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Positive plus: the practical plan for liking yourself bette
Offers a "psychological tool kit," a collection of simple techniques for turning self-destructive patterns into positive behavior, as well as advice on stress-management techniques
270 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 28, 1994
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Joyce Brothers
46 books24 followersJoyce Brothers was a psychologist well known for her TV appearances. She also wrote a daily advice column in newspapers from 1960 to 2013.
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June 5, 2021
Dr. Joyce Brothers died in 2013 at the age of 85 after a long, successful and high-profile career. I'm pretty sure she was rich when she died. So I'm going to be honest and give her book only two stars, and I'm pretty sure it won't hurt anyone at this point.
I found this book a few years ago at a used book store and finally read it while in the midst of a book purge. It feels unfocused to me, but it was pop psychology at the time, so it's not going to be academic. It was published in 1994, and some of the advice is archaic in the way that ads geared to housewives were in the 1950s. It's not so much focused on liking yourself, but on having other people like you - particularly if you're a woman. One section advises to be hyper aware of how people react to you for a week and try to read their body language and cues so you can figure out what it is you do that annoys people. This is probably not terrible advice on the surface, but it says that maybe your voice is why people don't like you. "Women with a grating, childish or whining voice, the screecher and the mumbler all project a disagreeable image." Her advice: If you can afford it, ladies, get speech therapy.
Another very 1994 moment was when she advises divorced women not to make any sudden decisions, like hooking up with someone you just met, because "how do you know he does not have AIDS?"
Anyway, this woman was Dr. Phil when Dr. Phil was still writing "Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Psychological Intervention" at the University of North Texas. Is anyone other than me even going to read this book? Who will be influenced by my rating? No one, but it was here, and so was I.
I found this book a few years ago at a used book store and finally read it while in the midst of a book purge. It feels unfocused to me, but it was pop psychology at the time, so it's not going to be academic. It was published in 1994, and some of the advice is archaic in the way that ads geared to housewives were in the 1950s. It's not so much focused on liking yourself, but on having other people like you - particularly if you're a woman. One section advises to be hyper aware of how people react to you for a week and try to read their body language and cues so you can figure out what it is you do that annoys people. This is probably not terrible advice on the surface, but it says that maybe your voice is why people don't like you. "Women with a grating, childish or whining voice, the screecher and the mumbler all project a disagreeable image." Her advice: If you can afford it, ladies, get speech therapy.
Another very 1994 moment was when she advises divorced women not to make any sudden decisions, like hooking up with someone you just met, because "how do you know he does not have AIDS?"
Anyway, this woman was Dr. Phil when Dr. Phil was still writing "Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Psychological Intervention" at the University of North Texas. Is anyone other than me even going to read this book? Who will be influenced by my rating? No one, but it was here, and so was I.
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