Get ready for lots of laughs! On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa sits down with Jim O'Heir, best known for his role playing the lovable punching bag Jerry on Parks and Recreation. Jim wrote a book about his experiences on the show, which Lisa read and reviews... all while doing her best to turn it into a self-help book, because she can't help herself. (Get it?) :)

In this Welcome To Pawnee book review podcast, Jim and Lisa share insights about working in the entertainment industry: the highs, the lows, and everything in between. But they mostly laugh and giggle because they are silly and funny and wonderful friends.

If you'd like to learn more about Jim O'Heir, you can follow him on instagram. If you'd like to read Jim's book, you can purchase Welcome to Pawnee here.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty is joined by author Carla Litto to discuss her book Outsmarting Egomaniacs: How to Respond to Narcissists and Master Manipulators.

Carla Litto, MA, LMFT is a psychotherapist with two masters degrees in Psychology and a successful private practice in Los Angeles, CA who helps many people improve their personal relationships and transform their lives. She specializes in relationship issues, specifically Narcissistic Personality Disorder and emotional abuse recovery.

In this eye-opening conversation about standing up to narcissists and egomaniacs, we cover each of the four parts of Carla's book:

1. Part 1: Egomaniacs Come with a Bag of Tricks
2. Part 2: Know Your Enemy
3. Part 3: Becoming Bulletproof
4. Part 4: Your New Life

Carla outlines:

• The different types of egomaniacs and the manipulation tactics they tend to use
• How to deal with narcissists
• How to recognize new egomaniacs coming from a mile away
• How to get to know yourself better and reflect on how you got here (if you're in a relationship with a narcissist or are recovering from one)
• The importance of setting clear boundaries
• How to build your confidence and connections to create what Carla calls “an asshole free zone.”

If you'd like to learn more about Carla, you can visit her website here. You can purchase her book here.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty are joined by special guest Josiah Jenkins to talk about his experience with self-help -- particularly why he has never liked it. Josiah's thoughtful answers lead us into a lovely conversation about why self-help is not for everyone -- and perhaps, why it shouldn't be.

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In today's episode, Lisa reviews the book LADS: A Guide to Respect and Consent by Alan Bissett. It won The School Librarians' Association Information Book of the Year Award in 2024, and was shortlisted for the Society of Authors Educational Writers' Award the same year.

In this LADS book review podcast, we cover the main takeaways from each chapter (+ the introduction), including:

1. Flirting, with Disaster
2. Porn on the Rocks
3. Locker Room Talk
4. The 'Nice' Guys
5. The Worst Guys
6. The Good Guys

About the author: Alan Bissett is a novelist, playwright and performer from Falkirk, Scotland. Formerly a secondary school teacher, bookshop assistant and university lecturer, Alan has been working as a full-time writer since 2007. He was the Glenfiddich 'Spirit of Scotland' Writer of the Year in 2012, and in 2016 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Stirling University for his Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Culture. In 2022, he was one of the writers of the Police Scotland video 'Don't Be That Guy', which looked at toxic male behaviors towards women.

If you want to learn more about the author or buy the book, you can visit his website.

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On today's episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares the benefits and drawbacks of what has become known as "Little Treat Culture." An article from Psychology Today explains the principle behind it all, and another from the Huffington Post asks if it has already gone too far. Finally, Lisa brings a list from the NYT of little treats that creatives use to keep going.

In what ways does Little Treat Culture keep us motivated and on track? But if gone too far, can Little Treat Culture harm us? Tune in to find out.

(The two tweets we describe in the episode can be found here and here.)

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We've been hearing the term "functional health" everywhere lately -- but what, exactly, does that mean?

Join Misty as she sits down with functional health coach Vicky DiSanto to explore the fundamental principles of functional health, what conventional approaches often miss, and the small changes you can make right now to create optimal wellbeing.

Some of the topics we discuss are:

• Finding optimal wellness through the endocrine system
• The importance of sleep and circadian rhythm
• How stress affects your adrenal system, thyroid, and inflammation
• How hormones, stress, and cortisol impact our wellbeing (or lack thereof)
• How functional health use lifestyle, nutrition, exercise, and stress management to optimize hormone balances in order to feel your best
• and more!

You can learn more about Vicky here, and follow her on instagram here.

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This week on Go Help Yourself, Misty and Lisa are joined once again by special guest and trivia master Josiah Jenkins, who has crafted a second self-help trivia battle for the two best friends to go head-to-head.

Play along as we find out if this this epic battle will end their friendship or help a good cause.

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This week on Go Help Yourself, Misty is joined by special guest Mandy Kaplan to review the book Aging Sucks... But You're Gonna Love It!: A Woman's Survival Guide to Getting Older by Brenda Ackerman.

Mandy Kaplan is an actress, voiceover artist, singer, writer, podcast host and stinky cheese addict living in LA. Her voice can be heard in hundreds of commercials/video games/website videos and more. Onscreen, she can be seen starring in the feature film 30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage available on Tubi (and other streamers). She also co-wrote and produced the movie and blames it for the total loss of respect her family now has for her! Her hilarious cabaret Miscast: Right Singer, Wrong Song has been running in LA for 14 years raising money for Project Angel Food. Her podcast Make Me a Nerd chronicles her exploration of nerd culture that she has been afraid of her whole life. She is also in development on several projects as a tv/screenwriter.

If you'd like to purchase the book, you can do so here.

You can also listen to Mandy's podcast, Make Me A Nerd, here.

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