In a September interview with The New York Times, bestselling author, podcaster and research professor at the University of Houston Brené Brown was asked about the world of online self-help gurus and ...

There is a long-standing body of research suggesting that “self-administered” interventions, like books or websites, can be an effective medium for self-improvement. Numerous such websites and apps ...

It seems that just about everyone has read a self-help book, attended a support group or surfed online for health information at one time or another. Thousands of new self-help books are published ...

At the start of every year, millions of people around the world turn to self-improvement. And while many are looking to exercise more, lose weight, save money or get healthy, others are looking inward ...

Brené Brown says that nearly half of people in the self-help space are “sheer grifters.” She tried to separate herself from the category when she realized people online were editing her own advice ...

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 ...

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.