memoir + self help

5 books tagged both “memoir” and “self help”.

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins · 2018

Abused kid to SEAL to ultrarunner shares mirror, counting, and crew with warnings to adapt.

2,065-word summary · 9 min read

Girl, Wash Your Face

Rachel Hollis · 2018

Twenty lies, twenty stories, twenty small habits on body, approval, motherhood, faith, and work.

1,995-word summary · 9 min read

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Lori Gottlieb · 2019

Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup.

2,234-word summary · 10 min read

Untamed

Glennon Doyle · 2020

Glennon Doyle leaves a strained marriage, falls for Abby Wambach, and rebuilds life around honesty and desire.

2,561-word summary · 11 min read

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert · 2006

Eat, Pray, Love retold: divorce, Italy for pleasure, India for practice, Bali for balance.

1,962-word summary · 9 min read