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...

In this New York Times bestseller, author Dr. Mark Hyman sorts through the conflicting research on food to provide an insightful and helpful guide to the ways we fuel our bodies. "A clear roadmap for the confused eater." —Sanjay Gupta, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Keep Sharp Did...

More than a hundred years into the future, as the US approaches its 400th anniversary, Tomas, a young graduate student, searches for the real identity of one of the cyborgs that maintained American homes. He has been haunted for years by an audio clip of a cyborg named Felipe and is intent on writing Felipe’s biography. In the clip, Felipe can only recite that he was made in America, but Tomas must find out: Where was the Self-made Man really from?

What if your grief is not weakness, your anger is not a spiritual failure, and your contradictions are not problems that need to be fixed? The goddesses of ancient Egypt were never passive, polished, or one-dimensional. They rebuilt shattered worlds, defended cosmic order, guarded the dead, embodied pleasure, unleashed righteous fury, and created life from the primordial dark. Daughters of Ra transforms their myths into a bold framework for self-discovery, women’s spirituality, shadow work, and personal transformation. This is not simply a catalog of Egyptian deities or a collection of ...

You Know Exactly What You Should Be Doing. So Why Aren't You Doing It? You know the feeling, you wake up full of motivation. Today’s the day you’re gonna start that project you keep dreaming about. You cleared your schedule. Set your alarm earlier. Made the coffee stronger. But 1 hour later, you’re doomscrolling through your phone while that familiar knot tightens in your stomach. You know exactly you’re not doing what you want to do. But you just can’t stop. You waste another day. And as you go to sleep that night, you start to believe you’re never gonna make it. The Cruel Math...

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...

What if the ancient Greek myths were never really about gods in the sky? What if they were maps of the human mind? Mirror of the Gods is a bold and illuminating exploration of Greek mythology, Jungian archetypes, and modern psychology. This book reveals how the stories of Narcissus, Icarus, Sisyphus, Persephone, Prometheus, Ariadne, and Odysseus continue to live inside our daily struggles: in our ambition, our burnout, our grief, our need for validation, our hidden shame, our relationship patterns, and our search for meaning. For centuries, myths have been treated as old stories from a ...

Somewhere between the client call, the carpool line, and the laundry pile with its own microclimate, you got the memo: you're supposed to do it all. Career. Marriage. Motherhood. Yourself, somewhere in there too, if there's time. There's never time. Here's the truth nobody tells you: balance isn't something you're failing to find. It's not real. It's a unicorn — beautiful, mythical, and currently not in your kitchen helping with dinner. In Balance Is a Unicorn, career and life coach Paula Raitt trades the tired self-help script for something more useful: permission. Permission to say no ...

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 ...

READ BY THE AUTHOR Ancient Greek mythology meets the best of today’s self-healing 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...

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 ...

“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...

A Legend About Becoming the Person You Were Meant to Be Some books entertain. Some books teach. A very rare book changes the way you see yourself. Healera is a modern spiritual legend that blends mythology, philosophy, psychology, and timeless wisdom into an unforgettable journey of transformation. It tells the story of a goddess who brings humanity seven sacred gifts, reveals the hidden forces that keep people trapped in suffering, and reminds us that true healing begins from within. Framed by the mysterious discovery of an unknown ancient manuscript, this book invites readers on a journey...

Phantastes: The Mind Eclipse Awakening reimagines George MacDonald’s classic fantasy as a breathtaking self-help allegory for the digital age. When Alex Rivera, a burned-out software engineering student, designs a self-help video game prototype, he never expects to be pulled inside his own creation. Trapped between his cluttered reality and a glowing fantasy world powered by code, Alex must confront illusions, face his shadow-double, and survive quests that mirror his deepest fears. Guided by mystical allies and opposed by his own Dark Superego, Alex discovers that every battle in the ...

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...

You have never once failed to be productive. You have failed to follow advice that was wrong. Say that again, slowly, because it's the whole book in one sentence. You've been told that willpower is a battery that drains through the day. That multitasking just takes practice. That your brain is either "left" or "right." That habits form in 21 days. That successful people wake at 5am, that brainstorming in groups produces more ideas than working alone, that busy open offices spark collaboration, that a messy desk means a messy mind, and that if you just find the right app, the right planner, ...

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...

"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". 

What if everything you've been told about success is wrong? You work hard. You're talented. You do everything right. And still, someone else gets the job, the recognition, the opportunity you deserved. The world tells you it's your fault. You weren't good enough. You didn't want it badly enough. You should have tried harder. But what if that's not true? Circumstantial is a philosophical exploration of the uncomfortable truth we all know but rarely acknowledge: merit doesn't determine outcomes. Circumstance does. The hiring manager liked someone else's vibe. The investor happened to be in a ...