On this episode of GHY, Lisa brings back her favorite "old person" magazine to share some action-packed (and research backed) life tips from The Bottom Line magazine, including:

• Why Dissatisfaction with life is normal
• How overtraining leads to lower moods
• Extreme heat is linked to more mental health emergencies
• Women are both happier and sadder than men
• How a consistent sleep schedule protects your heart 
• How to use tea bags to freshen the smell of your car
• The love language myth
• why “happy wife, happy life” doesn’t hold up under the scrutiny of research
• Why planned sex is just as fulfilling as spontaneous sex

Okay, Bottom Line!

We also reference the following episodes: Why We Sleep by Dr. Matthew Walker, The Paradox of Productivity, and The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. 

If you want to learn more about The Bottom Line, you can do so here.

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On this episode of GHY, Lisa and Misty dive deep into the topic of ghosting in dating. Lisa shares two recent articles: Ghosting Is an Inescapable Part of Dating. Is It Ever OK? and 7 Ways to Respond to Ghosting. This leads to a very lively discussion about the fabric of humanity and brings up the question... are we owed anything by anyone?

We also touch on a previous episode where we reviewed Amanda Seales’s book Small Doses, in which she discusses three types of ghosting:

1. Bread crumbing
2. Stashing
3. Submarining

As Misty would say: ugh.

As Lisa would say: people gonna people.

Boo!

You can also listen to our episode of The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty shares an article about why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning by NPR. Don't let handwriting die, everyone!

We also mention our episode of How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens.

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In this episode, Lisa and Misty review the Gray Rock method for navigating interactions with difficult people, based on this article from the New York Times.

If you'd like to listen to the Bruce Bryans book reviews we mention, you can find those here:

Texts So Good He Can't Ignore: Sassy Texting Secrets for Attracting High-Quality Men (and Keeping the One You Want) by Bruce Bryans

How To Get A Man Without Getting Played: 29 Dating Secrets to Catch Mr. Right, Set Your Standards, And Eliminate Time Wasters by Bruce Bryans

Don't miss the reviews for the Hutzler 571 banana slicer or this critique of the BIC pen for women.

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In this episode, Lisa and Misty discuss email signature and sign-offs: the good, the bad, and the truly savage (according to survey respondents). Check out the article Lisa shares from The Muse, Bored Panda’s crowdsourced suggestions, or this blog post from Omnisend that has links to the studies we referenced. 

Cheers!

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares an article from Forbes where a psychologist analyzes self-help vs. therapy, as well as how to spot and avoid toxic self-help.

If you want to learn more about the author, the studies mentioned, or to read the article, you can do so here.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty and Lisa discuss the paradox of productivity -- how being productive can actually make you more overwhelmed, and the ways to keep productivity culture (and toxic productivity) in check.

Other episodes mentioned:

How to Fight Internalized Capitalism to Increase Your Self-Worth

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty are joined by special guest Bill Burke, founder of The Optimism Institute. This conversation covers all things optimism, including the relationship between dissatisfaction and optimism, how optimism contributes to personal resilience, and how (and why) to cultivate optimism as a purposeful act.

About Bill:

Bill Burke founded The Optimism Institute in 2022 after an extensive media and sports career as an executive, writer, and producer. Bill served as CEO of The Weather Channel Companies after several years at Time Warner/Turner Broadcasting System, where he was the founding general manager of Turner Classic Movies before going on to become president of TBS Superstation. 

Additionally, for fifteen years he was the co-owner and chairman of the Portland Sea Dogs, the double-A Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

As a writer, Bill co-authored Ted Turner’s top-10 New YorkTimes Best-Selling autobiography Call Me Ted and later co-wrote/produced/directed “Live Another Day,” an award winning feature-length documentary on the bailout of the U.S. auto industry.

Bill is a lifelong optimist (he has to be - he’s a Detroit Lions fan) and launched The Optimism Institute with a mission to inspire people with an optimistic, hopeful vision of the world and its future.

To that end, Bill is also the host of the podcast Blue Sky, a weekly podcast featuring inspiring leaders, authors, researchers, and big thinkers who are taking on some of our world’s toughest challenges with an infectious sense of optimism.

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On this special episode of Go Help Yourself, friend of the podcast Nadine Dalati guides listeners through a soothing Yoga Nidra meditation.

Yoga Nidra is a relaxation technique that combines guided mental imagery with the yoga pose "corpse pose" (Shavasana) while lying on your back. The goal is to achieve a deep state of relaxation that's different from sleep because you're still aware of your surroundings. It's also known as "yogic sleep" or "effortless relaxation."

Benefits of Yoga Nidra include body and mind relaxation, reduced stress, improved sleep, and mental clarity.

Nadine Dalati, with over three decades of life experience and extensive travel across the globe, has dedicated her journey to helping people heal. Specializing in holistic breath and bodywork, Nadine facilitates transformative one-on-one sessions and leads group practices that offer deep relief for physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Using a trauma-informed approach, Nadine expertly guides individuals to uncover the root of their pain, make peace with it, and transform it into a source of strength. Her compassionate and insightful guidance helps clients overcome their blocks and thrive.

Nadine is passionate about sharing these powerful tools with those ready to embrace change and achieve a higher state of wellness.

You can learn more about Nadine or book a healing bodywork session with her at her website or on her Yelp page.

You can also follow her on instagram.

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This week on Go Help Yourself, Misty shares a guide from the New York Times's "Well" newsletter about how to support a friend going through a divorce. The article was written by Jancee Dunn and can be found here.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares a recent newsletter with Misty from Nedra Glover Tawwab, author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace. In it, Nedra talks about making friendships IRL (that’s “in real life” for anyone wondering) and how that can be impacted by social media. If you’d like to subscribe to Nedra’s newsletter for free, you can do so here.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty discuss some problems in the publishing industry that may be inadvertently making your new favorite book or author invisible. This episode is based on, and shares, an article from the Anti-Racism Daily newsletter by Jami Nakamura Lin.

Black-owned publishing companies

https://aalbc.com/books/black_owned_publishing_companies.php

https://bookstr.com/article/8-innovative-black-owned-publishing-houses-you-should-support/

Black-owned bookstores

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a33497812/black-owned-bookstores/

https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php

https://www.cntraveler.com/story/black-owned-bookstores

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa springs a surprise game on Misty... guess who said each quote: Trump or a famous self-help author. Play (and laugh) along to see who really said it.

If you want our episode outlining our top ten self-help books of all time, you can grab it here for *free*

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa surprises* (*trolls) Misty with some self-help trivia. Play along and see if you know the answers! (Or to see if either Misty or Lisa self-actualize on-air.)

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In this expansive follow-up to episode 268, titled "The Surprisingly Common (and Tense) Social Situation No One Is Talking About + What to Do About It," Misty and Lisa share how experts recommend splitting the check in any group dinner situation, no matter how complicated.

The articles referenced include:

-Bon Apetite's How to Split the Check, No Matter How Complicated by Li Goldstein

-Business Insider's Splitting the Check Is No Longer Restaurant Etiquette — In 2024 It’s Every Diner for Themself by Kieran Press-Reynolds and Charissa Cheong

If you want our episode outlining our top ten self-help books of all time, you can grab it here for free.

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Internalized capitalism is the idea that a person's self-worth is directly linked to their productivity. It's a systemic problem that's becoming more pervasive, especially with the popularity of social media. Internalized capitalism can lead to feelings of anxiety and worthlessness when people can't live up to capitalist ideals such as competition, limited resources, and the need to be productive.

On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty talk about how to identify internalized capitalism within yourself, and what you can do to fight it to increase your self-worth.

The articles mentioned in the episode are linked below:

USA Today

Unbounded Potential

Learntrepreneurs.com

A Better Life Therapy practice

And, if you didn't see Niecy Nash-Betts' Emmy's speech, please enjoy.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, we cover a mammoth topic: The Enneagram. Joining us is Enneagram expert and Executive Coach Matt Auron.

Some key takeaways include:

• What the Enneagram is + an overview of each of the Enneagram types, including their strengths and shadows
• How the Enneagram can help you understand yourself, your partner, and your team better
• What Enneagram “wings” are and how they can help you better understand your Enneagram type
• Where the Enneagram fits into a larger understanding of yourself (among Myers-Briggs, the Love Languages, Human Design, Astrology, and more)

As a coach and thought-partner for founders and CEOs, Matt combines his 20-year career as an executive, facilitator and investor with a passion for supporting leaders of Evolutionary Businesses. Matt co-founded Evolution to partner with companies to fulfill their purpose as iconic, world-enriching entities, and currently serves as Managing Director. He has worked with Slack, Snapchat, Notion, Radiology Partners, Coursera, CrossCut Ventures, NVA, Glassdoor, Scopely, Density, Winc, and Kleiner Perkins, among many others.

Matt has been trained and mentored by luminaries in the field of organization development such as Peter Block, Chris Worley and Edie and Charles Seashore and continually learns and integrates current thinking into his coaching practice such as neuro-leadership and mindfulness. As an author, Matt has published articles in both academic, peer-reviewed journals as well as trade magazines such as Training and Development. He holds a Master’s degree in Organization Development from Pepperdine University where his thesis research was focused on building trust in teams.

If you'd like to work with Matt or Evolution, you can contact them here or learn more at evolution.team. Mention Go Help Yourself for a 10% discount on all services.

You can learn more about The Enneagram at The Enneagram Institute.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty and Lisa cover a surprisingly common and tense social situation that can leave you feeling anxious, stressed, and even worried about your relationships with others -- plus what you can do before, during, and after that can help.

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This week, Misty and Lisa review the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.

On this Four Thousand Weeks book review podcast, we cover the historical context of how we've thought about time throughout history, how we think about time today, why traditional time management methods don't work, what do instead, and so much more.

If you want to know more about the author, you can visit his website.

We also mention our review of When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön; here is Part 1 and Part 2.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa takes on ChatGPT and asks it all kinds of questions about self-help. The responses… may surprise you. Don't miss this fun and wild episode where AI and self-help meet!

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