Bad Advice: How to Survive and Thrive in an Age of Bullshit
By (Author) Dr. Venus Nicolino
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperOne
8th November 2019
United States
General
Non Fiction
Psychology: emotions
Social, group or collective psychology
Self-help, personal development and practical advice
158.1
240
Width 135mm, Height 203mm, Spine 14mm
184g
Los Angeles Times #1 Bestseller
USA Today Bestselling Book
Over motivational messages Sick AF of inspirational quotes Done with the shiny happy bad advice that gets you nowhere Well, heads up: youre about to get a shitload of Good Advice.
In Bad Advice, relationship expert Dr. Venus Nicolinoa.k.a. Dr. Vtakes a blowtorch to the shrink-wrapped, feel good BS that passes for self-help these days.
When youre heartbroken, what do you hear You cant love anyone until you love yourself. When someones hurt you Nobody can make you feel bad without your permission. When youre just a little too positive Expectations lead to disappointment.
Pop culture noise gives Bad Advice the varnish of truthiness and inspiration. But its not truth; its not inspiration. Its 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 Advicean antidote to the bullshit, from Just Be Yourself to Live Each Day Like Its 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 Ph.D. with the heart of a doting Italian Mother and the artful profanity of a Philly trucker. Dr. Vs 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-helps most damaging truisms, Bad Advice is a never shy guide to tapping into your full potential.
DR. VENUS NICOLINO is a practicing psychologist and has appeared on LA Shrinks, Dr. Oz, The Real Housewives, Watch What Happens Live, Millionaire Matchmaker, and Rachel Ray. Her YouTube channel, Your Daily Dose of Dr. V, debunks the neo-folk wisdom of pop psychology.