At the start of every year, millions of people around the world turn to self-improvement. And while many are looking to exercise more, lose weight, save money or get healthy, others are looking inward ...

To understand modern self-help books, open “Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm”. The sequel to “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”—and no doubt the prequel to ...

Draw boundaries. Protect your peace. Worry less about pleasing others. The prevailing (and best-selling) wisdom of the day encourages an inward turn. By Emma Goldberg There’s a certain flavor of ...

There are two categories of worrying: about a specific issue or general worrying. Here are suggestions for each. Specific worrying First, the obvious: Is there anything you can do now to reduce or ...