Asking for advice is perfectly fine, provided that those giving it have no expectation that it will be followed. I mention this only because sometimes, when advice is given, there's an implicit assumption that it will be followed - "You asked for advice, I told you to do X, but then you didn't do X! Why'd you even bother asking for it then?!" - when the person asking for it can (and will) do whatever they want.

Of course, this doesn't help with hurt feelings when a person doesn't implement advice, but that'd happen regardless of whether you're giving feedback or advice.