Stuff Nobody Taught You: 40 Lessons from M.E.School® to Help You Stop Being Miserable and Start Feeling Amazing

by Summer McStravick

Stuff Nobody Taught You by Summer McStravick teaches readers how to wildly, successfully, reinvent themselves and become who they’ve always wanted to be .   Filled with humor, actionable steps, and brazen, intelligent straight-talk, Stuff Nobody Taught You fills you in on all those secrets you wished someone had told you about how to craft and keep a happy, passion-filled life.   

Sometimes we need a good old cathartic do-over . We’ve been flatlining—emotionally spent and wrung out like an old washcloth. We want to feel a different way, be a different way.

Somehow, we need to regain our purpose and direction and feel good again. We want to re-find the self-worth, confidence, and inner strength that got wiped away from years of frustration, disappointments, and emotional depletion.

Stuff Nobody Taught You fills you in on all those secrets you wished someone had told you about how to craft and keep a happy, passion-filled life. The book takes you through a proven journey of self-discovery via a series of forty-five bite-size, easy lessons that will transport you to a world of amazing feelings and real transformation as you learn


Each day, you’ll look forward to reading the next revealing chapter that feels as yummy as a best friend’s phone call. By, the end, you’ll shut the book with a satisfying, relieved, and exciting sense of your next steps.

In short, Stuff Nobody Taught You resets your inner clock and shows you that yes, you can wildly, successfully, reinvent yourself and become who you’ve always wanted to be. It teaches you where your inner power lies and gives you permission to use it. And finally, it frees you up to find the brisk, fresh path that oftentimes turns out to be right there, already under your feet.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

336 pages, Paperback

Published April 25, 2023

Reviews

[Aries.Pisces]

Stuff Nobody Taught You: 40 Lessons from M.E.School to Help You Stop Being Miserable and Start Feeling Amazing by Summer McStravick is an excellent tool to add to your self-help toolbox.

While I don't believe that this will be the ONE book that will serve as catalyst for everyone to make the moves that they need to in order to achieve their personal best, i do believe that if you are open to the possibilities, the book will help you see yourself better. In fact, the first part of the book, instead of being dedicated to telling you how great you are, is designed to "peel away layers of old ideas, expose the feelings you have right now about yourself and your life, and pump

you full of inner revelations." In short, it helps you to see yourself, flaws and all, because the truth is, until you are willing to know yourself, you aren't likely to move in the direction of your best life.

Based on the 12-week online program that she offers, McStravick asks you to meet yourself where you are at, work on accepting and loving all of yourself, flaws and all, before moving forward toward reaching your goals. You'll accomplish this, in part, by doing a lot of journaling!

What I like about the book is that the author calls you to get out of your head and trust your emotions and intuition. This may seem counterintuitive since getting to know oneself is about using your head to make interpretations. But at the end of the day, it's our emotions and what we believe about ourselves that keep us from growing, moving forward, taking the step past fear. If we can understand the emotions and where they are stemming from, we can likely get out of our own way.

As I said in the beginning, the book isn't going to be for everyone. It's going to be too touchy feely, woo woo-ish for those who can only think with their intellect. But for those willing to do some inner work, this book may yield some successes.

[Samantha Steipp]

I just reviewed Stuff Nobody Taught You by Summer McStravick. #StuffNobodyTaughtYou #NetGalley
[NetGalley URL] This is the book I have needed my whole life!!

[Lorraine Rise · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been student of Summer McStravick for 15 years, including in M.E. School. I have worked with her on a one-on-one basis numerous times, as well as in group coaching programs, and through her podcast net work. I can attest to the power of her teachings. Summer never disappoints!

I love her new book and I would highly recommend it for anyone seeking transformation in any area of life. If you take the work seriously, and follow the prompts at the end of each chapter, there’s no doubt that you will see improvement in your life!

[Dora Okeyo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes you come across a book that is a buffet when all you subscribed for was a la carte- and I felt this way with this book. The title should have given me a hint but the content is so diverse and detailed with prompts at the end of each chapter to help improve on various things from mindfulness, communication, journaling, exercise and a lot more.
It's on personal growth and self development and what makes this a unique read is that anyone who picks this book has the option of reading from a chapter they feel directly targets an area they are struggling with.
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC.

[Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won this book from a Goodreads giveaway. If I had not won it, I would have bought it anyway. In fact, I may still buy one to let people borrow, because I love mine so much it's one of those books I will not lend out. Also, if you can't tell so far, I've never written a book review and I really don't see the point when there are so many out there already, who cares if I like a book or not... but this one made me actually like the author so much that I'm leaving a makeshift review just in case it helps her somehow. Thanks for writing this book. I hope many more people are lifted up by your words.

[LiAnne M · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has prompted me to craft my very first book review, because it is just that good and I want to shout it out! What sets Summer McStravick's book apart , for me , from other self help and personal growth ones, is the depth of it as I am inspired to actually take time to simply read one (quite short) chapter per day, and really sit with the daily prompt and journal on it, which creates an at-home personal experience of what she calls M.E. School, a program she has designed and been teaching to students for many years now. I've experienced Summer's Flowdreaming processes since I first came across them many many years ago, and found a lot of value in them but have not been in a position to join her private program, as the tuition is a considerable investment. So when I heard about this, her latest work, which essentially is her entire program in a book, I was ready to engage! I am up to chapter 13 now and although it is challenging for me not to race through the whole book at once, I am heeding her guidance to simply and slowly focus on a single chapter a day and really invest time and space into this work. As I investigate the way my own inner and outer power leaks have operated throughout my life, I experience this as a healing and growing process that is very different from simply devouring yet another delicious self-help book and moving on to the next. There is real substance here and her approach of inviting (requiring!) me to engage as a student rather than a reader has had a significant impact on me. I appreciate the fact that there are 40 chapters to this slim powerhouse of the book and and feel confident and excited that this experience goes deep.

[Mary Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd like to mention that I won this book in a goodreads giveaway, thank you, Summer! Self-help books have never really intrigued me as they can read like a textbook and very "whoa is me"/cheerleader-esque, but never the less I wanted to give this an honest go as the title is what caught my eye in the first place. The author uses a relatable conversational tone (w/ F bombs lol) which keeps the content as light and fun as possible, even when the going gets tough through her personal accounts that are shared and her way of holding up the mirror to the reader challenging them to look at their reflection and acknowledge their own flaws and fears. A lot of the content is common practice knowledge that we all may know, but don't do the work to fix or change. There were also certain chapters that really resonated (pt. 2 and 3 were faves) and gave me a different vantage point on how one copes with their feelings and fear that I've never really thought about. This book is written as a workbook, and while I didn't put pen to paper at the end of each chapter, it offered many prompts that made the reader reflect and made the content more palatable. Overall, I was glad to have learned a new perspective on fear and how your head is always trying to protect you from your heart, but your heart is really more powerful than we give credit to. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys this genre, this was an easy, yet introspective journey to read and work through.

[Lisa Konet · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you are looking a for a ground-breaking personal-grpwth advice this is not the right book. The advice was basic at best and nothing I have not heard before. Advice is: exercise, journaling, meditation, getting enough sleep, etc. However, I think this may be good and easy imformation for people that need it. It is about getting your struggles down on paper and self-reflection.

I thought the title of this book was completely wrong for the content providided. WIth the title something that was expected was learning important information from somewhere or teaching yourself. There was no humor in this self-help/advice book; it was pretty serious.

Overall, this was not the best self-help/advice book out there. It was just ok and basic.

Thanks to Netgalley, Summer McStravick and HCI Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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[ONE BAD BANANA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stuff Nobody Taught You?

Gold title! I was hooked on that before I read the blurb.

What is the appeal of this book?

Don’t we all feel behind the 8ball? Like other people have things figured out and we’re just sitting here, hoping someone catches us up?

Anyone? Just me? That’s fine too.

Because this book helps close the gaps.

Was it groundbreaking in its content? Nope. But it did feel like the advice (exercise, journaling, etc.) was coming from a friend, and that hits harder for me than just “knowing what to do.”

It’s a good refresher overall. Solid 3.6 (rounded up).

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won a copy of this book not really thinking about working on myself, just wanting to explore a new theory or way to do it when I was ready. But the ideas and exercises were so interesting, I had to try them and not just read about them. So I worked on them, took a break, went back for more, took a break... and so on for the last 2 months.
Now I'm going back to the beginning to go through it again! I want these concepts to be embedded in my heart and mind so that it becomes my standard operating procedure!

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ever feel like you missed a secret life class? Stuff Nobody Taught You is that missing guide, covering everything from career shifts to setting boundaries and trusting yourself. Summer McStravick breaks down life lessons in a relatable, no-nonsense way that feels like advice from a wise friend.

My biggest takeaway? It’s never too late to learn and grow. This book reminded me that we’re all figuring things out, and that’s okay. If you’ve ever felt like you’re winging adulthood, this is the book you didn’t know you needed.