I would say that self-help is not possible, and it's a scam. We are an interdependent society of humans, and anything we do depends on other people. Isn't that part of Christianity, and the 12 Steps, that we are powerless to do anything on our own?
"Self-help" is an industry of industries, every guru's little personal fiefdom of wisdom and spirituality and pop psychology. Buy this book and I'll teach you how to lose 50 pounds. Have some chicken soup for your soul. Here's why doctors are all wrong and you can heal yourself in 5 easy steps.
"Self-help" is peak individualism and consumerism. It's a Ponzi scheme: if you got good results from reading this book, you too could be the next guru to publish!
We have a word for this sort of thing: neo-Pelagianism.
