Thank you for joining us for episode 539 of Live Happy Now.

What if everything you knew about mental health was wrong?

Today's guest is here to bust some myths and share some new truths.

I'm your host Paula Phelps, and this week I'm talking with Joe Nucci, a psychotherapist

whose new book, Psychobabble, dismantles 40 popular misconceptions about mental health.

Joe's here to talk about some of the most commonly believed myths and explain why this

misinformation can be so damaging. He'll also talk about how to navigate the sea of misinformation

on social media and take control

of your own mental health.

Let's have a listen.

Joe, thank you so much for joining me on Live Happy Now.

Oh, thanks so much for having me.

We're here today to talk about your new book, Psychobabble.

I love this book.

It really swims against the mainstream flow of a lot of the things that we are hearing about mental health. So before we get into what you're talking about, let's talk about the why. What made you want to write this book? Well, I only have been in kind of the content creation, social media influencing game for like two, two and a half years. And a couple of years ago,

when I started to take it a little bit more seriously, I started looking at what other people

were posting. And I was surprised and also concerned because it wasn't just that I was seeing

posts that lacked nuance or, you know, could easily be taken out of context.

It was just sometimes the information was just wrong.

Or if it was taken out of context or just a little bit oversimplified because that's what happens

when it's like, you know, just a meme or just a short video, people were using it in a way

that I was noticing could actually be harmful

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