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

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 found a creative agency called Brass Check, which has advised clients like Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as many prominent bestselling authors, including Neil Strauss, Tony Robbins and Tim Ferriss. He is the author of ten books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, Conspiracy, and Stillness is the Key, which have sold more than two million copies in thirty languages.  We cover every part of the book in this Obstacle Is the Way Book Review, including: Part 1: PERCEPTION Part 2: ACTION Part 3: WILL If you like what you're hearing, and want to know more, you can  learn more about the author at his website here.  If you'd like to purchase the book, you can do so here. If you'd like to listen to the other episodes of Go Help Yourself that Lisa and Misty mention, check out their reviews of How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens (all about the Zettelkasten method) and The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck by Mark Manson.  As always, please subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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 related to a much older practice called commonplace books (as described in this article by Ryan Holiday). To that end, you might enjoy some of these related resources: Why & How to keep a commonplace book Ryan Holiday's notecard system — one of the better fleshed out implementations of this idea that I've seen Syntopical reading (pulled from Adler's excellent book on ... how to read a book) Creating an idea index while reading, from Maria Popova via Tim Ferriss via Cal Newport  Also, check out Andrew's podcast Enliven with Andrew Skotzko!  And as always, please rate, review and subscribe to Go Help Yourself! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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 frequent guest on This American Life, NPR, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Frontline, and other programs. We cover each section in this Power of Habit book review, including: PART ONE The Habits of Individuals THE HABIT LOOP How Habits Work THE CRAVING BRAIN How to Create New Habits THE GOLDEN RULE OF HABIT CHANGE Why Transformation Occurs PART TWO The Habits of Successful Organizations KEYSTONE HABITS, OR THE BALLAD OF PAUL O’NEILL Which Habits Matter Most STARBUCKS AND THE HABIT OF SUCCESS When Willpower Becomes Automatic THE POWER OF A CRISIS How Leaders Create Habits Through Accident and Design HOW TARGET KNOWS WHAT YOU WANT BEFORE YOU DO When Companies Predict (and Manipulate) Habits PART THREE The Habits of Societies SADDLEBACK CHURCH & THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT How Movements Happen THE NEUROLOGY OF FREE WILL Are We Responsible for Our Habits? If you would like to purchase the book, you may do so here. If you would like to learn more about the author, you can visit his website. And if you'd like to listen to our episode on Atomic Habits by James Clear, you can do that right here.  As always, please rate, review and subscribe to Go Help Yourself! It really does help other amazing listeners, like you, find our podcast!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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 doctorate in economics and went into seclusion to focus on yoga and meditation. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a now long-established yoga and meditation center where people of any religion or set of beliefs can come together to experience inner peace. He is also the creator of a leading-edge software package that transformed the medical practice management industry, and founding CEO of a billion dollar public company whose achievements are archived in the Smithsonian Institution. Along with his more than four decades of spiritual teaching, Michael has made major contributions in the areas of business, education, healthcare, and environmental protection. Misty covers every part of the book in this Surrender Experiment book review.  If you'd like to listen Go Help Yourself's review of The Untethered Soul (also by Michael A. Singer), you can do so here.  And if you'd like to learn more about Michael Singer, check out his website.  If you'd like to purchase the book, you can do so here. If you haven't already, please subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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 gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.com. And make sure to follow us on instagram @GoHelpYourselfPodcast Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to Go Help Yourself. It's very hygge of you!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, by listener request, Misty and Lisa take turns interviewing each other so you can get to know your hosts! You can follow Lisa Linke on instagram @itslinke and you can follow Misty Stinnett @mistyrose. And of course, be sure to follow Go Help Yourself podcast @gohelpyourselfpodcast on Instagram and @GHYpodcast on Twitter. If you'd like to see Lisa's hilarious Dance Moms parody that Misty mentions, check out Dog Moms here.  And if you'd like to check out Previs Pro, the storyboarding program Misty mentions for vision boarding, you can do that here.  And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty checks in on her homework from OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? and brings us a hilarious article from the New York Times about people who hate cooking in quarantine. Here are the Internet Chefs that Misty and Lisa mention during the episode: Gemma Stafford of Bigger Bolder Baking Chef John of Food Wishes Tabitha Brown Can you relate to the cooking disasters from this episode? Let us know by getting in touch! IG: @gohelpyourselfpodcast twitter: @ghypodcast Email: gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.com And please rate, review and subscribe to Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa & Misty review the newly-released OMG WTF Does The Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work by Ben Sheehan. 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. The Hollywood Reporter listed him as one of entertainment’s 35 Rising Executives Under 35 and OMG WTF’s Gerrymander Jewelry was a finalist for Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas 2019. In 2016, he helped register 50,000 voters through digital videos as the executive director of Save the Day. The projects he’s been involved with have received over a billion views. In this OMG WTF Does The Constitution Actually Says? book review, we cover the Preamble and Article I of The U.S. Constitution. If you’d like to see what the author is up to, check out his twitter account. If you’d like to buy the book, you can do so here. And as always, don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands