Welcome to Season 3, Shelf Helpers!  Tracy and Amanda pay homage to their favorite self help author Jen Sincero in her newest book: Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick. Does this live up to Jen's usual amazingness, or is it refried habit advice?  Tune in to find out!Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)Follow Amanda's blog about her brewery in progress on the Darkroom Brewing Company's website here:)

The Self Help Connoisseurs are back with a look at Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking.  In this book, Cain suggests the Western world favors the extrovert, the louder more brazen brethren to the quiet introvert, but that introverts have a lot to offer if they only would unlock their own strengths and learn how to play them. Does Cain's claims hold any weight, or is she just making a lot of noise?Tune in to find out!Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)Follow Amanda's blog about her brewery in progress on the Darkroom Brewing Company's website here:)

This week, the Shelf Helpers review OG self help author Anthony Robbins' Awaken the Giant Within.  Are you ready to walk on fire for the life you've always wanted?  Can Tony's sometimes sound, sometimes wacky, advice get you there?  Tune in to find out!*Follow up from the show: In 2018 Jen Sincero and Tony Robbins attended the Power of Success speaking event , which was right after Robbins stuck his foot in his mouth and ragged on the #metoo movement.  Sincero caught a lot of flack on social media for advertising she'd be appearing with TR. Then in 2019, 9 women accused Robbins of sexual misconduct, and BuzzFeed of all reputable news outlets, led the media charge against him.  Nothing appears to have stuck, and Tony was headlining speaking events as of 2020.Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)Follow Amanda's blog about her brewery in progress on the Darkroom Brewing Company's website here:)

Tracy and Amanda head out on a spiritual journey to reconnect with their inner artist with Julia Cameron as their guide.  In her book, The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity, Julia takes readers on a 12 week path to healing their creativity.  Everyone has creativity, not just writers and artists, and can benefit from working on their own creativeness, claims the author.Is The Artist's Way one you should take?  Tune in to find out!Find Amanda's essay that was discussed in this show here.Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

On this episode, Tracy and Amanda work through all (most) of the 66 principles as laid out in Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles. From belief work to visualization to owning your mistakes, Canfield claims to be able to get you from where you are to where you want to be. Does his success map lead the gals to a chef's kiss, or do they get lost along the way?Tune in to find out!Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)Follow Amanda's blog about her brewery in progress on the Darkroom Brewing Company's website here:)

Tracy and Amanda are back after a fur-filled mini break to tackle the 80s classic: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.  If you've ever felt fear and anxiety before a big decision or crossroads in your life, fear not!  Or actually, just go ahead and fear, as Jeffers suggests. Does this book make self help sense or does it leave the gals shaking in their boots? Tune in to find out!Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)Follow Amanda's blog about her brewery in progress on the Darkroom Brewing Company's website here:)

In this episode, the Shelf Helpers meet Tara Schuster and her book: Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There. Schuster was the VP of Talent and Development at Comedy Central who started out by cleaning the office coffee maker there and working her way up to the top. This book is sure to ruffle some feathers, so tune in to find out if Tracy and Amanda were rattled or regaled by this very honest approach to the self help journey.The next round of the Shine On! Group + Coaching Program begins soon! Learn more here.Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)Follow Amanda's blog about her brewery in progress on the Darkroom Brewing Company's website here:)

Tracy and Amanda take a more visual trip down Self Help Lane to The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion,  a recommendation by none other than Producer Shannon.Will the gals be able to find their way or be left in the middle of the street looking for directions? Tune in to find out!**Update to Amanda's search for dirt on author Elle Luna (if that's even her real name) -  no tea to report! which means this is surely a cover for something ;)Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)Follow Amanda's blog about her brewery in progress on the Darkroom Brewing Company's website here:)

The Shelf Helpers bring in local author and Christian Business Coach Laura Croce to discuss her newest book project: Becoming an Unstoppable Woman.  Laura has great insight into the business and investing world and isn't one to follow the herd.Tune in to see what Laura and this book is all about!Find Laura's book, Becoming an Unstoppable Woman, here: https://laura.sherisesstudios.com/Learn more about Laura Croce Christian Business Coaching: https://lauracroce.com/Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

In this episode, the Shelf Helpers take on Ryan Serhant's Big Money Energy: How to Rule at Work, Dominate at Life, and Make Millions. Serhant is known for his reality TV work on Bravo's Million Dollar Listing: New York, and in his book he offers his take on how to stand out and be successful. Are his ideas worth a million or do the gals end up wanting to list with another author? Tune in to find out! Click here for the TikTok of the Polar Night Amanda mentioned!Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

In this episode, Tracy and Amanda talk with Ta-Kisha Jones, contributing author in the book, And Here I Stand: A Collaboration of Courage, about her chapter: "Real Talk - Real Healing".  Listen in as Ta-Kisha, a creative healer, health and wellness coach, and public health professional, explains her unique approach to healing. Learn more about Ta-Kisha Jones' coaching, creative healing, and other services here: MpoweredtobEFollow Ta-Kisha Jones on  Facebook :)Interested in life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

This time Tracy and Amanda take on Springboard:  Launching Your Personal Search for Success by Wharton Professor G. Richard Shell. In his book, Shell poses two questions for his readers to ponder: “What is success to me?” and “How will I achieve it?”  Do the Shelf Helpers find that the author has achieved success with this book, or do they recommend he put on the brakes? (*Spoiler alert, the reviews are mixed!) Listen in to find out!Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

This episode finds the Shelf Help gals figuring out their attachment style (and the problems that come with it!).  In Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love, authors Levine and Heller discuss three simple attachments styles with some very complex origins. Will our hosts discover they're anxious, avoidant, or unimpressed with attachment theory and its implications? Tune in to find out!Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

We kick off season 2 with Rachel Hollis' "Girl, Wash Your Face", one of the more wholesome approaches to self help we've come across.  Find out what we think in our first episode of the New Year!Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

Join us as we chat with local wellness expert Jennifer Emch about therapeutic approaches;  EMDR, different types of therapy and her Chardon based business: Ubuntu Wellness!Jennifer's approach is to focus on the whole person; mind, body and spirit and that lasting change happens when you meet your authentic self. If you want to know more about Jennifer and Ubuntu Wellness:https://www.ubuntuwellnessohio.com/Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

Tracy and Amanda review Gay Hendrick's "The Big Leap" and discuss what holds us back from truly reaching big goals.  Also, a little time manipulation thrown in there for good measure.Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

Tracy and Amanda explore the neat and tidy world of Marie Kondo in her book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing)".Tune in to see if this book sparked joy for the shelf helpers!Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

In this special Shelf Help episode, Tracy and Amanda discuss how some of the books they have previously reviewed can help you nurture your mind, body and soul as you “shelter in place”.This is the perfect time for a bit of shelf help, for sure!Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

In this episode, Tracy and Amanda review “The Sacred Enneagram” by Chris Heuertz and outline the nine Enneagram types, including their own. Tune in to see if the shelf helpers share the author’s sentiments that the Enneagram is “a sacred map to the soul.”If you'd like to try the free Enneagram Test that Tracy and Amanda took, you can find it here:  https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/testCheck out Brene Brown's Podcast, Unlocking Us! https://brenebrown.com/unlockingus/Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)

Tracy and Amanda embrace Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, and place it high on the shelf alongside their hero Jen Sincero's badass books. Is this trickster magic, or is it for reals?Curious about life coaching with Tracy? Learn more here:)Follow Amanda's blog about her brewery in progress on the Darkroom Brewing Company's website:https://www.darkroombrewingco.com/