Book Review of "Helping Me Help Myself" by Beth Lisick

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Book Review of the (very funny) "Helping Me Help Myself" by Beth Lisick


Author Beth Lisick deals a serious blow to the self-help world in her hilarious new book, Helping Me Help Myself. With a slightly jaded eye, Lisick was never one taken in by gurus claiming to solve their followers' problems, despite her own home setting of San Francisco (a land abundant with life coaches and spiritual guides). Still, her own disorganized, slightly manic life had reached fever pitch, and in 2006, Lisick decided to try and conquer her problems (maybe even come up with a whole new life) by tackling a new problem (and self-help solution) each month.

From her marriage to her messy house to her lack of exercise, Lisick brings along the ability to laugh at herself, even as she attempts one self-help program after another. From the best sellers of the business to their sponsored seminars, she takes on the most famous in the self-help business. From Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus to The Artist's Way to The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, she reads and follows the self-help advice on offer. She exercises to the oldies with Richard Simmons aboard his Caribbean cruise, she has a personal consultation with organizing expert Julie Morgenstern, and she meets Jack Canfield on his home turf. Each encounter is funnier than the next.