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When my mother died of ovarian cancer, aged 56 (I was 31 and my sister 24), she left me a little blue book called Daily ...

Gone are the days when self-help books were practically required to be cheesy, impersonal, and boring. Now, if you know where to look, you'll find empowering, genuinely useful self-help books designed ...

January always brings a wave of self-improvement books – all promising better habits, deeper sleep, calmer minds and a more ...

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 ...