Podcasts about ask polly

Hello muffins. This week: Ask Polly leaves The Cut and we track the history of the advice column. How The Row is being co-opted by celebrities (or is it?). What the New York Times' profile on Paulina Porizkova teaches us about 'natural ageing'. The rise of 'mid-size' body inclusivity. How Naomi Campbell is representing a refreshing new archetype for motherhood. Plus, a breakdown of Prince Harry's PR tour of America. ENJOY x Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ten days into December guys! That leaves 14 more days until Christmas Eve! Today I'm sharing a few sites that I go to when I finding myself feeling a little less like myself and I know learning something helps me a lot. What I reference: https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register (Character Strenghts Survey) coursera.org udemy.com udacity.com skillshare.com ted.com medium.com Ask Polly "Go Fr(om) Here" is self-help, health and culture, and all-around funny podcast about the journey you take from where you've been, to where you are, and of course, to where you're going and all the amazing people you meet along the way. Song used on the podcast: https://songsforpodcasters.com/SFPHomePage (How to Love by Nikonn) Be sure to rate Go Fr(om) Here 5-stars on Apple Podcasts! Follow Go From Here or Belle: Newsletter: https://gofrhere.substack.com/ (https://gofrhere.substack.com/) Go Fr(om) Here Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gofrhere/ (@gofrhere) Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/belleyboop (@belleyboop) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baespada/ (@baespada)

EP.36 Taking someone else's advice, even when you ask for it, is difficult. Entire studies have been conducted just to understand the widespread phenomenon of “advice discounting.” But even as we ignore the well-intentioned suggestions of our friends, families and therapists, many of us come back week after week to the advice columns published by a slew of print and digital media outlets. It's hard to say exactly how many people read advice columns, but it's clear that many have built devoted followings over the years. The workplace-focused “Ask a Manager,” for example, receives 2.4 million visits a year and 50 questions a day, writes Alison Green, the author behind that column for the past decade, writes in Vox. Several advice columnists, including Green and Ask Polly's Heather Havrilesky, have parlayed their success into books. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hollywoodandchinadollshow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollywoodandchinadollshow/support

We now have enough episodes to make a seven-layer dip. Strap in because this one’s a doozy O/. Paul and Adrian discuss the conservative squad, the online cooking community, and Adrian’s future career as a voice over artist. More than anything, we just complain about the advice columnists we bring in this week to the point that we don’t leave room to actually do a third segment. Links: Article 1- Dear Captain Awkward https://captainawkward.com/2019/06/03/1203-im-getting-married-to-god-how-do-i-tell-my-family-theyre-not-invited/ Article 2- Ask Polly https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/my-idiot-boyfriend-claims-i-want-a-ring-but-i-dont.html#_ga=2.48499622.1089529005.1595632650-399183761.1586413046 Video Paul mentions in the episode: https://twitter.com/JohnathonWillow/status/1286014694747242499?s=19

Today we check in with Nerdette book club regular Heather Havrilesky. She also writes the Ask Polly advice column for New York magazine, so she gives us another perspective on how everyone's doing out there. And of course, we hear from a bunch of you, too, which is quickly becoming the best part of this show.If you’d like to chime in, just tell us how you’re adapting, along with your name and where you’re from. You can record yourself on your phone and email the file to nerdettepodcast@gmail.com.

This week, Chelsea sat down with Heather Havrilesky to talk all things money, work, work-life balance, and the realities of marriage. Heather is the voice behind the popular advice column "Ask Polly" and author of the books "What If This Were Enough" and "How To Be A Person In The World." To get started using TurboTax and Intuit's suite of products, click here: https://intuit.me/2NS2yAq Subscribe to The Financial Confessions podcast here: https://lnkfi.re/1QYK1e4R Heather Havrilesky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hhavrilesky Heather Havrilesky's website: https://havrileskywebsite.wixsite.com/mysite/the-book Ask Polly the column: https://www.thecut.com/tags/ask-polly/ The Financial Diet site: http://www.thefinancialdiet.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefinancialdiet Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFDiet Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefinancialdiet/?hl=en

Tina Essmaker is a coach, writer and speaker and in early 2017, she had the opportunity to reimagine career and her four burners when she transitioned out of the The Great Discontent, a publication she started with her former husband and business partner.She took what she describes as a gap year to figure out what she wanted to next and eventually returned to her roots as a social worker, now helping the creative community to navigate uncertainty and take action on their ideas. In this conversation we speak about why we sometimes flail when we don’t have constraints in our days and careers, the dance between scheduling and spontaneity, chunking tasks in your week, finding space for yourself after a divorce and what can help when you’re dealing with a period of change, hurt or uncertainty.Extraordinary Findings:- Freakonomics episode on how to get more grit in your life- Ask Polly advice columns by Heather Havrilesky- Laugh, Kookaburra by David Sedaris - Follow Tina Essmaker on Instagram or visit tinaessmaker.com* * *To stay tuned, please subscribe or follow the podcast on your preferred listening platform and leave a review on iTunes.You can also sign up to the Extraordinary Routines newsletter, or follow along at @extraordinary_routines on Instagram.Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott from Soundmind Editing for the mixing and Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

January 24, 2020 Watch us on BitChute instead: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/unsafespace In this live episode, Carter and Keri discuss Elizabeth Warren's condescending elitism, bad advice from "Ask Polly" in NY Magazine, MGTOW, and a revealing book review of Ibram X. Kendi's best-selling book, "How to Be an Anti-Racist." Here's a link to the book review, "A Glimpse at the Intersectional Left's Political Endgame," by Andrew Sullivan: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/andrew-sullivan-the-intersectional-lefts-political-endgame.html YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/M1rNX89dPpY

Nerdette has always been a podcast for book lovers, but for the first few months of 2020, we’re doubling down. Join host Greta Johnsen and a rotating cast of panelists as they discuss the year’s buzziest books.Whether you can’t wait to dive in or just want to sound like you know what you’re talking about with your book nerd buddies, this is the podcast for you.First up: Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid’s debut page-turner about race and class in America. Read it, and share your thoughts by recording yourself an emailing the file to nerdettepodcast@gmail.com!Then tune in Friday, Jan. 31 as Greta discusses it with The Cut’s Ask Polly columnist Heather Havrilesky, The Morning Amp’s Jill Hopkins, and YOU!

How long have you gone without checking your phone in the past week? 10, 15, maybe 20 minutes while you’re awake? Our screens have commandeered our eyeballs and taken hold of our lives. Our phones buzz constantly with notifications, even when we intentionally move them off the dinner table, away from our bedsides, and out of sight. Ten years ago, before smartphones had even become mainstream, filmmaker Tiffany Shlain felt like something was askew in her life—and believed that technology had something to do with it. So she and her family instituted a “Tech Shabbat,” one day a week where they refused to use any form of modern technology. It involved installing landlines, printing out maps, and actually looking one another in the eye during conversations, but a decade later Shlain has determined that the benefits of consciously disconnecting outweigh the short-term sense of accomplishment we get from being on our phones. Shlain joins this week’s Gadget Lab podcast to talk about her evolving relationship with technology, and the process of stepping away from film to write a full-length book. Show Notes: You can find out more about Tiffany Shlain’s book here. You can read Peter’s exclusive story about the PlayStation 5 console here. Lily Newman’s story about Twitter’s usage of your phone number for ad targeting is here.  And for fun, you should read Boone Ashworth’s story about the big lure of tiny keyboards. Recommendations: Peter recommends Marvel Puzzle Quest, a mobile game that’s also available on PCs. Arielle recommends Fleishman Is In Trouble, a novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Lauren recommends the Ask Molly newsletter, written by Heather Havrilesky, who is also the author of Ask Polly. Lauren Goode can be found at @LaurenGoode. Tiffany Shlain is @tiffanyshlain. Arielle Pardes is @pardesoteric. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Boone Ashworth, who edited the show, can be found at @booneashworth. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. Our theme song is by Solar Keys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! It’s just like a normal book club but in podcast form, and you provide your own booze. In this episode, we're taking a look back at Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel 'The Handmaid's Tale' before sending you out to read Atwood's brand new sequel, 'The Testaments.'  What are the rules of a book club podcast, you ask? Well, after this 'Handmaid’s Tale' refresher, we're all going to read 'The Testaments' together over the next three weeks — and talk about what’s happening, why a sequel to a 35 year old book is relevant today and whether the bastards really will get us down. And we’ll do it in three chunks. Here are your assignments: By Friday Sept. 20, read The Testaments through Chapter 23 (pages 1-133) By Friday Sept. 27, read The Testaments through Chapter 46 (pages 134-282) By Friday Oct. 4, finish The Testaments (pages 283-end!) Listen to this podcast each of those Fridays! Joining Nerdette’s Greta Johnsen is the wonderful Jill Hopkins, host of the Morning Amp on WBEZ’s sister station Vocalo, and the delightful Heather Havrilesky, who writes the Ask Polly advice column for New York Magazine. And hey, we want your crazy interpretations too! Share your thoughts with us by recording your voice with your smartyphone. (Please be succinct!) Then email the audio file to nerdettepodcast@gmail.com, preferably by Tuesday evenings. You may hear yourself in an episode! And when you need to tweet or Instagram something really important about the club, just use #NerdetteBookClub on the internets, and so will we. OK let’s do this!

Season 1 of Soul Points has come to an end! We're taking a break to do some self-care and plan the next season. In this episode, we reflect back on the last few months to see how our lives have changed. We talk about our love of HBO's Insecure, the problem with personality tests, Summer Affective Disorder, Vera finally kicking her sex camp habit, the complications that come with starting to date after a breakup, interpretive science, the sliding hair scale, and more! Topics/things mentioned in today's ep: Insecure HBO: Dro is played by Sarunas J Jackson, also mentioned S 1 Ep 6 - Guilty as F*ck and S 1 Ep 8 - Broken as F*ck Ask Polly https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/ask-polly-im-so-indecisive-about-everything.html We refer to an unreleased Soul Points episode where Vera talks about the end of sex camp (too emo for public consumption) Growing Pains (which we thought was Step by Step) 7th Heaven - S 3 Ep 8: "No Sex, Some Drugs, and a Little Rock n Roll" How Youtube works - Recode Decode with Tristan Harris, May 5th 2019 (starts around 28:18) Hot Priest's speech from S2 Ep 6 of Fleabag Hey! We would love your feedback! If any topics have particularly resonated with you and you want to hear more, or if you have suggestions for new topics/segments for next season, message us on instagram or email us at get.soulpoints@gmail.com. We love you!

Johnny Depp was cancelled, Leonardo DiCaprio is dating women younger than us, but Brad Pitt? Getting better every year like a fine wine. We discuss how the world somehow forgot about Hollywood's hottest hunk off the back of the release of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood', as well as the important detail you need to know about the movie before you see it. Plus, a deep dive into Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth's marriage breakdown, one woman's crazy story of her in-laws trying to kill her and the pair of shoes that almost ruined our friendship/lives. You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast or join our closed Facebook group, 'After Work Drinks Podcast'. Pls rate, review, subscribe and tell your mum, cousin and three friends about us. Recommendations Watch: Crashing, Bobby Kennedy for President, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Friends Listen: Tabloid (Ivanka Trump)Read: My in laws are careless about my deadly food allergy - Ask Pollyhttps://www.thecut.com/2019/08/ask-polly-my-in-laws-are-careless-about-my-food-allergy.htmlHer name is Michaela Dunn, the ‘incredible' young woman who died in Sydney CBD stabbing by Georgie Dent https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/her-name-is-michaela-dunn-the-incredible-young-woman-who-died-in-sydney-cbd-stabbing/The fashion world is obsessed with this one pair of shoeshttps://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/the-fashion-world-is-obsessed-with-this-one-pair-of-shoes-20190814-p52h49.html Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode we listen to a woman rationalize tricking a man into telling her if they’re monogamous. We also side-eye an Ask Polly letter about killer mushrooms and murderous in-laws. ASK POLLY: My In-Laws Are Careless About My Deadly Food Allergy! https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/ask-polly-my-in-laws-are-careless-about-my-food-allergy.html READ THE FULL DATING LETTER HERE https://www.womenologypod.com/post/stop-accepting-casual-sex-when-you-really-want-a-relationship

Landree forces Drew to read the advice column "Ask Polly." Also: Winning Suzy's Love, A Candy Bar A Day, and Wooterboarding

AS PROMISED SHAMELESS FAM... keep listening for the world's worst remix of Zara quoting Bhad Bhabie.On today’s show - an embarrassing confession about Lizzo, how James Charles became a pop culture pinata, and how some of the world’s most famous faces have railed against America’s abortion law crisis.If you're interested in the Ask Polly column Zara recommends, you can here.Shameless is a production of Shameless Media.

AS PROMISED SHAMELESS FAM... keep listening for the world's worst remix of Zara quoting Bhad Bhabie.On today’s show - an embarrassing confession about Lizzo, how James Charles became a pop culture pinata, and how some of the world’s most famous faces have railed against America’s abortion law crisis.If you're interested in the Ask Polly column Zara recommends, you can here.Shameless is a production of Shameless Media.

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Heather Havrilesky writes the advice column Ask Polly for New York magazine’s The Cut. Her writing is about looking closely at the culture we are living in and taking apart the delusions we are so close to we don’t see them. It’s why she makes a great advice columnist and why her new book of […]

Coach MK follows up on a phone call with an old friend today, reading a passage from Ask Polly about the exquisite pain of being human and the f*cked-up stories shame will tell us about ourselves. Your shame is a liar, too, friend. You are more valuable than stars. https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/im-broke-and-friendless-and-ive-wasted-my-whole-life.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coachmk/message

Welcome to our 2019 premiere—where we dig deep on all the ways our culture tells us we’re not “enough,” and get some help figuring out what to do about it. We’re joined by writer and cultural critic Heather Havrilesky, author of the new book, What If This Were Enough. We talk about writing NY Mag’s “Ask Polly” advice column, facing our emotions and sad moments head-on, and how we can all make 2019 the year we stop beating ourselves up and learn to enjoy ourselves a little more. Plus: Katel shares her gratitude journal, Sara unpacks her judgey feels, and we talk through all the ways we’ve both felt inadequate or unproductive at work—and how we’re moving past it.

Episode 34 // Back, by popular demand (we assume), it's TEENAGE WRITINGS II. We have a romantic poem from Jack, a modern take on a fairy tale by Kate, and some weird violent nonsense by Hao. This episode got put up very late because I was trying to replace the power supply unit on my computer at 1 AM and I didn't finish until 4 AM. The audio should at the very least sound less compressed than usual.   Plugs this week! Ann Hui's 2017 "Our Time Will Come" (Hao), maybe you know if you're in California don't set off fireworks (Jack), the Ask Polly advice column on THE CUT (Kate).   [send your embarrassing teenage writing to downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio // cluffffffx]

Heather Havrilesky is the author of “How to Be a Person in the World”, a collection of essays from her hit Ask Polly column in New York Magazine. In her writing, Heather has an ability to hear and see people in a way that feels selfless and genuine. In this week's episode, Sam and Heather try to do same for one another. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music for the show is by Dylan Peck. www.dylanpeck.com Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: www.krishnabalashenoi.com.

Having hosted Heather Havrilesky of "Ask Polly" for the Monday episode, we ran out of time and had some additional opinions we couldn't keep to ourselves. Thus: you're getting another Overflow, yaaay! This Overflow contains two questions from the previous week:  Dear Businesslady: "How Do I Respect My Coworker’s Gender (and My Own)?"; New York Times: "Real Men Might Get Made Fun Of"; Captain Awkward: "My Husband is Dating My Mom"; r/relationship_advice: "My mother (54/f) and my husband (39/m)"; Submit your favorite questions or questions you may have for the podcast to hanandmattknowitall@gmail.com, anonymously at bit.ly/askhanandmatt, or to askahelpinghan@gmail.com for a Han-only written answer on hanandmattknowitall.com. Looking to support us? Desperately in need of a fantastical alter-ego? You can become a Patreon supporter and donate to us monthly for all kinds of sweet perks!

Hannah and Matt interviewed Heather Havrilesky of "Ask Polly" for the Monday episode and—in true Polly fashion—delved super extra deep into questions from her columns that have stuck with her as well as taking on her most recent question:  Ask Polly (June 28, 2017): "Do People Ever Really Escape Their Dysfunctional Families?"; Invisibilia: "The Problem With the Solution"; Ask Polly (July 5th, 2017): "I Moved for My Job, and It Was a Huge Mistake!"; Ask Polly: "I’m Terrified of Having Kids!"; Submit your favorite questions or questions you may have for the podcast to hanandmattknowitall@gmail.com, anonymously at bit.ly/askhanandmatt, or to askahelpinghan@gmail.com for a Han-only written answer on hanandmattknowitall.com. Looking to support us? Desperately in need of a fantastical alter-ego? You can become a Patreon supporter and donate to us monthly for all kinds of sweet perks!

Heather Havrilesky of NY Magazine’s “Ask Polly”digs into found notes and dishes advice. Plus, the improbable story of a teenage phone psychic. Subscribe to FOUND so you never miss an episode: www.smarturl.it/foundp Thank you to our sponsors: Blue Apron - Get 3 meals free on your first order when you visit them here: www.blueapron.com/Found Zip Recruiter - Post your resume for free and learn how to hire smarter: www.ZipRecruiter.com/Found We'd like to hear from you. Find us on Twitter @FOUNDPodcast or Facebook.com/FOUNDPodcast, and please complete a quick survey at www.wondery.com/survey.

LA Times- Michael Owen Baker     Please Support The Show With a Donation   This week we talk to Heather Havrilesky Heather Havrilesky writes the popular advice column Ask Polly for New York Magazine’s The Cut. She is the author of the memoir Disaster Preparedness and the new advice book How to Be a Person in the World. She writes The Best Seller List column for Book Forum and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times, NPR's All Things Considered, and many other publications. In This Interview, Heather Havrilesky and I Discuss... The Wolf Parable Her book, How to Be a Person in the World Coming to peace with your flaws Finding a place within yourself where who you are is enough What a beautiful life is to her How she is constantly checking and rebalancing areas of her life The serenity prayer "Is the juice worth the squeeze?" That touching the same flame can be dangerous to some people Seeing your life as a series of problems instead of a patchwork of things to savor That there isn't an objectively "good way to be" How people are far more complex than we give them credit for The question of "does it serve you" is a good one to ask yourself in relationships Not knowing how to get below the surface with people How she has finally learned to relax around other people That people are trapped in their head To not beat yourself up for falling into the same "pot holes" over and over         Please Support The Show with a Donation    

This week Apryl and Rachael talk to wise and hilarious Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky and find out just how f’d up they (and everyone else) are – or maybe aren’t.

The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy and gratitude. But for many of us, they can be filled with anxiety and dread. This week, the Sugars revisit an episode in which they took on some of the big questions of the holiday season. They're joined by Heather Havrilesky, author of "How to Be a Person in the World" and of New York Magazine's advice column, "Ask Polly."

She is the sweary big sister of the Internet who gives brilliant and thought-provoking weekly advice via her column “Ask Polly” for New York Magazines “The Cut”. She answers all sorts of questions from “How do I dump my crappy best friend?” to “I’m broke and I hate my job” to “My sister has cancer and I can’t go on.” It’s my favourite weekly column and every week I’m excited to read it. I always learn something important. She has a book that’s just come out called “How To Be a Person In The World” which has a whole load of #AskPolly columns in there, both new and old ones and has had amazing reviews including the New Yorker. She is also the author of the memoir DISASTER PREPAREDNESS (published by Riverhead, 2011) and she was Salon.com's TV critic for 7 years. We talk about writing, standing out from the crowd, writing a column, what advice we take and why being "guru" doesn't appeal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week: a spoiler-filled dissection of the new Harry Potter play David Bowie at the Proms, and agony aunt column Ask Polly. Skip the first 21 mins to avoid HP spoilers! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New York magazine’s “Ask Polly” advice columnist, Heather Havrilesky, stopped by the show to chat about her process and the many hats she has worn over her 20 year career as a critic, cartoonist, columnist, and essayist. Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! The author s new book — How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life (available July, 2016) — is a collection inspired by her popular advice column. Bestselling author and comedian Patton Oswalt said about the author, “…that rare writer who can dish out tangy snark but never fails to aim the knife back at her own damaged, hilarious heart …” and called the book, “Required reading.” In addition to her Best Seller List column for Bookforum, Heather is the author of the memoir Disaster Preparedness, and was Salon.com’s TV critic for seven years. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, The Awl, NPR’s All Things Considered, and several anthologies. Join us for this two-part interview, and if you’re a fan of the show, please click the “subscribe” button to automatically see new interviews with your favorite authors, and help other writers find us. If you missed the first half you can find it here. In Part Two of the file Heather Havrilesky and I discuss: The Author’s Old-School Suspicion of ‘The Cloud’ A Comparison of Microsoft Word vs. Scrivener Why Social Media Can Help with a Writer’s Solitude The Upside of Procrastination How to Harness the Power of the Editing Process Why Hopelessness Can Lead to Great Writing How Your Greatest Weakness Can Become Your Greatest Strength Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life (Available July 12, 2016), by Heather Havrilesky Heather’s ‘Ask Polly’ Column and Essays for New York Magazine How to Write (The Awl) Heather’s Blog Tweetdeck for Twitter Heather Havrilesky on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter

New York magazine’s “Ask Polly” advice columnist, Heather Havrilesky, stopped by the show to chat about her process and the many hats she has worn over her 20 year career as a critic, cartoonist, columnist, and essayist. Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! The author s new book — How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life (available July, 2016) — is a collection inspired by her popular advice column. Bestselling author and comedian Patton Oswalt said about the author, “…that rare writer who can dish out tangy snark but never fails to aim the knife back at her own damaged, hilarious heart …” and called the book, “Required reading.” In addition to her Best Seller List column for Bookforum, Heather is the author of the memoir Disaster Preparedness, and was Salon.com’s TV critic for seven years. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, The Awl, NPR’s All Things Considered, and several anthologies. Join us for this two-part interview, and if you’re a fan of the show, please click the “subscribe” button to automatically see new interviews with your favorite authors, and help other writers find us. In Part One of the file Heather Havrilesky and I discuss: Why You Should Never Give Up Your Dreams of Being a Writer How to Embrace the Scribe’s Daily Descent into Madness Why You Need to Find Your Most Productive Hours How a Daily Writing Exercise Helps You Hit Deadlines How to Turn off Your Inner Critic and Get in Shape at the Same Time Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes How Advice Columnist and Author Heather Havrilesky Writes: Part Two How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life (Available July 12, 2016), by Heather Havrilesky Heather’s ‘Ask Polly’ Column and Essays for New York Magazine How to Write (The Awl) Heather’s Blog Heather Havrilesky on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter

Heather Havrilesky writes the Ask Polly advice column for New York and is the author of the upcoming How to Be a Person in the World. “I don’t give a shit if I succeed or fail or what I do next, I just want to do things that are strange and not sound bitey. I don’t want to be polished. I want to be such a wreck that no one will ever say ‘let’s put her on her own talk show.’” Thanks to MailChimp, Audible, and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode. Show Notes: @hhavrilesky rabbitblog.com Havrilesky on Longform [01:00] "What Romance Really Means After 10 Years of Marriage" (New York • Feb 2016) [19:00] "’Mad Men’ Finale Recap: ‘The Moon Belongs to Everyone’" (Salon • May 2014) [20:00] "‘Mad Men’ Cartoon Countdown: The Seventh- and Sixth-to-Last Episodes" (New Yorker • Apr 2015) [26:00] "Chicks ‘n’ Shit" (Suck • Dec 1995) [30:00] Havrilesky’s Filler Archive (Suck • 2001) [36:00] Havrilesky’s Ask Polly Archive at The Awl [36:00] Ask Polly archive at New York [44:00] "Katy Perry and the Fear of a Female Planet" (New York • Oct 2015) [49:00] Mystery Show [57:00] How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life (Doubleday • 2016)

EPISODE 1 Charlie kicks off the first episode of this spanking new podcast with a problem submitted to Ask Polly by someone who calls himself “In Over My Head” — […]

Lori talks with Heather Havrilesky about how her marriage has become more romantic and deep as it's grown less shiny and new. Heather writes New York magazine’s Ask Polly advice column and Bookforum’s Best-Seller List column, and she is the author of the upcoming book How to Be a Person in the World.

It's Christmas! In this phone-a-friend episode, Ann talks with writer Heather Havrilesky about her existential advice column Ask Polly, making friends on the internet and how we can improve our advice-giving.