This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Many of us turn to self-help when we want to improve our ...

Some self-help books shout. Others whisper and stay with you. This selection looks at quietly powerful titles that reshape ...

Caregiver burnout is often framed as a personal issue, a matter of "self-care." This overlooks the complex realities of ...

I was listening recently to a self-proclaimed self-help “expert.” The person's goal was to try helping those who are in difficult relationships to remain psychologically whole or to become whole once ...

Many readers keep buying self-help books even while doubting their power to change anything. This reflective take examines ...

How’s this for self-help advice? You’re never going to be sure about the future. You’ll always have too much to do and not enough time. You’re never going to sort out your life. You’re not perfect!

When any of these 8 signs indicate your efforts to do better are making you feel worse, it’s time to ease up. Self-help has a dark side, experts warn. If you spot these signs in your own efforts at ...

In a 1954 New Yorker essay “Howtoism,” writer and critic Dwight Macdonald states that authors of how-to books are to other authors as frogs are to mammals, and encourages people to read other genres.

Discover five powerful fiction books that offer emotional healing, perspective, and comfort—often more gently and deeply than ...