What Should I Read Next? is the show for every reader who has ever finished a book and faced the problem of not knowing what to read next. Each week, Anne Bogel, of the blog Modern Mrs Darcy, interviews a reader about the books they love, the books they hate, and the books they're reading now. Then, she makes recommendations about what to read next. The real purpose of the show is to help YOU find your next read. To learn more or apply to be on the show visit whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com.
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Join Lisa Linke and Misty Stinnett as they explore every aspect of the self-help world, laughing their way through the best and worst advice.
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Ep 443: Backlist picks for immediate library hold gratification
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A limited reading selection often leads to delightful serendipity, and today Anne's chatting with a guest who has had just that experience. Rachel Elaine Martens and her family recently lived in Budapest for a year. During this time, Rachel Elaine had access to her U.S. library's virtual collection, but she also made use of a small shelf of left-be…
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How Many Friends Are Too Many? Exploring Dunbar's Number
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty shares the theory of Dunbar's number, as outlined in this article from bbc.com called Dunbar's number: Why we can only maintain 150 relationships. If you'd like to try out the Fabriq app Misty mentions to get more intentional about your relationships, you can do so here. Want more GHY? Sign up for our news…
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Gut Feelings: Your Microbiome’s Impact on Anxiety, Depression, and Stress
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty shares an article from NPR titled Your gut microbes may influence how you handle stress by Will Stone. This sparks a compelling debate between Lisa and Misty. Is there something wrong with you if you're depressed? Should you even try to fix it, or are our modern systems the real things that need fixing? If…
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Readers, we have celebrated birthday milestones here on the podcast before, and today Anne is talking with a guest who designed the ultimate book party for her recent 50th birthday. Kelly Davis lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she works for her alma mater and enjoys caring for her garden and listening to audiobooks. For Kelly's recent…
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Ep 441: Lucy Foley talks secrets, lies, murder, and mystery writing
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Today we're excited to share Anne's recent conversation with author Lucy Foley, from a live event hosted by Carmichael's Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky. In today's show, Anne and Lucy kick things off by discussing Lucy's new revenge thriller The Midnight Feast and the real-life places and trips that inspired its atmospheric setting. Lucy also sh…
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This week on GHY, Misty shares an article called A Magic Phrase to Defeat Nosy Questions by Jancee Dunn from The New York Times' Well Newsletter while Lisa shares her favorite ways of shutting down predatory curiosity. If you find yourself on the receiving end of nosy questions, try these tips: Remember that you don’t owe anyone an answer. Tell the…
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With the year just over half way through, Anne is stepping back to see how her reading year is going. Today, she and Shannan Malone are doing a little midyear check-in to see how this year has been going so far reading-wise, and what they are most excited about in the coming months. They consider whether they're actually reading what they want to b…
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The Power of Awe: How It Drives Us to Help Others
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This week on GHY, Misty shares an article from Greater Good Magazine that outlines the science about how awe can make us more likely to help others. Here's the 10-minute painting focus challenge Lisa mentioned from the NYT And here's our episode covering SMART with Dr. Sood Want more GHY? Sign up for our newsletter at gohelpyourself.co Get in touch…
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Ep 439: How many book clubs is too many book clubs?
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In today's episode from the WSIRN vault, Anne is sharing her very first podcast conversation with Brigid Misselhorn. Like so many of our guests, Brigid came to the show through our WSIRN guest submission form. But these days she works on our team as our MMD Book Club Community Administrator. This is fitting, because as you’ll hear in today’s episod…
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Pivotal Updates From Everyone’s Favorite “Old Person” Magazine
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On this episode of GHY, Lisa brings back her favorite "old person" magazine to share some action-packed (and research backed) life tips from The Bottom Line magazine, including: Why Dissatisfaction with life is normal How overtraining leads to lower moods Extreme heat is linked to more mental health emergencies Women are both happier and sadder tha…
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Now You See Them, Now You Don't: The Psychological Fallout of Ghosting
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On this episode of GHY, Lisa and Misty dive deep into the topic of ghosting in dating. Lisa shares two recent articles: Ghosting Is an Inescapable Part of Dating. Is It Ever OK? and 7 Ways to Respond to Ghosting. This leads to a very lively discussion about the fabric of humanity and brings up the question... are we owed anything by anyone? We also…
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Ep 438: Life is short & my TBR is way too long
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Today we're excited to continue our mid-summer series featuring our team members! Learning more about our team members and who shares your tastes may help you identify some good books in a way that might not land on your radar otherwise. We hope you love this conversation. Anne is revisiting her very first conversation with Alabama reader Shannan M…
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Ep 437: An epic birthday bookstore roadtrip
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Welcome back to our July series brought to you by the What Should I Read Next? time machine. This month, we're going back in our archives to share episodes with four of our team members. When these episodes were originally recorded, no one involved had any idea that these readers would be on our team eventually, so it's especially fun to re-listen …
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The Power of the Pen: Why Handwriting is Crucial for Learning
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty shares an article about why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning by NPR. Don't let handwriting die, everyone! We also mention our episode of How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens. Want more GHY? Sign up for our newsletter at gohelpyourself.co Get in touch with us: gohelpyourselfpodcast@…
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The Art of Gray Rocking: Navigating Interactions with Difficult People
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In this episode, Lisa and Misty review the Gray Rock method for navigating interactions with difficult people, based on this article from the New York Times. If you'd like to listen to the Bruce Bryans book reviews we mention, you can find those here: Texts So Good He Can't Ignore: Sassy Texting Secrets for Attracting High-Quality Men (and Keeping …
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Today we are kicking off a summer series from the What Should I Read Next? archives: we're sharing the first episodes and sometimes the very first conversations Anne had with readers that are now members of our team. Many of you know our team members by name, and you have a good sense of their reading tastes, too. But we also know that many of you …
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Closing Time: The Dos and Don'ts of Email Sign-Offs
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In this episode, Lisa and Misty discuss email signature and sign-offs: the good, the bad, and the truly savage (according to survey respondents). Check out the article Lisa shares from The Muse, Bored Panda’s crowdsourced suggestions, or this blog post from Omnisend that has links to the studies we referenced. Cheers! If you'd like to help shape th…
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Self-Help vs. Therapy: When to Work With a Professional + How to Spot Toxic Self-Help
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares an article from Forbes where a psychologist analyzes self-help vs. therapy, as well as how to spot and avoid toxic self-help. If you want to learn more about the author, the studies mentioned, or to read the article, you can do so here. If you'd like to help shape the future of GHY, please fill out o…
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Ep 435: A deep dive through a massive TBR
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Today's guest is a native Parisian who is planning a road trip this summer to the northern Alps of Italy to escape the Summer Olympics. Corinne Yan is here today to get Anne's help in discovering great audiobooks to pair with this long drive. But before diving into recommendations, Anne and Corinne chat about Corinne's dreamy book job: she works as…
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty and Lisa discuss the paradox of productivity -- how being productive can actually make you more overwhelmed, and the ways to keep productivity culture (and toxic productivity) in check. Other episodes mentioned: How to Fight Internalized Capitalism to Increase Your Self-Worth Four Thousand Weeks: Time Mana…
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Ep 434: Hospitable books with a strong sense of welcome
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Reading offers a wide range of vicarious experiences, and today's guest is looking for books that make her feel warmly welcome. Adrianne Carnes is a bookseller and marketing director for a local independent bookstore in Texas, where she loves to create an inviting space for the readers who frequent her shop. Adrianne's interest in hospitality start…
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Optimism as a Purposeful Act with Bill Burke
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty are joined by special guest Bill Burke, founder of The Optimism Institute. This conversation covers all things optimism, including the relationship between dissatisfaction and optimism, how optimism contributes to personal resilience, and how (and why) to cultivate optimism as a purposeful act. Ab…
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Ep 433: I'm not afraid of a fifty-hour audiobook
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Audiobook lovers, today's conversation will help you make the most of your audiobook credits, whether you love short or long listens. Stephanie Van Parys is a devoted gardener in Decatur, Georgia, where she loves to pair audiobooks with working in the dirt. Since she discovered this way of merging her two passions back in 2020, she's never looked b…
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Energy Balancing Yoga Nidra Meditation with Nadine Dalati
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On this special episode of Go Help Yourself, friend of the podcast Nadine Dalati guides listeners through a soothing Yoga Nidra meditation. Yoga Nidra is a relaxation technique that combines guided mental imagery with the yoga pose "corpse pose" (Shavasana) while lying on your back. The goal is to achieve a deep state of relaxation that's different…
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Ep 432: Live from Word of South: Lauren Groff talks Time 100, her new bookstore, and Florida!
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Joining Anne today in a live conversation from the recent Word of South festival is listener favorite Lauren Groff! This conversation happened in the midst of a big moment for Lauren: she was recently recognized on the Time 100 list, and her new bookstore, The Lynx, just opened in Gainesville, Florida. Lauren and Anne talk about what led Lauren to …
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This week on Go Help Yourself, Misty shares a guide from the New York Times's "Well" newsletter about how to support a friend going through a divorce. The article was written by Jancee Dunn and can be found here. Sign up for our newsletter at gohelpyourself.co Get in touch with us: gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on instagram at gohelpyou…
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Ep 431: Live from The Bookshelf: Let's talk summer books!
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Join us today for the second in a series of three live events! While Anne was on the road recently, she had the opportunity to stop by fantastic independent bookstore The Bookshelf, in Thomasville, Georgia, for the first time since 2018. During this live event, Anne spoke with host and owner Annie B. Jones about summer reading alongside a crowd of …
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares a recent newsletter with Misty from Nedra Glover Tawwab, author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace. In it, Nedra talks about making friendships IRL (that’s “in real life” for anyone wondering) and how that can be impacted by social media. If you’d like to subscribe to Nedra’s newsletter for free, you can …
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Ep 430: Summer Reading Guide 2024: We're going to Book Camp!
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This week is all about summer reading, because our 2024 Summer Reading Guide is out this Thursday! Our Summer Reading Guide is one of the highlights of our year. Anne spends months reading and vetting both anticipated new releases and under-the-radar gems, resulting in the guide's list of 42 titles with something for every reader. Joining Anne toda…
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Are Your New Favorite Books Being Made Invisible?
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa and Misty discuss some problems in the publishing industry that may be inadvertently making your new favorite book or author invisible. This episode is based on, and shares, an article from the Anti-Racism Daily newsletter by Jami Nakamura Lin. Black-owned publishing companies https://aalbc.com/books/black_…
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Ep 429: Live from Word of South: the books we can't stop recommending
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Anne recently attended Tallahassee’s recent Word of South Festival of Literature and Music, and today we're sharing her live conversation about all things reading with Festival Director Sara Marchessault and Kati Schardl. Book festivals offer so much potential for discovery, by connecting readers with writers they already love, new authors to exper…
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Ep 428: Recreating the magic of your first reading experience
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Today's guest enjoys tackling heavy topics in her reading, but today she's here for Anne's help to bring more levity to her reading rotation. As a South African of Indian descent, Natasha Govender appreciates reading real life stories from authors across the globe. These stories help her connect with the human experiences behind the pages, but she'…
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Ep 427: The collaborative act of reading
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Connecting with authors is always a treat, and today we're bringing you a recent conversation between Anne and author Thao Thai. Thao joined us in the Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club last year to discuss her debut novel Banyan Moon, a juicy family drama that explores what makes a home, the secrets we keep, inheritance and immigrant stories, and so much …
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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa springs a surprise game on Misty... guess who said each quote: Trump or a famous self-help author. Play (and laugh) along to see who really said it. If you want our episode outlining our top ten self-help books of all time, you can grab it here for *free* Write to us! You can reach us at gohelpyourselfpodca…
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