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

On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty review the USA Today bestseller How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis, LPC.

In this How To Keep House While Drowning book review podcast, we discuss the morality of care tasks, the functionality of care tasks, why most "methods" don't work for a long term, and much more.

About the author:

KC Davis is the bestselling author of How to Keep House While Drowning. A licensed therapist, she is the creator of the popular Struggle Care website, Instagram, and podcast, and the Domestic Blisters TikTok. KC has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, Well + Good, Good Inside with Dr. Becky, Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris, among dozens of other media. She is also well known for her TEDTalk: How to do laundry when you're depressed.

To learn more about the author, visit her website here.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty and Lisa review the #1 New York Times bestseller It Begins with You: The 9 Hard Truths About Love That Will Change Your Life by Jillian Turecki.

In part two of this It Begins with You book review podcast, we cover the last five of the 9 core truths Jillian Turecki says we must accept in order to change our lives:

• Truth 1: It begins with you.
• Truth 2: The mind is a battlefield.
• Truth 3: Lust is not the same thing as love.
• Truth 4: You have to love yourself.
• Truth 5: You must speak up and tell the truth. 
• Truth 6: You need to be your best self (even after the honeymoon).     
• Truth 7: You cannot convince someone to love you.    
• Truth 8: No one is coming to save you.
• Truth 9: You must make peace with your parents.

About the Author:

Jillian Turecki is a relationship coach, teacher, podcaster, writer, and speaker who has devoted her life to helping people revolutionize their relationships with themselves. For over 20 years, Jillian has maintained a deep commitment to authenticity, compassion, and inner transformation as she follows her insatiable curiosity about what makes relationships thrive.

Between Jillian’s podcast, “Jillian on Love,” her newsletter, “Love Weekly,” and her social media community, Jillian reaches millions of people who seek her actionable, compassionate, direct, and research-driven insight. As the founder of Jillian Turecki Coaching, Jillian has changed the lives of countless individuals around the world through her transformative workshops, courses, retreats, and one-on-one coaching sessions. Her forthcoming book is a groundbreaking look at love, partnership and self-love based on Jillian’s decades of experience and research.

A rich array of experiences, teachings, and mentors from diverse spiritual traditions and modalities has shaped Jillian’s path as a teacher and guide. Drawing from her intense study of psychology, yoga, meditation, and somatic practices, Jillian seamlessly weaves together ancient wisdom and modern insights to offer an innovative approach to healing and transformation. With Jillian’s guidance, millions of people have awakened their truest selves and found purpose, partnership, and joy.

To learn more about Jillian Turecki, you can visit her website here.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty and Lisa review the #1 New York Times bestseller It Begins with You: The 9 Hard Truths About Love That Will Change Your Life by Jillian Turecki.

In part one of this It Begins with You book review podcast, we cover the first four of the 9 core truths Jillian Turecki says we must accept in order to change our lives:

• Truth 1: It begins with you.
• Truth 2: The mind is a battlefield.
• Truth 3: Lust is not the same thing as love.
• Truth 4: You have to love yourself.
• Truth 5: You must speak up and tell the truth. 
• Truth 6: You need to be your best self (even after the honeymoon).     
• Truth 7: You cannot convince someone to love you.    
• Truth 8: No one is coming to save you.
• Truth 9: You must make peace with your parents.

About the Author:

Jillian Turecki is a relationship coach, teacher, podcaster, writer, and speaker who has devoted her life to helping people revolutionize their relationships with themselves. For over 20 years, Jillian has maintained a deep commitment to authenticity, compassion, and inner transformation as she follows her insatiable curiosity about what makes relationships thrive.

Between Jillian’s podcast, “Jillian on Love,” her newsletter, “Love Weekly,” and her social media community, Jillian reaches millions of people who seek her actionable, compassionate, direct, and research-driven insight. As the founder of Jillian Turecki Coaching, Jillian has changed the lives of countless individuals around the world through her transformative workshops, courses, retreats, and one-on-one coaching sessions. Her forthcoming book is a groundbreaking look at love, partnership and self-love based on Jillian’s decades of experience and research.

A rich array of experiences, teachings, and mentors from diverse spiritual traditions and modalities has shaped Jillian’s path as a teacher and guide. Drawing from her intense study of psychology, yoga, meditation, and somatic practices, Jillian seamlessly weaves together ancient wisdom and modern insights to offer an innovative approach to healing and transformation. With Jillian’s guidance, millions of people have awakened their truest selves and found purpose, partnership, and joy.

To learn more about Jillian Turecki, you can visit her website here.

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After a hiatus to work on some big projects for GHY, we're back!

On this episode of Go Help Yourself, we talk about the LA Wildfires, the new look of GHY, and what's coming up next.

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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 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear.

Atomic Habits was an instant New York Times bestseller and one of Fast Company's 7 Best Business Books of 2018 and Business Insider's Best Self-Help Books of 2018.

From JamesClear.com: James Clear is an American author, entrepreneur, and photographer. He writes about habits and human potential. The central question he’s trying to answer through his work is, “How can we live better?” His specific focus is on self-improvement tips based on proven scientific research.

Misty and Lisa cover the following chapters in this Atomic Habits book review:

The Fundamentals: Why Tiny Changes Make A Big Difference

The 1st Law: Make It Obvious

The 2nd Law: Make It Attractive

The 3rd Law: Make It Easy

The 4th Law: Make It Satisfying

If you like what you’re hearing, you can buy the book here.

If you want to learn more, you can at the author’s website.

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We're releasing another classic from the GHY archives!

On this minisode, originally released in 2020 (and lovingly called the "Weekly Beef"), Misty shares an article on what to do when you say something stupid. 

It was recommended by her brilliant friend Bryan Kett, who has a brilliant TedTalk. Watch it here and learn more about him at his website.

Have a question, a story you'd like to share, or a topic request? Get in touch with us! Email us at [email protected]

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This week, we are re-releasing a classic episode from the Go Help Yourself Archives!

Please enjoy one of the first five books Misty and Lisa ever reviewed: the New York Times bestseller You Are A Badass: How To Stop Doubting Your Greatness And Start Living An Awesome Life by Jen Sincero.

According to Sincero: “by the end of You Are A Badass, you’ll understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can’t change, how to change what you don’t love and how to use the force to kick some serious ass."

 Lisa and Misty cover the many mini-chapters in the five parts of this You Are A Badass book review:

• Part 1: How you got this way
• Part 2: How to embrace your inner badass
• Part 3: How to tap into the motherlode
• Part 4: How to get over your b.s. already
• Part 5: How to kick some ass

We have STRONG FEELINGS about this book.

If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here. 

Visit Jen Sincero’s website here!

You can also check out the Go Help Yourself podcast website here. 

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This week on GHY, we're releasing another classic episode from the GHY archives. Originally released in 2021, Lisa & Misty review the #1 New York Times bestseller The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown.

Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation - Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work.

She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: 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.

Brené's TED talk - The Power of Vulnerability - is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 35 million views. She is also the first researcher to have a filmed talk on Netflix. The Call to Courage special debuted on the streaming service on April 19, 2019.

In this Gifts of Imperfection book review podcast, we talk about what the gifts of imperfection are, each of the guideposts Brené lays out for wholehearted living, and what can get in the way. 

If you'd like to learn more about the author, you can do so here. 

You can also buy the book here. 

Here are the other GHY episodes we mention during this review:

Come As You Are

How to Take Smart Notes

How to Be an Imperfectionist

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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 New York Times Bestseller The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey.

Dave Ramsey is a personal money-management expert and radio personality. His seven best-selling books—Financial Peace, More Than Enough, The Total Money Makeover, EntreLeadership, Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money, The Legacy Journey and Smart Money Smart Kids—have sold more than 11 million copies combined. What!

We cover the main themes from each chapter in this Total Money Makeover book review:

1. The Total Money Makeover Challenge

2. Denial

3. Debt Myths

4. Money Myths

5. Two More Hurdles

6. Save $1,000 Fast

7. The Debt Snowball

8. Finish the Emergency Fund

9. Maximize Retirement Investing

10. College Funding

11. Pay off the Home Mortgage

12. Build Wealth Like Crazy

13. Live Like No One Else

If you'd like to read the book, you can purchase it here. 

You can follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com

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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 How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

Published in 1936, this is one of the best-selling books of all time. In 2011, it was number 19 on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential books.

We cover every part of the book in this How to Win Friends and Influence People book review:

• Part 1: Fundamental Techniques in Handling People

• Part 2: Six Ways to Make People Like You

• Part 3: How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking

• Part 4: Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Rousing Resentment

If you want to learn more, you can check out the author's website here. 

If you want to buy the book, you can do so here.

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