes a blowtorch to the shrink-wrapped “feel good” BS that passes for self-help these days.

When you’re heartbroken, what do you hear? You can’t love anyone until you love yourself. When someone’s hurt you? Nobody can make you feel bad without your permission. When you’re just a little too positive? Expectations lead to disappointment.

Pop culture noise gives bad advice the varnish of truthiness and inspiration. But it’s not truth; it’s not inspiration. It’s bullshit. And at its root, all bad advice operates off the same lie: Emotions are optional. In Bad Advice, Dr. V delivers a bracing truth serum, in the form of good advice - an antidote to the bullshit, from “Just Be Yourself” to “Live Each Day Like It’s Your Last”, that teaches you to live your life in a way that honors who you are, what you need, and how you feel.

Smart and irreverent, Dr. V fuses the brains and insight of a nerdy PhD with the heart of a doting Italian mother and the artful profanity of a Philly trucker. Dr. V’s signature combination of humor, hard science, and heart make Bad Advice an iconoclastic course correction like no other. A fiercely sharp wake-up call that tackles some of self-help’s most damaging truisms, Bad Advice is a never-shy guide to tapping into your full potential.

©2018 Venus Nicolino (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Psychology & Interactions Inspiring Mental Health
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Empathic Self-love Encouragement • Insightful Perspective • Relatable Candid Voice • Helpful Takeaways
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This book was a wonderful self help listen over the pandemic. Funny, insightful, and yes, helpful. I wanted to highlight so many things that Dr V said, that I ended up also buying a hard copy. I will be listening to & reading the chapter on grit several times to absorb it. It’s been a tough year and I really needed to hear about grabbing my grit. I liked hearing the audiobook in the authors voice. For nonfiction, I think hearing the author and their inflections adds so much to the listen. Very happy to have this in my collection.

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Every human on this planet needs to read/ listen to this book! I've enjoyed every moment, acquired a ton of takeaways, and a new perspective on
"Good Advice" !
Loved it!
- A. Kate

Best read/listen in ages! A def recommend for all!

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I finished it in a day. It sums up what you probably think about annoying platitudes people with no idea what they are talking about say. She replaces them with ones that make sense rather than give you the impulse to cuss someone out for giving useless cookie cutter ideas.

It's worth it

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This book should be mandatory reading in every junior high school class in the country. Insightful, funny, and actual science to back it up. It simply makes sense! Thank you!

The BEST self help book ever written

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would like other narrator, it seemed like forcing some of the lines, not natural. But good book.

Good book

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Whenever I go through something, I know I can rely on Dr. V. for some solid good advice.

A book that may just change your life

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I love the authors candor and choice of language. One might initially think this is a tough love guide but the empathic way she encourages you to love yourself and "mutha" yourself is anything but.
I was giggling and agreeing before the first five minutes was up. Then I found myself wanting to rise to her challenge of self care and not in that cheesy affirmation way she touches on. But in a tangible "I can do this" way.
A book I think I also want to buy the hard copy of and highlight the mess out of.
Dr. V is refreshing!

So many quotables!

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Loved every chapter. Real mood booster. The truth in today's society. Dr. V is the best. Made my life more fulfilling forsure 😙

Love this book!! Real life shit! Made my day

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Great information in this book. It left me with some great advice and good key take aways.

the funny narrator

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If you love to listen to someone cursing every other word, then this is the book for you. I couldn't get passed the 1st 15min.

It hurt my ears...

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