On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty is joined by special guest Megan Parlen Isser to review the book Mindful Drinking: How Cutting Down Can Change Your Life by Rosamund Dean, which promises to help us cultivate a new, healthy and more mindful relationship with alcohol.

Journalist Rosamund Dean combines scientific expertise with practical advice in a game-changing four-step plan, and says drinking less will improve your mood, your skin and your body as well as reduce stress and anxiety for the long term.

In this Mindful Drinking book review podcast, we cover each part of Rosamund’s four-step plan:

• The Problem
• The Incentive
• The Clean Break
• The End Game

If you'd like to purchase the book, you can do so at Bookshop.org and Libro.fm (and choose Bloomsbury Books to support as your independent book store).

About Megan Parlen Isser:

Megan was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA where she was a child actress from the age of 2 until 20. She decided to get out of the acting game and attended UCLA for undergrad and USC Annenberg's Graduate School for Journalism. She worked in the entertainment industry as an Executive Producer in documentary film and television and as a Creative Director for some of your favorite streaming projects.

She and her husband fled to Ashland, Oregon with their two young daughters during COVID for "a few weeks of relief from LA." Within 6 months, they bought a house and never left.

Megan is now the co-owner of Ashland's treasured independent bookstore Bloomsbury Books along with her husband. She is also a professor at Southern Oregon University in the Digital Cinema and Communications Department. In her spare time she likes to color with her daughters, read books, go on morning runs, walk her aging dog and laugh with her handsome husband.

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Misty & Lisa

This week on Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty are joined by guest host Alisa Manjarrez to review the #1 New York Times Bestseller The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins and Sawyer Robbins.

The Let Them Theory is a HUGE book. It promises to "forever change the way you think about relationships, control, and personal power. Whether you want to advance your career, motivate others to change, take creative risks, find deeper connections, build better habits, start a new chapter, or simply create more happiness in your life and relationships, this book gives you the mindset and tools to unlock your full potential." And in this Let Them book review podcast, we cover all the ways we think this book does -- and doesn't -- deliver.

Lisa also shares two articles that discuss some shortcomings of the theory, from The Cut and from Vox.

About our guest host:

Alisa Manjarrez is passionate about helping people grow into the kind of leaders others want to follow. Guided by her faith, she’s spent her career developing leaders, crafting stories that move people, and creating spaces where multicultural women can thrive.

She’s the Managing Director of Stories Bureau, where she helps brands like Mars Wrigley and Dropbox turn business strategy into clear, compelling narratives. Alisa also co-founded ZERA, a leadership development firm dedicated to creating the change they want to see: multicultural women in positions of power. You can hear her talk more about that on the What Rules!? podcast—where she asks successful multicultural women what rules they broke to outsmart the game and advance their careers.

With a Master’s in Organizational Leadership and experience coaching executives at companies like Google and Bank of America, Alisa brings both heart and strategy to every room she’s in.

You can connect with Alisa on LinkedIn or follow her on Instagram.

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Misty & Lisa

With summer travel up ahead for Lisa and Misty, GHY is going on a short and sweet summer break. But don't fret -- we'll be back with all new episodes in September.

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