Ricken’s Self-Help Book from ‘Severance’ Is Now a Real Audiobook

You may not be ready yet for Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale’s “The You You Are,” but your Innies are gonna love it.

The fake self-help book “The You You Are” from Apple TV+ series “Severance” is no longer fake at all. Fans of the twisty drama can now boost their spiritual selves with a 39-page book from Apple Books, narrated in audio format by Dr. Hale (actor Michael Chernus) himself!

The book’s tagline reads: “Are you ready to meet the person who truly makes you ‘You’: You?”

Um, yes please!

The description continues, “In his quinquennial tome, Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale, PhD guides You on a brave journey of self-learnedness. Fertile with mind-engorging insights, ‘The You You Are’ is an invitation to merge with your true ‘You,’ and expel from your essence the dead-eyed conventionalism that has defined your life since infancy.”

Whatever that means.

“For the first time ever, Dr. Ricken’s luminous writings are available in digital format, only on Apple Books. Though librarians strongly urge reading his complete oeuvre, this ebook — featuring the inaugural eight chapters from ‘The You You Are’ — is sure to tickle both the completist and the layman.”

I have a nonsevered brain and I still can’t keep up.

Act now and there’s a bonus: “In addition, enjoy an exclusive letter of apology from the author himself, addressed to none other than YOU.”

Where do I sign up, you ask? Right here.

In “Severance,” Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark — a widower who happens to be Dr. Ricken Hale’s brother in law — finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work … and of himself.

The first three episodes from “Severance” Season 2 are currently available on Apple TV+; new eps drop each Friday. IndieWire TV critic Ben Travers assigned an A- grade to each of the second season’s first two episodes. Episode 3 ticked down a bit in quality; Travers gave it a B+. As a whole, reviewing the entire season (as provided early to press), Travers gave the second season an A-.