Like any good, overachieving, people pleasing, approval seeking, psychotherapy patient with rapid cycling bipolar disorder and anxiety, I’ve read a lot of self-help books. Subject matter has ranged ...

Honesty, friction and realism define books that respect how difficult change really feels, without selling shortcuts or ...

When you confess you’re in a mild funk, every so often a confidante will say something like, “It sounds silly, but this self-help book really worked for me.” Your friend might even give you her copy.

As I have spent a good part of the last year in and out of hospitals, ICUs, trauma treatment centers, and eating disorder treatment, I feel like I have read almost every self-help book under the sun.

If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change your life” or touting “five books that made me successful.” These claims ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. "Outlive" author Peter Attia, who wrote one of the best health and wellness books, speaks during the SXSW Conference & Festivals ...

Thirteen year-old Alita told me she knew there was something wrong with her—something that made her “less than.” She felt that, somehow, she was “marked” and deeply unacceptable—even ugly—inside. She ...

We do not really know what causes depression. Or what constitutes depression. Or why one person gets depressed as a result of circumstances that do not trouble another. Yet illness of the mind is real ...

To understand modern self-help books, open “Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm”. The sequel to “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”—and no doubt the prequel to ...

Judith Joseph, MD, created the first research-backed framework for assessing high-functioning depression. Now, the psychiatrist wants Black women take charge of their happiness with it. Her upcoming ...

Author James Clear presents his book, "Atomic Habits" during Workplace Summit, Pennsylvania Conference For Women 2019. "Habits" is one of the best self-help books. Self-help books provide the guidance ...

If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change your life” or touting “five books that made me successful.” These claims ...