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**Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)**

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) is a short, weekly infusion of delightful, unexpected and strange ways to make life slightly and sometimes profoundly better. 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!

Latest Episodes:

Looking Outward with Erika Fur and Andy Nickelhoff Dec 08, 2021

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Erika Fur works in education supporting nurturing and de-pathologizing children with learning differences.

Andy Nickelhoff is a labor lawyer in Detroit.

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Avoiding Burnout with Dr. Sharon Grossman Dec 06, 2021

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Dr. Sharon Grossman is the founder of the Exhausted to Extraordinary™ Method, a 3-step method to unblock your mind, reshape your thinking, and return the joy to your work in 90 days. As a psychologist, coach, and author of the international bestseller, The 7E Solution to Burnout.

Are you exhausted at work? Wish you could avoid burnout or at least prevent it from repeating?

Register for Dr. Sharon Grossman's FREE burnout webinar, The 3 Biggest Burnout Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid, on 12/8/21 @ 1 PM EST

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Pre-Heating the Oven with April Baer Dec 03, 2021

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April Baer is the host of Stateside on Michigan Radio.

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Giving and Receiving Gifts with Erin Bicknese Dec 01, 2021

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Erin Bicknese is a professional home organizer. She was last on the show talking about International Tell Your Crush Day. Hear that episode here.

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Speaking of Race with Celeste Headlee Nov 29, 2021

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CELESTE HEADLEE is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker and the author of Speaking of Race, We Need To Talk and Do Nothing.

-Celeste's TED Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation-Call Zak with your advice at 844-935-BEST

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Avoiding Empty Celebration Syndrome with Jenny Rosenstrach Nov 24, 2021

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Jenny Rosenstrach is a food writer and New York Times bestselling cookbook author of Dinner: A Love Story, The Weekday Vegetarians and How To Celebrate Everything among others. She also authors the Dinner: A Love Story blog and newsletter.

You can listen to a longer interview I did with Jenny on the Mom and Dad Are Fighting Podcast this week.

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Night Walking with Bianca Giaever Nov 22, 2021

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Bianca Giaever is the creator and host of the podcast Constellation Prize, distributed by The Believer Magazine. She currently works as a producer on The New York Times audio team. Her film, radio, and print stories have appeared on This American Life, Radiolab, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Believer Magazine, and the TED conference.

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Slowing Down to Speed Up with Dan Charnas Nov 19, 2021

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Dan Charnas is the author of Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind.

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Turning on a Dime with ZUDI (Zoe and Udi) Nov 15, 2021

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Zoë Komarin cooks @ ZOEFOODPARTY. Udi Assaf leads @UDITECHPARTY

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EDITING YOUR FRIDGE WITH ZOE

SPOON FEEDING WITH ZOE

REPURPOSING FOOD WITH ZOE

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Finding Your Michigan Star with Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur Nov 12, 2021

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Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur founded Of a Kind, host the A Thing or Two podcast and wrote Work Wife: Work Wife: The Power of Female Friendship to Drive Successful Businesses.

Zak first heard about Michigan Stars in Ann Friedman's essential newsletter.

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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Erika Fur works in education supporting nurturing and de-pathologizing children with learning differences.

Andy Nickelhoff is a labor lawyer in Detroit.

Dr. Sharon Grossman is the founder of the Exhausted to Extraordinary™ Method, a 3-step method to unblock your mind, reshape your thinking, and return the joy to your work in 90 days. As a psychologist, coach, and author of the international bestseller, The 7E Solution to Burnout.

April Baer is the host of Stateside on Michigan Radio.

Erin Bicknese is a professional home organizer. She was last on the show talking about International Tell Your Crush Day. Hear that episode here.

CELESTE HEADLEE is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker and the author of Speaking of Race, We Need To Talk and Do Nothing.

Jenny Rosenstrach is a food writer and New York Times bestselling cookbook author of Dinner: A Love Story, The Weekday Vegetarians and How To Celebrate Everything among others. She also authors the Dinner: A Love Story blog and newsletter.

You can listen to a longer interview I did with Jenny on the Mom and Dad Are Fighting Podcast this week.

Dan Charnas is the author of Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind.

Zoë Komarin cooks @ ZOEFOODPARTY. Udi Assaf leads @UDITECHPARTY

Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur founded Of a Kind, host the A Thing or Two podcast and wrote Work Wife: Work Wife: The Power of Female Friendship to Drive Successful Businesses.

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