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What Makes a Good Self-Help Book?

What elements do you think make self-help books particularly useful? Do you prefer to read books by doctors and psychologists or personal accounts that explain how people have dealt with challenges in their own lives?



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by jankp

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Jul 19 '01 Self-Help Books Have A Model in The Cry For Myth
Rollo May is my favorite psychologist for good reason.... read full review
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by jankp

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Jul 22 '01 A Look Into The Mind of 29th_Candidate
If it helps you to express your fears or to face them, a self-help book has done its job.... read full review
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by garym
Dec 11 '01 OFFICERS AT RISK
OFFICERS AT RISK: How to identify and cope with stress. Written for cops, by a cop. If you are a cop or love one, read this book.... read full review
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by kanike2000
Mar 22 '00 Read, Ponder, and Journal; the Way to Success With Self Help Books
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by sweetcece
Jun 25 '00 Identify Yourself First As Well As You Can, Then Search For Help
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by LEDOMAINE
Aug 01 '01 Self-Help Book? Oxymoron* ( E-Prime W/O)
One cannot write a self-help book for other people. The recipient of help from this book? The writer of said book, of course! Thus, "Self-help" equals an Oxymoron. ... read full review
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by jroberts80
Jul 26 '01 What Does your Intuition Say?
A good self-help book treats the entire person... read full review
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by ensignbetsy
Sep 29 '00 My Search for Me
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by LRai
Sep 02 '00 I'm OK for now, I think.
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by kanike2000
Mar 29 '00 Here's a Good Dreamstudy Self Help Book
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by redhowell
Aug 02 '00 Ever felt like you were losing it?
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by anavidi
May 23 '00 I just cant help it, Ive always had a bad memory.
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by Free2Be
Apr 22 '01 Be ye transformed!
It's a self-help jungle out there. Here's a guide to some of the flora and fauna.... read full review
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by b_lawhorn
Feb 15 '00 Self-Help Books
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by Sexy_Woman
Oct 15 '00 T'ai Chi Can Be Sexy and Sultry
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by aphrodite_
Apr 09 '00 Codependcy Anyone? (The Deviant Side of "Labels")
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by Kidnykid
Apr 06 '01 Be skeptical. Be VERY skeptical.
Be skeptical of the content - it may not be helpful to you.... read full review
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by redhowell
Jul 05 '00 The answer is within the pages of your life...
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by rhizu
Jun 24 '00 No Quick Fixes
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by calwaone
Oct 22 '00 If They Show You The Way Out, Chuck It!
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by nlee31
Apr 06 '01 Reach for the book to help.
One that you feel helps you.... read full review
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by mrsjohns
Feb 27 '00 30+ Years Sober
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by 2281779
Aug 09 '00 Self Help Books
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by lola_f
Nov 11 '00 Some tips on choosing the right self help book
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by singsing_40
Sep 21 '00 My dad's got cancer, what do I do?
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by danwood
Oct 23 '00 Self-Help Helped Yourself?
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by Kidnykid
Jun 26 '00 What's so wrong with talking with a real person, already?
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by fjw123
Jun 05 '00 Heal Thyself
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by thornofarose
Jul 03 '00 I am stepping forward. Yes I am a self-help junkie
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by Queencare
Jul 30 '00 Blessings or curses
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by loopyduck
Oct 28 '01 Facts and motivation.
Self help books should want to make you do the exercises and make you want to read (study)them over and over. ... read full review
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by Joanne710
Aug 23 '00 The dream I had......
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by seacow
Oct 21 '00 Self-help books I'd like to see
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by aleisha
Jul 01 '00 Help Yourself
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by artiste
Dec 08 '00 ANOTHER SELF HELP BOOK?!
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by pravinkn
Jul 30 '00 Good to uplift your morale
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by svali
Sep 02 '00 The Good, the Bad, and the Boring
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by debyoung
May 15 '00 Every woman should read
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by Ashlie-Perry
Mar 23 '00 Self Help Book Junkie
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by WildZoe8
Jun 05 '00 I could open a library!
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by missfran
Jul 05 '00 Self Help Books/A Good Thing
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by 7wolves
May 04 '00 valu of dreams
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by sumerian
May 27 '01 Show me someone who DOESN'T need help !
When someone cares to share opinions with rest of us we have a blessing. Learning self-help is a lifetime challenge and effort noone can do it alone - properly !... read full review
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