Self Help Archive

The Square Foot Garden: Gardening Made Easy - During the pandemic, having enough land for a garden was a status symbol --- it meant you'd escaped the urban hellscape and were living the updated version of the good

The Vintage Guide to Classical Music - My early memories of classical music are of scratchy wool pants and of throwing up before --- and after --- my violin lessons. Then we moved to another

The War of Art - In a book by David Steinberg, a very successful comedian who confused his agent by signing up to direct episodes of "Seinfeld," he writes: Something I hear all the time

Twyla Tharp: Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life - There are forces of nature, and then there is Twyla Tharp. She has choreographed a zillion dances, collaborated on landmark movies (“Hair,” “Ragtime” and "Amadeus”), and trained several generations of

Viva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts - It's really hard to be funny when you're on the spot. It requires a mental trick: Someone hands you a set-up line, your onboard computer whirs into action,

What Your Mother Never Told You -

Why Hire Jennifer?: How to Use Branding and Uncommon Sense to Get Your First Job, Last Job, and Every Job in Between - Reader Suggestion: “I love getting Head Butler. It's fun, sassy, thought-provoking and leads me to some terrific reads. Alas, I have to take issue with the Graduation Gift missive. While

Yeah, No. Not Happening.: How I Found Happiness Swearing Off Self-Improvement and Saying F**k It All—and How You Can Too - Karen Karbo must be one of my favorite writers, because I review all of her books. For a very good reason. She writes well-researched biographies with an original point-of-view. And

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life - Sometimes you think, "This is as bad as it's going to get," and then it gets worse. I don't need to list the week's events; you read the news, you