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Hey, it's Marielle.
Today, we're talking about how to deal with unwanted and unwarranted advice.
Now, what's that old expression?
Opinions are like adrenal glands.
Most of us have them, and we tend to think ours are the best,
which is to say a lot of people have strong opinions about offering advice and opinions.
Oh, I love giving advice.
Unfortunately unsolicited.
See what I mean?
That was NPR's Brittany Loose, by the way.
If you don't know her already, she's the host of It's Been a Minute,
and every week she does a deep dive into what's going on in our culture and helps listeners make sense of it.
So it makes sense that she would have hot takes on things, and I would trust them.
But I do seek advice.
I'm comfortable with not Being an expert on something and not knowing something and going to somebody like to be like can you help me with this or what do you think I should do?
The thing is there is a difference between someone attempting to be helpful and just straight up judging or criticizing you.
I'm someone who's like if you have wisdom like I'll learn from it.
I'm happy to learn from it.
But I do think it's different if you're like, no,