It’s hard to argue that learning to overcome negative thought patterns is essential for personal and professional growth. Even the Washington Post reports on the development of mental health days, ...

Resources to guide personal and professional self-development are just a click away with the new Center for the Army Profession and Leadership “Project Athena Leader Self-Development Tool.” Designed ...

In the age of COVID-19, self-isolation, and inevitable uncertainty, the topics of self-development and self-care have come up for my patients more than they might have in “normal life.” (What’s even ...

The best self-help books don’t promise to “completely change your life” overnight. Instead, a truly great one—written by someone who knows their stuff—will gently nudge you towards small shifts that ...

It can tell you you’re no good, that it’s all hopeless,” reads one entry, which recently went viral on Instagram. “But ...

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Many people come to therapy wondering why consuming self-help content isn’t helping them. They ask questions like: “I read more self-help books than anyone I know. It makes me feel inferior because ...

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Heaven helps those who help themselves.” So opens Samuel Smiles’ 1859 book Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct—an appropriately self-published work that birthed the modern genre.