self-help
noun
ˈself-ˈhelp 
Southern also ˈhep
: the action or process of bettering oneself or overcoming one's problems without the aid of others
especially
: the coping with one's personal or emotional problems without professional help
self-help
adjective
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Fuel Your Future With Purposeful Rest Continuous improvement doesn’t always require binging self-help books and podcasts.
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Stephanie Davis, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Shortly after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, a raft of self-help books and articles appeared, written by students of post-Soviet society.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
There’s lots of self-help books on the market that cover how to deal with narcissistic parents, healing from trauma, and strengthening your own self esteem.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
But Alt, who has lived in Tokyo for over 20 years, writes that the country isn’t as tidy as it’s perceived to be, and that the obsession with minimalism, and the self-help and domestic cleaning movement that paved the way for Marie Kondo, reflects our own anxieties and consumerist urges.
—Longreads, 18 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Davis, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Shortly after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, a raft of self-help books and articles appeared, written by students of post-Soviet society.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
There’s lots of self-help books on the market that cover how to deal with narcissistic parents, healing from trauma, and strengthening your own self esteem.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
But Alt, who has lived in Tokyo for over 20 years, writes that the country isn’t as tidy as it’s perceived to be, and that the obsession with minimalism, and the self-help and domestic cleaning movement that paved the way for Marie Kondo, reflects our own anxieties and consumerist urges.
—Longreads, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Self-help.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-help. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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