Go Help Yourself: A Comedy Self-Help Podcast to Make Life Suck Less

This week, Lisa and Misty review the #1 New York Times bestseller How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi is a multiple #1 NYT bestselling author, a National Book Award recipient, and one of America's foremost historians and antiracist voices. He is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and the Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research as wel...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, we are joined again by special guest Ben Sheehan for election-themed trivia! IF YOU ARE HAVING ANY TROUBLE VOTING OR ARE EXPERIENCING INTIMIDATION AT THE POLLS, you can report it to the ACLU's Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE. Ben Sheehan is the author of OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supp...

This week, Lisa and Misty are joined by special guest Ben Sheehan, author of OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work. Ben Sheehan is a former award-winning executive producer at Funny Or Die. He founded OMG WTF (Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, Florida) to teach voters about state executive races during the 2018 midterms. Th...

This week, Misty shares an article from the New York Times about how to help someone who has lost a job .  Make sure to listen to last week's episode for an amazing conversation with special guest Caroline Giuliani. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty are joined by special guest Caroline Giuliani, who offers advice about how to navigate difficult conversations around politics. Her father, Rudy Giuliani, is President Trump's Lawyer -- and she is an open supporter of the Democrats. After this episode was recorded, Caroline published an article in Vanity Fair called "Rudy Giuliani Is My Father. Please, Everyone, V...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, we are joined by special guest Renee Colvert of the podcast "Can I Pet Your Dog?" to talk about how dogs can contribute to self-help. Renee Colvert is a Los Angeles based writer, comedian, and co-host of the wildly successful and entertaining podcast Can I Pet Your Dog? If you'd like to learn more about Renee, check out her twitter and instagram . If...

This week, Lisa and Misty review Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Ph. D. Carol Dweck is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields of personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, we review five terms feminists should know according to an instagram post from The Feminist Collective : intersectionality, gaslighting, derailing, cultural appropriation, and androcentrism. This amazing post covers the parts of speech, definitions and types of use of each word, where applicable. If you'd like to hear our episode covering The Boy, the Mole,...

This week, Lisa and Misty review Notoriously Dapper: How to Be a Modern Gentleman with Manners, Style and Body Confidence by Kelvin Davis. Born in 1987, Kelvin Davis is a fashion blogger turned model and author. He founded Notoriously Dapper, a body-positive menswear blog showcasing outfits to inspire men of all sizes to find confidence in their appearance and embrace who they are. Kelvin has been...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa checks in on her homework from So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport, then shares an article about "fuck off funds." Trigger warning: the article Lisa reads contains descriptions of sexual harassment and domestic violence.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty review So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport. Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University. He's also a writer who focuses on the impact of technology on society. He's the author of six books, including Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, and writes regular essa...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa and Misty bring you an epic tale from a trio of listener emails... in particular responding to this previous episode about what to do when you say something stupid.  LLLs, we bring you: PAM'S FART SAGA! Tune in and get ready for the ride of your life! You can check out Pam's awesome illustrations here . And as always, please rate, review and subscri...

This week, Lisa and Misty cover one of the best-selling self-help books of all time: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Originally written in 1937, this book has sold an estimated 50+ million copies. Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 –1970) was an American self-help author. He is known best for his book  Think and Grow Rich  which is among the 10 best-selling self-help books of all time. There is cont...

Hello from your tiny pocket friends! This is a special bonus episode because so many of you kindly reached out asking about our well-being. While we are personally safe from the wildfires raging on the West coast, we want to share some ways that you can help those affected, as outlined in this article from Bustle . We also talk briefly about the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and mention that her...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty checks in on her homework from The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek, and is joined by special guest Andrew Skotzko to talk about the experience of doing a virtual meditation retreat.  If you tried to find your “why” and your “just cause” as outlined in last episode's book review of The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek, let us know how it went! Misty and Lisa c...

This week, we review The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek, joined by special guest host Andrew Skotzko.  Simon Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. From members of Congress to foreign ambassadors, from small businesses to corporations like Microsoft and 3M, from Hollywood to the Pentagon, he has presented his ideas about the power of why. He has written multiple books, includ...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa reads Misty parts of  an article from The Atlantic  about how the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo is not always well received by people in the Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities. The article was written by John McWhorter. McWhorter is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He teaches linguistics at Columbia University, hosts the podcas...

This week, Lisa and Misty review the #1 New York Times Bestseller The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy Charlie Mackesy is an artist, cartoonist and book illustrator who has lived and worked on four continents. His work features in books, private collections and both public and private spaces around the world. He collaborated with Nelson Mandela in 2006 to create a set of lit...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa checks in on her homework from The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday. Then, Misty asks a thought-provoking question: would you take your struggles back if you could? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Misty & Lisa review the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday. Ryan Holiday is a writer and media strategist. When he was 19 years old, he dropped out of college to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of  The 48 Laws of Power . He had a successful marketing career at American Apparel and went on to...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, we check in on Misty's homework from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Then, we read a listener email about How to Take Smart Notes from fellow podcast host Andrew Skotzko. And as a bonus, Lisa lets us know how trolling Mark Manson on twitter is going! We mention the article links Andrew Skotzko sent, and here they are: The zettelkasten method is closely...

This week, Lisa and Misty review the New York Times Bestseller The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. Originally released in 2012, this book spent more than sixty weeks on the NYT Bestseller list! Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale University, and a...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa checks in on her homework from The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer. Then, she presents a challenge to both herself and Misty: say something you're good at, without making any disclaimers. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Misty and Lisa review the New York Times Bestseller The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection by Michael A. Singer. Michael A. Singer is the author of #1   New York Times   bestseller   The Untethered Soul  and   New York Times   bestseller   The Surrender Experiment , which have been published worldwide. He had a deep inner awakening in 1971 while working on his d...

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa & Misty share emails from listeners who are making their homes more hyggelig during safer-at-home times.  Don't know what "hyggelig" means? Check out our episode on The Little Book of Hygge  (episode #43)! It's a wonderful concept all about making your home and life more cozy. We'd love to hear from you, too! Email us at gohelpyourse...