false 1480063 2 <p> Grappling with her lifelong phobia of anything slick, cheesy, or remotely claiming to provide self-empowerment, Beth Lisick wakes up on New Year's Day 2006 with an unprecedented feeling. She is finally able to admit to herself that she's grown tired of embracing the same old set of nagging problems year after year. She has no savings account. Her house feels unorganized and chaotic. She and her husband never hang out together. The last time she exercised regularly was as a member of her high school track team almost twenty years ago. </p> <p> Instead of turning to advice from the abundant pool of local life coaches, therapists, and healers readily available on her home turf of northern California, Beth confronts her fears head-on. She consults the multimillion-dollar-earning pros and national experts, not only reading their bestselling books but also attending their seminars and classes. In Chicago, she gets proactive with <i>The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People</i>. In Atlanta, she tries to get a handle on exactly why "women are from Venus," and in a highly comedic bout on the high seas of the Caribbean, she gamely sweats to the oldies on a weeklong Cruise to Lose with Richard Simmons. </p> <p> Throughout this yearlong experiment, Beth tries extremely hard to maintain her wry sense of humor and easygoing nature, even as she starts to fall prey to some of the experts' ideas, ideas she thought she'd spent her whole life rejecting. Beth doesn't think of herself as the typical self-help victim. But is she? </p> 1471133 1 1 2008 Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Twelve Self-Help Programs, One Whirlwind Year of Improvement total:450|5:52|4:162|3:172|2:52|1:12| 450 1540 831 173 3 10 false false Sun Jun 29 19:01:14 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 14:38:46 -0700 2008 Everybody Into the Pool. She’s smart and funny, so I figured her new book about a year she spent trying to improve her life through doing various self-help programs would be pretty entertaining. And it is entertaining, in parts. It was also kind ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 19:54:58 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 20:00:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 15:19:32 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 14:08:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 20:16:31 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 20:17:24 -0700 2008 1. i like series. i appreciate the gesture towards applying the same technique or material in a multiplicity of ways. beth lisick tries on various self-help programs, each for one month, for the duration of...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:24:18 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:24:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 15:51:33 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 16:00:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 16:10:09 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 16:10:09 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Tue Jan 22 11:28:31 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 13 18:53:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 17:10:35 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 17:10:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 16:37:26 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:00:43 -0700 2009
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She's funny and personable and I totally enjoy the time I get to virtually hang out with her, reading about her life. Loved her take on Richard Simmons ...more...]]> 2 4 false false Mon Sep 21 10:40:31 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 14:21:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 17 11:52:01 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 11:53:31 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 11:51:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 24 14:26:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:26:37 -0700 2009
Didn’t I already read this book? No, it wasn’t this one, but the idea behind it was exactly the same. The book is Practically Perfect in Every Way and in it the author attempts t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 07:25:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 07:29:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 13 20:05:41 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 21:07:31 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 20:05:41 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 20:27:28 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 20:28:31 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 16:16:32 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:46:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 17:59:28 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 23:14:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1480063