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

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty is joined by special guest Lauriel Marger, who speaks about her experiences as a working artist. This is a special follow up to the War of Art book review that is not to be missed! If you'd like to follow Lauriel on social media, you can do so @lozmaza And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty cover The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield. Steven Pressfield was an advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital, fruit-picker in Washington state, and screenwriter. His struggles to make a living as an author, including the period when he was homeless and living out of the back of his car, are detailed in his book The War of Art. Pressfield graduated from Duke University in 1965. His first book, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was published in 1995, and was made into a 2000 film of the same name directed by Robert Redford and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Matt Damon. We cover all the main ideas in this War of Art book review, including resistance, turning pro, and the higher realm. If you like what you're hearing, you can learn more about the author at his website here.  If you would like to purchase the book, you can do so 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 shares an article from the New York Times in defense of a good cry. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Happy Independence Day! This week, Misty and Lisa bring you the New York Times Bestseller A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump by David Plouffe. Plouffe is an American political strategist best known as the campaign manager for Barack Obama's successful 2008 presidential campaign. He was an outside senior advisor to Obama since the president's first day in office and was then appointed as a Senior Advisor to the President (inside the White House) in 2011 following the resignation of David Axelrod, who went on to start Obama's reelection campaign.  Plouffe wrote this book with the intention of sharing his experience working for and in campaigns for several decades, and his insights are usable to any volunteer or candidate, for any campaign, at any level, from local election up to, and including, President. In this A Citizen’s Guide To Beating Donald Trump book review, we cover the following chapters: Table of contents Introduction Offense/Defense Create Register Hosting Battlegrounds Money The Campaign Voting Election Night We also reference Vote Save America to make sure you’re registered to vote and also visit the Brennan Center for Justice if you want up-to-date research and reporting on voting issues. If you want to buy the book, you can do so here. And don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe to Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty checks in on her homework from A Grief Observed: sharing a list of the things she's grieving while in quarantine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, joined by special guest host Dr. Nikita T. Hamilton, we cover A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis.  Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures. We cover each of the four chapters in this A Grief Observed book review! If you'd like to learn more about the author, you can do so here.  If you'd like to purchase the book, you can do so here. And if you'd like to follow Nikita on Instagram, you can do so @nikitathamilton 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, Lisa shares an article about how to make the most of your therapy sessions from Bottom Line Personal.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty review The international bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. According to the author's page on Amazon.com, Norman Vincent Peale was born in the Ohio hamlet of Bowersville on May 31, 1898, and was the son of a physician turned Methodist minister. He grew up to become the author of 46 books, including the inspirational best seller of all time, The Power of Positive Thinking. He was also a motivational speaker; the co-publisher of the world's leading inspirational magazine, Guideposts; and for 52 years, the beloved pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. In 1984 Peale was awarded the Presidential medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan. Dr. Peale died at his home in Pawling on Christmas Eve, 1993. Buckle in for this one, because we cover the main ideas in every chapter of this Power of Positive Thinking Book Review. If you'd like to learn more about the author, you can visit his website.  If you'd like to buy the book, you can do so here. And here's the Politico article Misty cites about How Norman Vincent Peale taught Donald Trump to Worship Himself. And don't forget to rate, subscribe, 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 White Fragility, and Lisa & Misty share which self-help books they'd include on a shelf if they could only choose six. (Shelf-help!)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Misty and Lisa are delighted to bring to you the New York Times Bestseller White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo. Robin DiAngelo has her PhD in Multicultural Education, and is currently Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. She researches Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis (which is evident in this book!), and has been published many times. She’s a consultant, educator and facilitator on issues of racial and social justice, and has been doing so for over two decades. In 2011, she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which influenced the international dialogue on race. Misty and Lisa cover major topics from the following chapters in this White Fragility book review: Introduction: We Can’t Get There from Here The Challenges of Talking to White People About Racism Racism and White Supremacy Racism After the Civil Rights Movement How Does Race Shape the Lives of White People? The Good/Bad Binary Anti-Blackness Racial Triggers for White People The Result: White Fragility White Fragility in Action White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement White Women’s Tears Where Do We Go from Here? If you’d like to learn more about the author, you can visit her website here. If you want to buy the book, you can do so here. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands