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

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty and Lisa discuss how to ask for help. The article from The Bottom Line Personal interviewed Wayne E. Baker, PhD, School of Business at University of Michigan. Check out his website for more information. Make sure to check out our Patreon community and grab some GHY merch, too.  Thanks for supporting Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty conclude their review of the #1 New York Times bestseller Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Bill Burnett is the Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford as well as an adjunct professor in mechanical engineering. He got his BS and MS in Product Design at Stanford and has worked professionally on a wide variety of projects ranging from award-winning Apple PowerBooks to the original Hasbro Star Wars action figures. He holds a number of mechanical and design patents, and design awards for a variety of products including the first “slate” computer. In addition to his duties at Stanford, he is a on the Board of VOZ (pronounced “VAWS – it means voice in Spanish) a socially-responsible high fashion startup and advises several Internet start-up companies. Dave Evans is a lecturer at the Product Design Program at Stanford, as well as a management consultant and c-founder of Electronic Arts. Having participated in forming the corporate cultures at Apple and EA, Dave decided his best work was in helping organizations build creative environments where people could do great work and love doing it. So he went out on his own; working with start-up teams, corporate executives, non-profit leaders, and countless young adults. They were all asking the same question. “What should I do with my life?” Helping people get traction on that question finally took Dave to Cal and Stanford and continues to be his life’s work. Dave holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and a graduate diploma in Contemplative Spirituality from San Francisco Theological Seminary. In the second part of this Designing Your Life book review podcast, we cover the following chapters: 5. Design Your Lives 6. Prototyping 7. How Not to Get a Job 8. Designing Your Dream Job 9. Choose Happiness 10. Failure Immunity 11. Building a Team Conclusion: A Well-Designed Life If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.  If you'd like to learn more about the authors, you can visit their website here.  Make sure to check out our Patreon community and grab some GHY merch, too.  Thanks for supporting Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty and Lisa discuss what documents to shred, courtesy of you guessed it: The Bottom Line Personal (March 1, 2020 issue).   You can also listen to Sav's musical podcast In Strange Woods right here! Make sure to check out our Patreon community and grab some GHY merch, too.  Thanks for supporting Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty review the #1 New York Times bestseller Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Bill Burnett is the Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford as well as an adjunct professor in mechanical engineering. He got his BS and MS in Product Design at Stanford and has worked professionally on a wide variety of projects ranging from award-winning Apple PowerBooks to the original Hasbro Star Wars action figures. He holds a number of mechanical and design patents, and design awards for a variety of products including the first “slate” computer. In addition to his duties at Stanford, he is a on the Board of VOZ (pronounced “VAWS – it means voice in Spanish) a socially-responsible high fashion startup and advises several Internet start-up companies. Dave Evans is a lecturer at the Product Design Program at Stanford, as well as a management consultant and c-founder of Electronic Arts. Having participated in forming the corporate cultures at Apple and EA, Dave decided his best work was in helping organizations build creative environments where people could do great work and love doing it. So he went out on his own; working with start-up teams, corporate executives, non-profit leaders, and countless young adults. They were all asking the same question. “What should I do with my life?” Helping people get traction on that question finally took Dave to Cal and Stanford and continues to be his life’s work. Dave holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and a graduate diploma in Contemplative Spirituality from San Francisco Theological Seminary. In the first part of this Designing Your Life book review podcast, we cover the following chapters: 1. Start Where You Are 2. Building a Compass 3. Wayfinding 4. Getting Unstuck Make sure to tune in next week to hear the second part of this review! If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.  If you'd like to learn more about the authors, you can visit their website here.  Make sure to check out our Patreon community and grab some GHY merch, too.  Thanks for supporting Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa is joined by Kate Cohen to talk about what to do if and when someone gives you a self-help book that you didn't ask for.  The book she mentions, Going Solo In The Kitchen, can be found here. Make sure to check out our Patreon community and grab some GHY merch, too.  Thanks for supporting Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa is joined by special guest Kate Cohen to present the New York Times bestseller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. Kate Cohen has a master’s in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern University. She’s a longtime friend of Lisa’s as they met doing improv in Chicago. When she’s not making people laugh or teaching improv students, she works in Learning & Development in Chicago.  Greg McKeown has dedicated his career to discovering why some people and teams break through to the next level—and others don’t. McKeown is the CEO of McKeown Inc., whose clients include Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Salesforce.com, Symantec, Twitter, VMware and Yahoo!. In this New York Times bestseller Essentialism book review podcast, we cover points from each of the main sections of the book: -Essence -Explore -Eliminate -Execute As well as the Introduction and the final chapter, Be. Check out our Patreon to see how you can be part of our community! If you want to know more about the author, you can visit his website. If you want to buy the book, you can do so here. Check out all the GHY Merch we have available! Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe and recommend Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa is joined by her best friend Sarah to talk about the experience of supporting a friend in grief.  Make sure to check out our Patreon community and grab some GHY merch, too.  Thanks for supporting Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa welcomes her best friend, Sarah Maher, back to the podcast to present the New York Times bestseller Trixie & Katya’s Guide To Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova. Sarah is a writer, improviser and excellent best friend living in Chicago. Trixie Mattel is the drag persona of Brian Michael Firkus, an American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian, author, actor, and tv personality from Milwaukee. Mattel is best known for being the winner of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and for placing sixth on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova, known as Katya, is the drag persona of Brian Joseph McCook, an actor, author, recording artist, and comedian. Katya is best known for placing fifth on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race and placing as runner-up on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. In this Trixie & Katya’s Guide To Modern Womanhood book review podcast, we cover information from the three sections of the book: -Beauty and Style -Homemaking -Relationships Make sure to check out our Patreon to see how you can be part of our community! If you want to know more about the authors, you can visit their website. If you want to buy the book, you can do so here. Check out all the GHY Merch we have available! Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe and recommend Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty and Lisa read a listener email with a different perspective about Louise Hay.  If you'd like, check out our episode reviewing You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay.  Make sure to check out our Patreon community and grab some GHY merch, too.  Thanks for supporting Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Misty and Lisa review the #1 New York Times bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex by John Gray, Ph.D. John Gray, Ph.D. is the #1 bestselling relationship author of all time. He is the author of over 20 books, including The New York Times #1 bestselling relationship book: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. His books have sold over 50 million copies in 50 different languages around the world. He’s a relationship counselor who earned degrees in meditation and took a correspondence course in psychology. He has made guest appearances on such shows as Oprah, The Dr. Oz Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The CBS Morning Show, Live with Regis, Fox & Friends Weekend, Good Morning New York, Larry King Live, CNN and Company and many others. He has been profiled in major publications across the United States. John Gray lives with his wife and children in Northern California. In this Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus book review podcast, we think critically about the context in which this book was published almost thirty years ago, and how far the conversation about men, women, gender, and relationships has evolved since then.  If you like what you're hearing, you can buy the book here.  You can also visit the author's website here.  Other GHY episodes we mention can be found here: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown For the Love of Men by Liz Plank, Part 1 and Part 2. Fed Up by Gemma Hartley Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Make sure to check out our Patreon community and grab some GHY merch, too.  Thanks for supporting Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands