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

On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty shares a post from Mark Manson about 5 Problems with the Self-help Industry.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty review the #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed by Glennon Doyle. Glennon Doyle is the author of #1 New York Times bestsellers UNTAMED (a Reese’s Book Club selection) and LOVE WARRIOR (an Oprah’s Book Club selection), as well as the New York Times bestseller CARRY ON, WARRIOR. An activist and thought leader, Glennon is the founder and president of Together Rising, an all-women led nonprofit organization that has revolutionized grassroots philanthropy – raising over $25 Million for women, families, and children in crisis. She lives in Florida with her wife and three children. We cover concepts from each section in this Untamed book review, including: Part 1: CAGED Part 2: KEYS Part 3: FREE If you like what you're hearing, you can learn more about the author at her website.  If you want to buy the book, you can buy it here. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Misty checks in on her homework from The Dance of Anger and Lisa reads a listener e-mail with a thought-provoking question: is there such a thing as toxic femininity?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On today’s bonus episode, Lisa and Misty create a starter list for our white listeners to help them take actions to be better allies. If you are confused about the difference between “white saviors” and allyship, and to read a list of frequently asked questions, you can head to https://nowhitesaviors.org/faqs/.  Easy actions to take: Donate to organizations doing the work: The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls The NAACP Southern Poverty Law Center United Negro College Fund Black Youth Project The Sentencing Project Families against Mandatory Minimums A New Way of Life Dream Defenders The ACLU Black Lives Matter Showing Up For Racial Justice Black Visions Collective  The Minnesota Freedom Fund North Star Health Collective Follow intersectional accounts on social media! Here are a few to get you started: @Rachel.Cargle @TeachandTransform @indigenousrising @NoWhiteSaviors @theconsciouskid @zinneducationproject @ctznwell @theequalityinstitute @showingupforacialjustice @wp4bl @Luvvie  Listen to podcasts!  1619 Project - read here 1619 Project - listen here So, Lisa mentions “On Being White” during the episode, but it’s actually called Scene On Radio and the entire second season is dedicated to “Seeing White”, the exploration of whiteness. When I listened, there were only three episodes, but now there are 14! You can start with episode one of season 2, called “Turning The Lens” here.  The rest of these actions are Medium or Hard, depending on your abilities, tolerance and time commitments! Have conversations with your friends and family. Become vocal.  Read books to expand your knowledge: White Fragility I’m Judging You Between the World and Me So You Want to Talk About Race An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States And check out this Anti-Racist Reading List from the New York Times and this list of Racial Justice Books for White People from Showing Up for Racial Justice. Explore your own inherent biases and where they came from. Take The Harvard Bias test online. Volunteer and get involved with organizations doing the work. Two national examples to start:  White People 4 Black Lives Showing Up For Racial Justice Call your reps when you see an injustice, and urge them to hold the perpetrators accountable. Resistbot is an amazing, easy way to do this -- all you have to do is text the word RESIST to Resistbot on iMessage, Messenger, Twitter, Telegram, or to 50409 on SMS to get started.  Volunteer to help black men and women, indigenous people, and people of color elected to office.  VOTE! Do what you can. Act now. Speak up. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week Lisa and Misty cover the renowned classic and New York Times bestseller The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner. Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, contributor to psychoanalytic concepts regarding family and feminist theory and therapy, and the author of many books. From 1972 to 2001 she was a staff psychologist at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, and a faculty member and supervisor in the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry. During this time she published extensively on the psychology of women and family relationships, revising traditional psychoanalytic concepts to reflect feminist and family systems perspectives. In this Dance of Anger book review, Lisa and Misty cover the chapters in this 2014 edition: New Introduction to the 2014 Edition THE CHALLENGE OF ANGER OLD MOVES, NEW MOVES, AND COUNTERMOVES CIRCULAR DANCES IN COUPLES: When Getting Angry Is Getting Nowhere ANGER AT OUR IMPOSSIBLE MOTHERS USING ANGER AS A GUIDE: The Road to a Clearer Self UP AND DOWN THE GENERATIONS WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT: The Trickiest Anger Question THINKING IN THREES: Stepping Out of Family Triangles TASKS FOR THE DARING AND COURAGEOUS EPILOGUE: Beyond Self-Help If you want to know more about the author, visit her website. If you like what you’re hearing, you can buy the book here. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Misty is joined by very special guests Frank and Matt who had their house tidied by Marie Kondo! If you'd like to watch their episode of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, check it out on Netflix; it's episode 5.  You can find Frank on instagram @Frank.Arthur.Smith and on Twitter @FAS4US And you can find Matt on instagram @Matt__Hartman And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty cover Love Is Not Enough by Mark Manson. Here is a bit about the author in his own words, right from this audible original: "My name is Mark Manson. I’m the New York Times bestselling author of THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A FUCK and EVERYTHING IS FUCKED: A BOOK ABOUT HOPE. Most people don’t know this about me, but before Subtle Art took off and I became a huge, fancy author, I primarily gave relationship advice. 12 years ago, I started a blog. It was a blog about my own dating life. I didn’t expect anyone other than my guy friends to read it. I just wanted a place where I could write out some of my own confused experiences and figure out what the hell I was doing wrong. To my surprise, other young men started following along and reaching out to me. As it turned out, they had similar issues and insecurities as I did. They asked questions, and being a good little blogger, I went in search for answers. Those answers brought more readers and more questions, which brought more answers, and more readers, and so on. Fast forward seven years and I was making a full-time living writing relationship advice to millions of readers across the world. It was like I was the millennial Dear Abby who happened to say 'fuck' a lot.” Well, there you have it folks.  We cover every chapter in this Love Is Not Enough book review: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Pain Boundaries Power Struggles Choosing Reality Over Fantasy Vulnerability The Courage to Be Loved Simple but Difficult If you like what you're hearing, you can grab the book here or check out the author's website 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 about Why You Should Stop Being so Hard on Yourself. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week, Lisa and Misty bring you the second part of For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity by Liz Plank. Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist and the Executive Producer of several critically acclaimed series at Vox Media. Liz was ranked as one of the 50 most influential women by Marie Claire and was named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Media. Before becoming a journalist, Liz worked as a researcher and behavioral science consultant at the London School of Economics, from which she holds a master's degree in policy with an emphasis in global gender politics. In the final part of this For the Love of Men book review,  Lisa and Misty cover Part II: PART II. I Love Men The Great Suppression Bromance Amuse-bouche: Glen’s Story Waffles Are His Love Language The Mancession If Patriarchy Is So Great, Why Is It Making You Die? The Making of Men Compassion As the Antidote to Hate Conclusion: The Case for Mindful Masculinity  If you’d like to learn more about the author, you can visit her website. If you like what you’re hearing, you can buy the book 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 about The Case for Doing Nothing. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands