panThis was my pick for Midwinter (nonfiction) #MidwinterSolace. If other members of the group are intrigued by this book & are into the self help genre in general please don‘t be put off by my review. I don‘t often read self help, & I‘m finding that when I do I usually have all the same problems with it. i.e. the majority of the book spent trying to convince me of the importance of an idea I‘ve already bought into or I wouldn‘t be reading the book
IndoorDame in the first place, personal experience substituted for empirical evidence, a ridiculous amount of confirmation bias applied to any actual scientific evidence, lack of explanation of how to implement the idea being touted, etc… 2y
IndoorDame I got a few useful ideas from this that I will definitely think some more on, but I also got a stronger conviction to stay away from self help books, which means I need to look into any wellness nonfiction more carefully before picking it up. (Though that‘s actually a huge realization that I‘m really happy to know about myself) 2y
AllDebooks Thanks for the tag. I feel the same about self-help books. I rarely read them, when I do, it does tend to put me off even more 🙃 #notmygenre 2y
SamAnne On the same page with self help books. 2y
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