Andy J. Pizza is a New York Times Bestselling author-illustrator of many books for children and adults such as "Invisible Things" and "A Pizza with Everything On It". Pizza is also the creator of the popular podcast Creative Pep Talk. He lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and three kids. He was last on the show talking about getting high on your own supply. --- LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON TODAY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happiest and healthiest of New Years to you and yours! Thank you for listening. Love, z ⁠SUPPORT WEIRDLY HELPFUL BY BECOMING A PATRON RIGHT NOW. Todays episode features morsels from the following Weirdly Helpers... Compare Yourself to Yourself with Billie Lundt You Don't Need to Feel Good to Get Going with Brad Stalburg Do The Hard Thing First with Tiffany Paulsen Drive-By Huggers with Brian Passell Meditation with Jen Kimchiano Shower Belly with Lauren Passell Morning Joy Practice with Brandi Stanley Don't Wish Your Life Away with Lilly Turmelle --- This episode is supported by Schedule 35. Get 15% off all orders with code BESTADVICE at Schedule35.co - That’s 15% off at Schedule35.co and use code BESTADVICE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rekha Murthy is a podcast strategist with more than 25 years of experience in podcasting, public radio, and other digital media. SOURCES MENTIONED: -On Tyranny by Tim Snyder -You Need a Manifesto: How to Craft Your Convictions and Put Them to Work by Charlotte Burgress-Auburn -The.Ink by Anand Giridharadas -Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson --- Support Weirdly Helpful by coming a patron today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zak went on Michigan Public's daily show Stateside to share some weirdly helpful end of year rituals and practices. He shares that segment today. Stateside covers what you need (and want) to know about Michigan. You hear stories from people across the state—from policymakers in Lansing, to entrepreneurs in Detroit, to artists in Grand Rapids. Tune in every day for in-depth conversations that matter to Michigan. Stateside is hosted by April Baer and produced by Mike Blank and Ronia Cabansag Subscribe to Stateside on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a station. LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON TODAY. GET A WH MUG THERE TOO! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Austin Kleon is a writer who draws. He’s the bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist and other books - Austin's essay on Meeker's work, The Comedy of Survival. - For an ad-free Weirdly Helpful listening experience become a helpful weirdo @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zak's Weirdly Helpful guru, Laura Hawley, returns to the show to share a transcendent and fun gift-giving practice. Hear Laura on howling and bus art. BECOME A WEIRD HELPER and GET AD-FREE EPISODES @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weirdly Helpful advice on today's episode comes from Lainey, Margo, Rabbi Yoni and Zak! --- If you have a response to Morty's voice memo, send me something at Zak@weirdlyhelpful.show or call the hotline @ 844-935-2378 --- Become at Weirdly Helpful Supporter @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful --- This episode is brought to you with support from Uncommon Goods. To get 15% off your next gift, go to www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/bestadvice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma Martin is a painter and workshop facilitator from Chicago. Check out her work! She was last on the show dishing on indecision. Become a WEIRDLY HELPFUL Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful --- Past episodes referenced in today's episode... Try These Witchy, Water-based Maneuvers to Improve Your Life with Dr. MLE Manifesting Someone To Watch Over You with Cassandra Jenkins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lizzie Post is the great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post, and author of Emily Post's Etiquette - The Centennial Edition, and Higher Etiquette, as well as Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette 6th edition, and The Etiquette Advantage in Business 3rd edition. She is a co-president of the Emily Post Institute focusing on publishing and business development. Lizzie and her cousin Daniel co-host the Awesome Etiquette podcast, a weekly Q&A show that explores the topic of etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect, and honesty. Daniel Post Senning is the great-great grandson of Emily Post and a co-author of ⁠Emily Post’s Etiquette - The Centennial Edition⁠ and ⁠Emily Post's Business Etiquette⁠. He is also the author of ⁠Manners in a Digital World: Living Well Online⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DR. ELLEN HENDRIKSEN (she/her) is a clinical psychologist who will help you calm your anxiety and be your authentic self. She serves on the faculty at Boston University's Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) and is the author of HOW TO BE ENOUGH: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfectionists. Tell Zak what YOU ARE FINDING WEIRDLY HELPFUL @ 844 935 2378 Listen to this show ad free by becoming a supporter @ patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful This episode is brought to you with support from Uncommon Goods. Toget 15% off your next gift, go to www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/bestadvice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zak is excited to present Weirdly Helpful, the spiritual successor to The Best Advice Show. On this first episode, Zak talks to artist and therapist, Laura Hawley whose advice from 2020 inspired the new show title. --- This episode is brought to you with support from Uncommon Goods. To get 15% off your next gift, go to www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/bestadvice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Weirdly Helpful. It's like The Best Advice show just weirder. In each episode a different contributor offers an odd experiment, a silly ritual, a curious practice that you’ll find weirdly helpful. Stuff like howling when you're despondent, eating oranges in the shower and metaphorically flushing your adversary down the toilet! What are you finding weirdly helpful during these trying times? CALL ZAK ON THE WEIRDLY HELPLINE and spill your guts @ 844-935-2378 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is an episode of a new podcast I really like called Gen X at Midlife. The show was created by TBAS contributor, Courtney Daniels. In this episode she talks to her longtime friend Tess Hawes about her experience of midlife crisis, Courtney's self-rejecting ambition, Tess' divorce and career pivot, and how to get out of depression. They touch on the book "Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life" by James Hollis, "Mind Your Body" by Nicole Sachs, and Courtney's therapist, Lisa Chen, whom she highly recommends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is based on Mason Currey's piece, John Cage on the true meaning of discipline. You should subscribe to Mason's essential newsletter, Subtle Maneuvers. And here's his piece about totally insane, unhinged, helpful strategies. Mason's book, Making Art and Making a Living is available for pre-order here. The John Cage interview excerpts come from The Internet Archive. Hear the whole thing @John Cage interviewed by Jack Hirschman in Los Angeles, 1963. Mason was last on TBAS talking about procrastinating properly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leora is a doctor and dog lover and berry lover. This advice originally aired back in August of 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susannah Goodman is an artist and potter and community organizer in Detroit. --- Leftovering with Susannah Goodman Noticing with Susannah Goodman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I originally interviewed Jonathan Goldstein, creator and host of the greatest podcast of all time, Heavyweight, back in 2017 for Transom.org. I'm playing it here to celebrate Heavyweight's grand return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malaka Gharib is a writer, journalist, and cartoonist. She is the author of I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, winner of an Arab American Book Award and named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and the New York Public Library. By day, she works on NPR’s science desk, covering the topic of global health and development. Her comics, zines, and writing have been published in NPR, Catapult, The Seventh Wave Magazine, The Nib, The Believer, and The New Yorker.  --- Mason Currey's Daily Rituals: How Artists Work --- Brad Stulburg on not needing to feel good to get going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lilly Turmelle is a Maine-based creative and lifelong explorer. After calling many different countries home, she now lives on the Maine coast with her partner and their two-year-old son, embracing a simple life by the sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Naja, Sebastian, Asia, Jessica, Lenzia and Zora were just finishing 8th grade when this episode aired in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices