Anita is committed to self-improvement but skeptical of self-help. She brings her qualms and questions to the experts: Kristen Meinzer, a podcaster who has lived by the rules of more than 50 self-help books, and Beth Blum, a scholar who's traced the genre back to its roots. Plus Sondra Rose Marie, a former self-help fan, shares how the industry has failed her as a woman of color.Meet the guests:- <a href="https://www.kristenmeinzer.com/">Kristen Meinzer,</a> pop culture commentator and podcast host, shares what she learned from following the rules of over 50 self-help books- <a href="https://www.bethblum.com/">Beth Blum,</a> Harvard humanities professor and author, talks about the long history of the self-help industry, and how it's changed over the decades- <a href="https://sondrarosemarie.medium.com/">Sondra Rose Marie,</a> writer, talks about why she started following a self-help guru...and what events made her leaveDig Deeper:Kristen's podcasts <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/how-to-be-fine/id1217948628">How To Be Fine</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-fail/id1686589901">Daily Fail</a>Beth's book <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-self-help-compulsion/9780231194921">"The Self-Help Compulsion"</a>Sondra's <a href="https://sondrarosemarie.medium.com/as-a-black-woman-self-help-culture-continues-to-let-me-down-685a8061bddf">Medium article</a> on self-help<a href="https://www.wunc.org/2024-01-04/self-helped-podcast-transcript">Read the transcript</a> | Review the podcast on your preferred platformFollow Embodied on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@embodiedwunc?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/embodiedwunc/?hl=en">Instagram </a><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/254474/43/83gu0x074ydhd8wm">Leave a message for Embodied</a>Please note: This episode originally aired January 5, 2024.Updates: The latest season of Kristen Meinzer’s podcast “<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-be-fine/id1217948628">How To Be Fine</a>” is all about the loneliness epidemic and friendship quandaries.Sondra Rose Marie is now the editor and owner of the digital magazine for LGBTQ+ women called <a href="https://taggmagazine.com/">Tagg Magazine</a>.

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