Go Self Help Yourself

Due to some cancellations and some out of town trips, there was a little break but we are back. This episode Ryan and Joe Nehme open up with The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown. Ryan and Joe bring up ways they have tried to be more vulnerable themselves. The guys dive into different elements of shame and how we can combat it. They continue talking about subway readers, financial motivational speakers, and the effectiveness of mantras. So don't judge the title and let yourself be seen by listening to this episode. 

This episode has a very special guest. Ryan's previous podcast Where Eagles Dare co host Jeff "Anayalator" Anaya joins Ryan to discuss The Wisdom of Insecurity. Jeff begins with trashing the GSHY theme song which is not changing any time soon. The guys converse over time, space, ego, use of language, and mindfulness. All of which devolves into complaining about loud motorcycle assholes, the worst Taco Bell in the world, U.B.I, and plenty of Ryan's terrible "being present" examples. Listen about the book that Jeff calls heady professorial literature and Ryan calls saving the world. 

***Correction*** Alan Watts died of congestive heart failure not cirrhosis, but he did drink a lot.

In this episode, Ryan interviews Mean Dave about his path to recovery as they hitch a ride to a show with fellow comic Eric Somers. The guys talk about concepts in the NA basic text book, rock bottom experiences, signs of being an addict, importance of storytelling, and how to handle accidentally drinking alcohol. 

*Episode was cut off due to a full memory card and a lack of memory for not changing it beforehand

In this episode Nate Banditelli joins Ryan to discuss Feeling Good by David Burns. This book is about the cognitive distortions that affect our wellbeing. Along with explaining the concepts of the book, Nate and Ryan also cover the written exercises in the book. The guys go over social media validation, human worthiness, and how setting average/no expectations might help more than absolutely perfect ones. 

Paul Lao joins Ryan to discuss the Netflix documentary Innsaei. The film covers different elements of intuition and how we are becoming disconnected to it in the modern world. Ryan and Paul review the film along with going off on some goofy tangents about word pronunciation, violent video games, shrooms, substitute teaching, and more violent video games. Also I should mention this episode contains spoilers about the film.   

GSHY gets a little more critical today as Ryan sits down with Justin Auslaender to discuss Mind Hacking by Sir John Hargrave. Ryan and Justin have a few choice words for the author who narrated his own 12 hour audiobook. Ryan plays plenty of sound bites to show how grueling it was to listen to. As tough as it was, Ryan and Justin mention the positive aspects of the book. They converse over yoda impressions, Ben Franklin, habit forming exercises, wellbeing vs. desiring, and end the podcast with one of the most optimistically annoying baby makin' funk songs of all time. 

Will Watkins joins Ryan Papazian for a lovely afternoon outside discussing the Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding by Arnold Schwarzenegger. This episode couldn't be any more manly with talking about cars, bodybuilding, and crying while a machine shop cuts sheet metal in the background. Warning: this episode contains excessive amounts of toxic masculinity.  

Due to a last minute cancellation, Ryan flies #solo in this episode. He DOES HIS BEST to explain his favorite elements from the book as well as what he feels he got out of it. Ryan dives into some of his own "Papazian Method" mindfulness tips and relates with Dan's journey to living a happier life (Don't worry there will be a guest next time).

In this episode Ryan is joined by comedians Santiago Angell and Conrad Roth to kind of discuss the book 12 Rules for Life by Jordan "Clean Your Room" Peterson. This episode gets a little heated as Ryan plays mediator in a debate that begins about Peterson but quickly gets into cultural appropriation, systemic racism, and scratch off lottery tickets. Listen and find out more.

After a year and 3 months, GO SELF HELP YOURSELF IS BACK BABY!! Different time zone as well as different cohosts. Ryan had to get his things in order for his move to NYC. But he never forgot about the podcast as well as any of the avid GSHY listeners. GSHY is back for the long haul starting off with guest cohosts Santiago Angell and Joe Nehme discussing A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. We explore the ego, pussy and money, and not having goals for some reason.