The Stigma of Self Help

Why is there a stigma with “self-help?”
How did a positive phrase end up with negative implications? Is it because it’s an admission of weakness? Or is it because it’s grouped with pseudo-science, in the sense that it’s subjective and cannot be proven? Or perhaps, it’s because it’s associated with those self-help gurus on […]

How Maya Angelou Saved My Life

[ The original title of this post was Morning Coffee for the Soul. ]
I sincerely believe Maya Angelou saved my life.
When I was in college, I had a class one semester that was way out on the other side of campus and it was also by far the earliest class that I ever had. […]