How to Use self-help in a Sentence

self-help

noun
  • That sounds very self-help-ish, but that’s the goal, right?
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • This isn’t a self-help book — where’s the beauty in those?
    Maggie Lange, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • When the fight is this lopsided, all the self-help books in the world won’t show us how to win it.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • There's a ton of business books out there and then there's a ton of, for lack of a better word, self-help books.
    Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Lily-Rose Depp plays a pop star who falls under the control of a self-help guru, played by the Weeknd.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • This also comes off as rather basic self-help for grown-ups.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2023
  • In 1985, Shields published On Your Own, a self-help book geared toward young women.
    Lauren Dukoff, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But way before there were self-help books about it, my mom always followed her heart.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
  • Kennedy was at 15% and self-help author Marianne Williamson at 6%.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • The self-help sports book pops up throughout the season, becoming one of its best running jokes.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 22 June 2023
  • Lenz’s impulse to generalize is so strong that at times her work whiffs of self-help.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Shaheen, a 25-year-old writer with a marketing background, is the new breakout star of the self-help genre.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The self-help expert’s guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones via tiny changes in behavior.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • The self-help expert’s guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones via tiny changes in behavior.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Finding the Aya series in Yopougon is no easy task, as most book stalls in the street focus on self-help, school texts or old classics from France.
    Elian Peltier, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Changing oneself is harder than perky how-to guides and self-help books suggest.
    Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2024
  • In a 2012 self-help article for The Root, Lucas defined the term for their audiences.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 26 July 2023
  • Bertha Masuda has a new self-help guru: a dark-eyed junco bird.
    Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 25 July 2023
  • Gets the biggest reaction from the rest of the cast due to his poor track record with women, but swears therapy and self-help books have changed him for the better.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 7 June 2024
  • Her friends goaded her to record her resilience in a self-help book, complete with recipes, which made her into a local celebrity in the Bay Area.
    Mayukh Sen, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Jay Shetty as a wedding officiant Also in the mix is author and self-help guru to the stars, Jay Shetty.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 June 2024
  • This is Melvin’s ship now, and the tone in the dugout is noticeably different from former manager and wannabe self-help guru Gabe Kapler.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Such is the tactic by which Brooks and the other sovereigns of self-help, with considerable skill and a pinch of cunning, advance their cause.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • What’s the meaning of the cryptic notebook in which someone has copied out inspirational quotes from business self-help books?
    Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • In these videos, Hildebrandt and Franke sit side by side on a couch discussing topics like parenting and offering self-help tips.
    Samantha Wanderer, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • During his decades behind bars, he’s tried to improve himself through classes and self-help programs.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
  • Artists of the self-help group Mouth & Foot Painting Artists create lovely cards and notecards made from recycled paper.
    Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Calum has brought a pile of self-help books on the trip on the order of How to Meditate and sometimes goes out on the balcony and does a balletic series of tai chi moves to the music in his head.
    Daphne Merkin, The New Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s a self-help tip to other celebrity couples: Stay vigilant.
    Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Customers also want to solve their own problems through self-help services whenever possible.
    John Kell, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024

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