Go Help Yourself: A Comedy Self-Help Podcast to Make Life Suck Less · Misty Stinnett & Lisa Linke

Aging Sucks... But You're Gonna Love It!: A Woman's Survival Guide to Getting Older by Brenda Ackerman

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Brenda tells readers to stand “buck naked” in the mirror and embrace every wrinkle and flaw.

1. Go Help Yourself covers Brenda Ackerman’s Aging Sucks But You’re Gonna Love It with host Misty Stinnett and guest Mandy Kaplan. 2. Misty is one of the show’s hosts, and Mandy Kaplan is an actress, voiceover artist, singer, writer, podcaster, and author who is reviewing the book. 3. The episode asks whether a self-help book about aging can feel practical, funny, and useful instead of preachy. 4. Mandy says she found the book by searching Amazon for “self-help books about embracing aging” and paid $3.99 on Kindle. 5. Brenda Ackerman is described as a sexagenarian in her 60s who writes from inside the aging experience. 6. Mandy calls the book “very, very practical” and contrasts it with crystal-under-the-pillow style advice. 7. Brenda includes advice like sunscreen, a Wonder Woman pose in the mirror, moisturizers, and separate eye cream. 8. The book also uses music and pop-culture references, including Aretha Franklin, Jewel, and quoted lyrics at the top of pages. 9. Mandy says the 348-page count is misleading because many pages hold only a single quote or lyric. 10. She describes buying the book because she wanted an aging topic that matched her own experience and curiosity. 11. Mandy says she is 50, is still trying to highlight her hair, and is fighting aging “kicking and screaming.” 12. She connects her anxiety to the pandemic, when Zoom made her notice wrinkles, double chins, and other changes. 13. Mandy says she tried Botox for the first time after that period and also had disastrous at-home hair dye results. 14. Brenda’s larger goal is to eliminate judgment about aging, especially the way people judge themselves and others. 15. Mandy says Brenda tells readers that aging is a privilege and that people can now say “whatever the hell you want to say.” 16. One of Brenda’s more memorable exercises is to stand “buck naked” in front of the mirror and look at every wrinkle and flaw. 17. Mandy treats that recommendation as extreme, comparing it to exposure therapy rather than a quick confidence trick. 18. The episode sounds conversational, candid, and joke-heavy, with Misty and Mandy riffing on Botox, hair dye, and self-image. 19. People who want a funny, grounded take on aging and self-image. 20. People looking for a structured, clinical aging workbook.

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