Self Help Myth

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of When the Body Says No and The Myth of Normal—The definitive book for understanding the roots and behaviours of addiction. Dr. Gabor Maté is one of the world’s most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings—based on...

The world has gone overboard with toxic positivity. Every time we scroll through social media, watch a talk show, or browse the latest self-help books, we're inundated with feel-good messages that oversimplify life’s challenges. It’s time to get real. It’s time to embrace imperfection and humanity instead of chasing unattainable ideals. This book takes a satirical and rational approach to debunking the endless stream of unrealistic motivational messages and memes we’re bombarded with daily. Rational Responses to Motivational Memes and Other Positive Bullsh*t will enlighten you with ...

The Ancient Blueprint for Modern Masculine Transformation Are you successful but unfulfilled? Accomplished but empty? Responsible but restless? You're not alone. Millions of men today find themselves trapped in what author FC Böhnke calls the "comfortable cage"—successful by external measures but spiritually starving, financially secure but emotionally bankrupt, connected to everything but grounded in nothing. The problem isn't you. The problem is that we've forgotten how to make heroes.The Great Forgetting For millennia, every culture on Earth had sophisticated systems for transforming ...

Discover what it means to be blessed and challenge the false beliefs many in the church hold about “the good life” and what it means to walk in communion with God. American Christians have developed a long list of expectations about what the life with God will feel like. Many Christians...

Pop Psychology Explained: How Everyday Ideas About the Mind Shape Relationships, Work, Identity, and Modern Life explores the psychological concepts that have quietly reshaped how people understand themselves and others. From personality labels and attachment styles to trauma language, boundaries, confidence culture, and happiness advice, pop psychology now influences conversations, social media, dating, workplaces, and self identity. This book examines where these ideas came from, why they spread so widely, and how they continue to shape modern thinking. Written for curious readers rather ...

Awaken the Goddess within through spells, rituals, meditations, embodiment practices, and journal prompts In this introduction to the Goddess across time and cultures, and Her many expressions of myth and magick, Gabriela Herstik guides us toward connecting to the Goddess in ourselves and...

“Compelling,” (Cal Newport) “Liberating,” (Amy Dickinson) and “as entertaining as it is important” (Steven Levitt) — How to Do Nothing meets Think Again in this lively and inspiring exploration of how quitting is, counterintuitively, the key to success. "If you’re thinking about...

"All of us have Seven Slices in our lives: our Family Slice, our Professional Slice, our Personal Slice, our Physical Slice, our Intellectual Slice, our Emotional Slice, and our Spiritual Slice. These all need to be served in some fashion - and in serving them, they, in turn, serve us." This concept is at the heart of the method executive coach David McNeff has used to transform the lives and careers of his clients. It begins with two important facts: 1) Stress happens - you can't avoid it; and 2) Your existence is composed of far more than "work" and "life".

An award-winning business writer dismantles the myths of entrepreneurship, replacing them with an essential story about the experience of real business owners in the modern economy. We're often told that we're living amidst a startup boom. Typically, we think of apps built by college kids and...

Women around the globe are buying and consuming alcohol at alarming rates never seen before. But is it doing us any favors? Is it really that treat or reward that we deserve? Lotta Dann thinks not. In The Wine O'Clock Myth, Lotta takes an in-depth and eye-opening look at women's drinking habits. Written through the lens of her own story and her work in the field of addiction and recovery, Lotta explores the privileged position alcohol holds in our society, the way the liquor industry targets women and the damaging "Wine Mom" social media culture.

Ancient Greek mythology meets the best of today’s psychological insights for a hero’s journey you won’t soon forget: your own. It’s a tale as old as time: a seeker steps out from the familiar into the unknown, facing great danger on the way to enlightenment. While in ancient myth the...

The Burnout Exit: Reclaim Your Energy, Redesign Your Life by Josh Martin You’re not broken. You’re burned out. And there’s a way out. If you're exhausted, emotionally flat, fantasizing about escape, or simply feel like you're living someone else's life on autopilot,you’re not alone. The Burnout Exit is a guide for the overwhelmed, the overachieving, and the over-it. In this powerful, practical, and deeply human book, coach and writer Josh Martin helps you name what’s actually happening to your body, mind, and soul in burnout, and how to begin again. Drawing from personal ...

You’ve been sold a story: That if you meditate hard enough, chant the right mantras, or follow the right guru, you’ll finally arrive — at peace, at bliss, at some glittering finish line called “enlightenment.” You’ve been told that ego is the enemy, that suffering can be transcended, that awakening is just a retreat, a breathwork session, or a plant medicine ceremony away. This book calls bullshit. I call bullshit. The Lie of Enlightenment: The Myth of Modern Spirituality is not another self-help guide wrapped in Sanskrit. It’s not here to comfort you with platitudes or tell ...

Find calm, clarity, and meaning this Christmas — or even Xmas. The holiday season promises joy and connection, yet for many it brings stress, pressure, and comparison. 10 Christmas Myths We Still Believe explores how our modern expectations — from “the perfect gift” to “the happiest family” — often disconnect us from what truly matters. Through mindful reflections, relatable insights, and gentle reminders, this book invites you to slow down, breathe, and rediscover the simple beauty of the holidays. Inside you’ll find: Ten powerful myths that shape how we think about ...

Most of what we believe about happiness is inherited, untested, and often wrong. The Top 10 Myths About Happiness exposes the dead ends—those comforting stories that sound right but leave us circling the same disappointments. Drawing on clear research and real-life examples, JD Arden untangles ten persistent myths, showing why they persist and how they quietly steer us off course. Each chapter replaces confusion with a sharper, evidence-based model, offering practical ways to recalibrate expectations—without false promises or easy fixes. If you’ve ever wondered why achievement, money,...

What if I don't know how to "do stuff" all the other gays can do? What if I don't know the name of that gay Netflix movie? What if I'm not obsessed with Jennifer Coolidge like everyone else? Am I really bad at being gay? While being gay has become more socially and legally acceptable, there's a...

Go vegan the fabulous way with this helpful guide from an editor of VegNews, an award-winning vegan media outlet. Maybe you're interested in it for the food, maybe it's the animals, or maybe climate change has got you thinking. Whatever your reason, maybe you don't quite know where to start...

Are we actually clean… or just well-lathered and financially endangered? Daily showers. Multi-step skincare. Deodorant debates. “Must-have” products that somehow expire emotionally the moment a new one drops. Modern hygiene has become confusing, expensive, and weirdly exhausting—and we’re all pretending this is normal. In To Wash or Not to Wash: The Truth About Hygiene, Beauty Routines, and Myths That Make Us Buy More, Andreas Baku takes a funny, sharp look at how “clean” turned into a billion-dollar industry powered by trends, guilt, and marketing that quietly whispers: ...

What if the real battle for your success, happiness, and sense of purpose is being waged inside your own head? In The Council of Gods, author Kevin L. Michel invites you to pull up a chair at the grand conference table of your mind—where passion duels with logic, fear debates with curiosity, and every choice is decided by a clamorous inner pantheon. Blending gripping mythic narrative with cutting-edge brain science and practical psychology, Michel shows you how to: Decode the “voices” within. Spot which sub-selves are running the show—then re-assign the microphone. Tame anxiety and ...

Why do academic psychologists dislike pop psychology books when billions are sold each year? Many academic psychologists hold negative, skeptical and stereotypical views about popular psychology books, even though there have been few formal investigations into these materials to understand their content, construction, purposes, or their author’s credentials. In this innovative dissertation, case study methodology was employed to compare popular and scholarly books so that the popular psychology debate could be resolved. 12 books on the topic of Attention were analyzed for their level of ...