self-help

Example Sentences

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They live in the realm of self-help and of sport.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

His legacy will live on in the Woodson Center he founded in 1981 to promote self-help solutions in low-income neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The foundation said nearly 700,000 people went on to access its Stop It Now resources, which offer confidential advice and self-help tools - a figure some experts say is disappointingly low.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

He logged mass-market self-help books on his Goodreads: Malcolm Gladwell, James Clear, you name it.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

The school’s philosophy of Negro advancement through self-help and practical and industrial training—the “Hampton Idea,” closely associated with Booker T. Washington, the college’s most famous graduate—mirrored the aspirations and philosophy of the surrounding black community.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly