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

This week we are re-releasing a classic episode from the Go Help Yourself archives! In this episode, originally released in 2019, we review the #1 Amazon bestseller: Attached. The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love by Amir Levine, M.D., and Rachel S.F. Heller, M.A. Dr. Amir Levine, M.D., is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist. He graduated from the residency program at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University, where he is currently a Principle Investigator, together with Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Eric Kandel and distinguished researcher Dr. Denise Kandel, on a National Institute of Health sponsored research project. He also has a private practice in Manhattan.Rachel S. F. Heller, M.A., holds a master’s degree in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University. She has worked in the past as a corporate consultant for several management consulting firms, including PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG Consulting and Towers Perrin, where she managed high profile clients. She lives with her husband and three children in the San Francisco Bay Area.We cover all three attachment styles in this Attached book review, including:-Anxious-Avoidant-SecureIf you want more information, you can check out the authors' website here. If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week we are re-releasing a classic episode from the Go Help Yourself archives!In this episode, originally released in 2019, Misty and Lisa review the #1 New York Times Bestseller Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing The Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant To Be by Rachel Hollis.Rachel Hollis is a #1 New York Times best-selling author of Girl, Wash Your Face, a TV personality, top motivational speaker, top podcast host, CCO of The Hollis Company and mother of four. Rachel was named by Inc. Magazine as one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30” and she is deeply passionate about empowering women in business. Known as "the Tony Robbins for women" because of her motivational high energy style, Rachel has a unique ability to empower and embolden a female audience. Motivational, inspirational, and always approachable, Rachel’s tell-it-like-it-is attitude is a refreshing approach that allows her to authentically connect with audiences everywhere. Lisa and Misty review five chapters in this Girl Wash Your Face book review, but discuss the structure of all twenty. The five covered are:The Lie: Something Else Will Make Me HappyThe Lie: I’ll Start TomorrowThe Lie: I’m Not Good EnoughThe Lie: I’m Going to Marry Matt DamonThe Lie: I Will Never Get Past ThisIf you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.You can visit Rachel Hollis's website here!Listen to our Minisode "The Tolle of Self-Help" here.And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Self-help feels like a bit of a dumpster fire, doesn't it? Whether you've binged every self-help book out there or are just getting started in your journey – Go Help Yourself is your source for calling bullsh*t on toxic positivity, turning your existential dread into actual growth, and getting it together without losing your soul (or sense of humor) in the process.We're here to take the overwhelm out of self-help because we believe that, even though life is hard, personal development doesn’t have to be.Misty loves self-help and is earnestly trying to improve her life, while Lisa hates anyone telling her what to do. Together, they bring a much-needed critical eye (and healthy dose of humor) to the self-help world as they traverse its absurd and treacherous terrain, sharing what they learn along the way.Welcome to your podcast to make life suck less!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week we are re-releasing a classic episode from the Go Help Yourself archives! In this episode, originally released in 2019, Misty and Lisa review the #1 New York Times Bestseller Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Brené Brown.Brené Brown is an American research professor in The Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and is the author of five #1 New York Times best sellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership.Brown’s 2010 TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability – is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world, with over 35 million views. You can watch it here.Lisa and Misty cover every chapter in this Daring Greatly Book Review, but spend most of their time on the first four:Scarcity: Looking Inside Our Culture of “Never Enough”Debunking The Vulnerability MythsUnderstanding and Combating ShameThe Vulnerability ArmoryMind The Gap: Cultivating Change and Closing the Disengagement DivideDisruptive Engagement: Daring to Rehumanize Education and WorkWholehearted Parenting: Daring to Be the Adults We Want Our Children to BeIf you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.You can visit Brené Brown’s website here!Watch her TED talk here.And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself! E-mail us at gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.com if you'd like to get in touch. Thanks for listening!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty make a big announcement, including re-releasing fan-favorite episodes through the rest of the year, reflections about where we've been, and what the future will look like for GHY.If you'd like to be the first to know when our secret project drops, get on the mailing list at gohelpyourself.coYou can also follow us on instagram @gohelpyourselfpodcast or email us directly: gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.com.Have a question, a story you'd like to share, or a topic request? We'd love to hear from you.If you're enjoying GHY, please leave us a rating and review, as it helps other people find our show.We can't wait to enter this new era with you!Life is Abundant,Misty & LisaAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week we are re-releasing a classic episode from the Go Help Yourself archives!In this episode, originally released in 2019, Misty and Lisa review When Things Fall Apart – Heart Advice For Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön.Pema is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön is the principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada.Pema is interested in helping establish the monastic tradition in the West, as well in continuing her work with Buddhists of all traditions, sharing ideas and teachings. She has written several books: “The Wisdom of No Escape”, “Start Where You Are”, “When Things Fall Apart”, “The Places that Scare You”, “No Time to Lose” and “Practicing Peace in Times of War”, and most recently, “Smile at Fear”. Lisa and Misty talk about the first seven chapters in this first part of two-parter When Things Fall Apart book review, including:IntroductionIntimacy with FearWhen Things Fall ApartThis Very Moment Is the Perfect TeacherRelax As It IsIt’s Never Too LateNot Causing HarmHopelessness and DeathReal uplifting stuff!If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.You can visit the Pema Chödrön Foundation website here!Listen to our Part 2 episode here!And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this episode, Lisa shares an article from the fall issue of the Audubon Society's magazine, Audubon, about how to make the most of your limited time to connect with nature. Please wait for the ending because it is a delightful doozy. Have a question, a story you'd like to share, or a topic request? Get in touch with us! Email us at gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.comWant more GHY?Sign up for our newsletter at gohelpyourself.coFollow us on instagram @gohelpyourselfpodcast If you're enjoying GHY, please leave us a rating and review, as it helps other people find our show.xoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this episode of GHY, Misty shares an article from Good Housekeeping about The Wobbly Work of Finding Relationship Balance by author and friend of the podcast Gemma Hartley.If you'd like to hear our episode covering Gemma's viral Harpers Bazaar article titled Women Aren't Nags, We're Just Fed Up, you can do so here. You can also listen to our episode interviewing Gemma on her book Fed Up here.Have a question, a story you'd like to share, or a topic request? Get in touch with us! Email us at gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.comWant more GHY?Sign up for our newsletter at gohelpyourself.coFollow us on instagram @gohelpyourselfpodcast If you're enjoying GHY, please leave us a rating and review, as it helps other people find our show.xoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty shares an article about what adults forget about friendship.Don't miss this one if you want some actionable tips on how to bring the fun back to adult friendships. (Hint: break the "catch-up" cycle and start wasting time instead.)If you're enjoying GHY, please leave us a rating and review, as it helps other people find our show.Want more GHY?Sign up for our newsletter at gohelpyourself.coFollow us on instagram @gohelpyourselfpodcast Have a question, a story you'd like to share, or a topic request? Get in touch with us! Email us at gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.comxoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares three articles about political neuroscience: how imagination exercises can alter political views, from The Washington Post, anatomical differences in liberal and conservative brains from Scientific American, and how brains of the same political affiliation view (and sometimes bias) information similarly from Brown University. Keeping these differences in mind can also help to bring empathy those ever-so-tricky political conversations.Misty also shares the America In One Room political experiment by Helena.org.If you're enjoying GHY, please leave us a rating and review, as it helps other people find our show.Want more GHY?Sign up for our newsletter at gohelpyourself.coFollow us on instagram at gohelpyourselfpodcastHave a question, a story you'd like to share, or a topic request? Get in touch with us: gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.comxoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands