Yes Please, a memoir written by Amy Poehler, allows readers to follow her success through several personal and quite humerous memories. Throughout the memoir, by using her personal experiences as an example, Poehler shares extremely sincere, earnest, and hilarious advice- almost as if you (the reader) are inside her mind, watching as she reminisces about her experiences growing up in Boston, attending her first improv classes, sitting in Bono’s lap while winning a Golden Globe award; essentially following her career and learning to understand her decisions and opinions.

As I am now reflecting, one of the many parts of Yes Please that stood out to me and has stuck with me is Poehler’s discussion on one’s inner voice- referring to it as an “inner demon”. She describes the “inner demon” as the voice inside (your) head that tells you that you are not as good, skinny, good-looking (whatever your inner demon may be saying). She normalizes this and explains that silencing your inner demon can be extremely difficult and although it never truly goes away, you can eventually learn to silence the demon… “even demons need to sleep”. Through sharing her personal memories, obstacles, and vulnerabilities, Poehler also gives great advice and allows readers to truly “get to know” her as a human being rather than a public figure. Poehler is in a sense, changing the perspective that the general public may have on celebrities as arrogant and pompous.