Help Me!: One Woman's Quest to Find Out If Self-Help Really Can Change Your Life

by Marianne Power

The next day I felt calmer – the kind of calm that only comes when you no longer have the energy to feel sorry for yourself.

I started to see how self-help can be dangerous for someone like me. I loved losing touch with reality – it was my forte. Self-help allowed me to do that with bells on. I was too busy reading books, spouting affirmations and dreaming big to get on with silly stuff like earning enough money to pay the bills.