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J. Bumgardner

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  • The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking | [Oliver Burkeman]
    The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
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    The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 17 mins)
    • By Oliver Burkeman
    • Narrated By Oliver Burkeman
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
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    The Antidote is a series of journeys among people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. What they have in common is a hunch about human psychology: that it’s our constant effort to eliminate the negative that causes us to feel so anxious, insecure, and unhappy. And that there is an alternative "negative path" to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid.

    Dr. Amen-Ra says: "THE ANTIDOTE...TO APATHY, ANGST, INERTIA, ETC."
    "Truly, an amazing book!"
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    Would you listen to The Antidote again? Why?

    I have three times already. Its basic premise is that the cult of positive thinking is not only wrong-minded, but is antithetical to a balanced and satisfied life. The narrator was also amazing!


    If you could give The Antidote a new subtitle, what would it be?

    Feeling positive about yourself, without all the positive self-talk and affirmations


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  • Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things | [Randy O. Frost, Gail Stekeete]
    Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
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    Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Randy O. Frost, Gail Stekeete
    • Narrated By Joe Caron
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (494)
    Performance
    (284)
    Story
    (282)

    What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper thats ever come into his home? What compulsions drive a woman like Irene, whose hoarding cost her her marriage? Or Ralph, whose imagined uses for castoff items like leaky old buckets almost lost him his house?

    Joann says: "Utterly fascinating"
    "It's about hoarding, only about hoarding."
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    What did you like best about Stuff? What did you like least?

    I must have misread the description of the book as I didn't expect this to be only about the issue of hoarding. I was expecting a behavioral and sociological book about our culture's obsessions with objects. This is only about those who have a clinically diagnosed case, and only tangentially mentions the DSM as it relates to those who have tendencies toward the collection of objects with uncontrolled personal control.

    I rated the book a 3 because, as far as a story about hoarders goes, it was acceptable. The performance was impressive.


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