

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)
Zak Rosen
Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) is a short, weekly infusion of delightful, unexpected and strange ways to make life slightly and sometimes profoundly better. In each episode a different contributor offers an odd experiment, a silly ritual, a curious practice that you’ll find weirdly helpful. Stuff like howling when you're despondent, eating oranges in the shower and metaphorically flushing your adversary down the toilet!
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May 3, 2022 • 8min
Rachel Jacobson Tries to Act Like She's on Vacation All the Time
Rachel Jacobson helps people deal with climate impacts across North America.---Practicing Freedom with Amanda Alexander---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshowhome: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 28, 2022 • 6min
A Rainbow Squared with Ilyse Iris
ilyse iris magy is an interdisciplinary performance artist whose work positions daily life as a site of creation, documenting and engineering experiences that interrogate and elevate the ordinary. Her social practice engages the would-be audience as co-creators through playful public interventions and participatory events, while her personal practice documents and expands artmaking as performance itself. Learn more about A Rainbow Squared here.
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Apr 26, 2022 • 8min
Rehearsing your Future with Bob Doyle
Bob Doyle is best known for his contribution to the film and book “The Secret”, as a law of attraction expert and coach. Recently, Bob’s attention has shifted from the metaphysical aspects of the Law of Attraction or “reality creation” process, to a more grounded and biological look at what controls our experiences, our brain. You can take his "Evolve Your Excellence" challenge here.---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow
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Apr 21, 2022 • 11min
Earth Day with Tamara Lindemen from The Weather Station
Tamara Lindeman is a musician from the band, The Weather Station. Their latest album is HOW IS IT THAT I SHOULD LOOK AT THE STARS.---INVESTIGATING YOUR SHAME WITH HEATHER RADKE---To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST----Instagram Facebook Twitter Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 19, 2022 • 6min
Are you too high? Ellen Scanlon is here to help.
As the host of How to Do the Pot, you’ll find Ellen Lee Scanlon behind the mic, interviewing diverse, modern women about their remarkable experiences with cannabis, recommending the essential strains for women, and sharing the latest research on the psychological and physical benefits of the plant.---Facing Your Fears with Michael Porter Jr. ---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow
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Apr 14, 2022 • 6min
The Sweatpants Gospel with Sandy Danto
Sandy Danto is a stand-up comedian and actor based in Hollywood, CA. He can be seen on episodes of MAD TV, National Lampoon shorts, and is a regular at the Comedy Store. His album is called Daddy Boy. LISTEN HERE. ---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow
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Apr 12, 2022 • 8min
Know your Weakness with Rebecca Lavoie
Rebecca Lavoie oversees the team that makes New Hampshire Public Radio podcasts. She's also the host of her own hit podcast, Crime Writers On…, on which she moderates a panel discussing other podcasts, pop culture, true crime, and journalism, as well as the host of the Netflix podcast, You Can't Make This Up.---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshowhome: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 7, 2022 • 7min
H.A.L.T. with Jocelyn Mackenzie
Jocelyn Mackenzie is a Brooklyn-based musician, maker, and medium. A singer, songwriter, songwriting coach, artist, stylist, intuitive, and psychic, she recently released her debut solo album PUSH on Righteous Babe Records. ---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST or email him at ZAK@bestadvice.show---IG: @bestadviceshow
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Apr 5, 2022 • 9min
Your Body is Speaking to You with Dr. Serena Sterling
Dr. Serena Sterling is a clinical psychologist and life-coach.---
****EDITOR'S NOTE: Since this episode was published, I became aware that the author mentioned, Louise Hay, had a sordid history inside the AIDS epidemic. To learn more, check out "How Louise Hay’s Spiritual Pseudoscience Harmed a Generation of Gay Men." TBAS does not endorse Hay or her work. ---You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show---Check out How to Talk to [High Achievers] about Anything, a podcast from LWC Studios hosted by Stevon Lewis, a licensed psychotherapist and coach. In each episode, Stevon offers feedback and strategies on a range of topics including the pressures of being an entrepreneur, the rigors of leading creative people, the struggle to stay motivated, the cost of fitting in, and much more. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 31, 2022 • 6min
A Portal to Learning with Jessica Nordell
Jessica Nordell (@jessnordell) is a science and culture journalist. She is the author of the new book The End of Bias: A Beginning.
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