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Marianne Power’s book “Help Me!” starts with a bad hangover that leads to a life-changing odyssey in self help. One morning in the winter of 2014, the Irish journalist realized she’d made a few too ...

For millions of readers around the world, self-help books offer a discreet, affordable way to access an array of psychological insights and therapeutic techniques. Take a moment to browse your local ...

A few common themes echo throughout forthcoming self-help titles: attention is a limited resource, there’s value in a curious mindset, and kindness toward oneself can be as crucial as kindness toward ...

Self-help has a dark side, experts warn. If you spot these signs in your own efforts at self-improvement, your quest may have turned toxic. Over 15 years, she reports, she bought hundreds of books, ...

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 ...

Amanda Straw estimates that she has read nearly 200 self-help books. “I’m still looking for the magical one,” said the 35-year-old from Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, who has been diagnosed with anxiety, ...

Self-help groups and medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone) both play important roles in opioid addiction treatment. The relative use of these two treatment modalities has not been ...

The musician of disordered sound, the poet of decomposed language, the painter and sculptor of the fragmented visual and tactile world: they all portray the break up of the self and, through the ...