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

Examples of self-help in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sessions will dig deeper than any self-help book could, guiding clients through the immersion into their barriers and the search for optimal solutions. —

Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023 In fact, your path forward may be in letting go of doing so much self-help and actually sitting with what’s going wrong. —

Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2023 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, 30 Aug. 2023 Meant to be a self-help book, Payton wants to help her readers step out of their comfort zones and into their power, starting with sharing her own experiences with self-doubt, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, self-doubt, imposter syndrome, infertility, and postpartum depression. —

Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023 White House hopefuls, self-help author Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have both pushed the Democratic National Committee to host primary debates. —

Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2023 In opposing parole, prosecutors argued Gers had not shown remorse or completed any self-help programming while incarcerated and the parole board also heard statements from the two victims. —

City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023 Beyond the hyperbole common when neuroscience crosses over into self-help is the popularization of theories that have already been disproved. —

Kristen Martin, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023 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 See More

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