Peddling Hope

Challenges with Self Help and Self Development Literature

Dr Alan Jones PhD FRSA
3 min readSep 30, 2022

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Let’s take a step back for a moment and look with a critical eye at some of the attitudes of the self-development and self-help movement.

There seems to be a general idea amongst self-help gurus that positivity and hope are the antidotes life’s most devastating issues. With global politics and economics beyond the…

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Dr Alan Jones PhD FRSA

Director of Elyn Bres writing about personal development, the mind, spirituality and future histories. Elyn Bres is Cornish for Clear Mind www.elynbres.com