No New Ideas: Exploring the Roots of Self-Help to Better Help Yourself

Discover a new understanding of self-help and a better means to help yourself through the surprising histories behind some of society’s best ideas for living well.

Trying to become a better person, husband, and father, Matthew Israel always found the latest self-help trends captivating—but his experience as a historian led him to question the hype. Diving into the fascinating histories behind nine of the most well-known self-help ideas in American culture today—such as practicing gratitude, ...