In this final instalment of Season 2, Claire says yes to being a self-helper, or rather a self-help book addict or enthusiast - something Akumu has been completely obsessed with for more than a decade!

So along with specially-invited guests & honorary Yes Girls for this challenge, Melissa Mbugua & Josephine Karianjahi (both directors at Africa Podfest), Claire set out to choose a school of thought under the self-help genre, and figure out how to live by it for an entire week! 

All three girls had to check self-help books, self-help podcasts and just about anything they could find that would help them! Claire and Josephine chose to tackle positive self-talk while Melissa embraced music and how she could use it with a deeper sense of purpose and meaning. 

Listen in as Claire, Melissa & Josephine share their concerns, anxieties, doubts and victories during this challenge and listen to Akumu's thoughts about the ever-lucrative (billion-dollar) self-help industry, why it gets a bad rap sometimes, why she has an addiction to self-help books and podcasts and how anyone can approach it more consciously and mindfully i.e. by purposefully avoiding the unnecessary "woo-woo" stuff and fluff. 

--Sources and mentions--

An intro into self-help:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-help

https://publishingperspectives.com/2013/11/a-short-history-of-self-help-the-worlds-bestselling-genre/

An intro to Josephine and Melissa:

https://www.podcasting.africa/team

Check out Africa Podfest here:

https://www.podcasting.africa/

Podcasts & Books mentioned in this episode: 

By The Book Podcast:

https://bythebookpod.com/

What To Say When You Talk To Yourself, Shad Helmstetter:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-to-say-when-you-talk-to-your-self-shad-helmstetter/1102183465

The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown:

https://brenebrown.com/book/the-gifts-of-imperfection/

Never Split The Difference:

https://www.blackswanltd.com/never-split-the-difference

Atomic Habits, James Clear:

https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

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