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When self-help forgets the ‘self’

When self-help forgets the ‘self’

By Chloe Saint Mard, Senior Writer September 24, 2025
This is the trick of self‑improvement culture: It trains you to treat feelings like errors. Don’t get me wrong — it is great at the start, like training wheels. I, too, found some useful tips in “Atomic Habits,” a self-help book by James Clear, a researcher of habit formation. It hands you a template and calls it support — but applauds only when you trim yourself to fit.

SHEA: Paradise Lost

By Daily Free Press Admin September 17, 2013

My hidden cove used to be the sixth floor of Mugar Memorial Library, in the corner carrel that overlooked the Boston skyline. It was a special day when no one else was at the coveted window desk, which...

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