Peruse the self-help aisle at your local neighborhood bookstore, and you’ll likely find tomes giving you all kinds of advice. Titles that tell us to “let them” or develop “atomic habits” or offer an ...

Draw boundaries. Protect your peace. Worry less about pleasing others. The prevailing (and best-selling) wisdom of the day encourages an inward turn. By Emma Goldberg There’s a certain flavor of ...

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 ...

Although self-help is one of the most popular and, arguably, impactful genres out there, many people are critical of it. A common charge is that self-help doesn’t actually help those who consume it, ...

The Ancient Greek historian Plutarch is known for his incisive essays in Moralia, a collection that reads like a modern-day ...