{"id":2320,"date":"2025-04-08T12:26:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/mental-health\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:52:00","slug":"the-conversation-self-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/2025\/the-conversation-self-help\/","title":{"rendered":"New Article posted in The Conversation by Dr. Pozzulo entitled, &#8220;5 tips from an expert for choosing a self-help book that will actually work&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div>\n<div class=\"content-header-block\">\n<h1 class=\"legacy entry-title instapaper_title\"><strong>5 tips from an expert for choosing a&nbsp;<span class=\"nobr\">self-help<\/span>&nbsp;book that will actually&nbsp;work<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The wellness industry is one of the fastest growing markets,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/press-room\/statistics-and-facts\">with an estimated global value of US$6.3 trillion in 2023<\/a>. Gen Z and millennials are driving much of this growth, spending more on wellness products and services&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/consumer-packaged-goods\/our-insights\/the-trends-defining-the-1-point-8-trillion-dollar-global-wellness-market-in-2024\">than older generations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge, however, is that the wellness industry has few guardrails, allowing social media influencers and media personalities to position themselves as experts on well-being \u2014 sometimes without scientific backing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a space where personal opinions and untested strategies are often presented as facts, it can be difficult to distinguish between helpful guidance and misleading information&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/5-tips-from-an-expert-for-choosing-a-self-help-book-that-will-actually-work-252596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to continue reading the article!<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 tips from an expert for choosing a&nbsp;self-help&nbsp;book that will actually&nbsp;work The wellness industry is one of the fastest growing markets,&nbsp;with an estimated global value of US$6.3 trillion in 2023. Gen Z and millennials are driving much of this growth, spending more on wellness products and services&nbsp;than older generations. 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