It can tell you you’re no good, that it’s all hopeless,” reads one entry, which recently went viral on Instagram. “But ...

Cultural shifts in 2025 shaped psychology and self-help books that centred confidence, emotional clarity and practical ...

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The term “self-help books” doesn’t always inspire confidence. Some people look down on this genre as being poorly written or promising too much. In the sea of self-help titles, it can be easy to pick ...

These seven Black women self help books by Black authors offer different but supportive methods to bettering ourselves. Since mother earth was struck by a pandemic nearly three years ago, everyone has ...

In The Age of Anxiety, W.H. Auden observed that we human beings never become something without pretending to be it first. The corollary is more prosaic but, regrettably, at least as true: We humans ...

The best self-help books don’t promise to “completely change your life” overnight. Instead, a truly great one—written by someone who knows their stuff—will gently nudge you towards small shifts that ...

It’s always a good time to set goals for yourself. Maybe you’re hoping to form new habits, become more confident in your career or relationship, curb anxiety, or simply feel happier and fulfilled in ...

Many people come to therapy wondering why consuming self-help content isn’t helping them. They ask questions like: “I read more self-help books than anyone I know. It makes me feel inferior because ...

The year 1859 was a big one for British publishing. Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” was published, as was John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty”. So too was a now largely forgotten book by an ...

This story originally appeared on xoJane.com. I was the kid in high school who agonized over whether I had interacted with the popular girls the “right” way as we passed in the hallway between classes ...