Read more self-help stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22242/self-help.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:29:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72938/guru-twittered-about-sweat-lodge-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames Arthur Ray, who yesterday canceled his upcoming appearances to devote all his "physical and emotional energies" to the fallout from the sweat lodge tragedy, talked a lot about death in the days leading up to the ceremony. His Twitter feed was full of posts that have since been deleted,...http://www.newser.com/story/72938/guru-twittered-about-sweat-lodge-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:31:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72311/people-still-signing-up-for-gurus-sweat-lodges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames Arthur Ray has hardly missed a beat since three people died in one of his sweat lodge ceremonies two weeks ago: The self-help guru is back on the road peddling his workshops, and many members of his audience seem unfazed by the deaths. "When you're pushing the limits, unfortunately,...http://www.newser.com/story/72311/people-still-signing-up-for-gurus-sweat-lodges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 5:43:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71947/third-sweat-lodge-victim-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Minnesota woman became the third fatality yesterday in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that hospitalized nearly two dozen people. Liz Neuman, 49, died at a Flagstaff hospital after suffering multiple organ damage during the Oct. 8 ceremony at a resort near Sedona. Authorities were treating all three deaths as...http://www.newser.com/story/71947/third-sweat-lodge-victim-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 6:01:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69901/drug-dealers-experts-in-recessionary-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag50 Cent is the first rapper to pen a book of management advice. It’s a shame, then, that The 50th Law , co-written by Robert Greene, boils down to the worst kind of “be authentic” self-help boilerplate, writes Lucy Lucy Kellaway for the Financial Times . As a former drug dealer, 50...http://www.newser.com/story/69901/drug-dealers-experts-in-recessionary-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 17:26:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69689/love-happens-is-manipulative-tripe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf only love didn't happen. Critics are lambasting Jennifer Aniston's new rom-com, Love Happens —the story of a courtship between a florist and a grieving grief counselor—as predictable and manipulative: It's "an inorganic soap opera," writes Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun. "Love happens here with a banality suitable...http://www.newser.com/story/69689/love-happens-is-manipulative-tripe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 14:18:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65090/thug-suicidal-victim-paid-me-to-kill-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA career criminal arrested for the murder of a Long Island self-help guru claims that the man was seeking to commit "suicide by thug," the New York Daily News reports. The suspect told police that motivational speaker Jeff Locker, "a business spiritualist" and father of three, hired tthe convict to...http://www.newser.com/story/65090/thug-suicidal-victim-paid-me-to-kill-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 4:10:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63850/the-power-of-negative-thinking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDeliberate positive thinking—from Norman Vincent Peale to Stuart Smalley—has long been touted as a way to overcome feelings of worthlessness and self-doubt. But a new study suggests that repeating positive mantras may often backfire, making people with low self-esteem feel even worse about themselves. For many, it may...http://www.newser.com/story/63850/the-power-of-negative-thinking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 14:50:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62494/positive-thinking-can-make-you-feel-worse-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt turns out the Little Engine That Could had it all wrong. Repeating positive statements to yourself doesn’t appear to help people with low self-esteem, according to a new study. Researchers asked students to repeat statements like “I am a lovable person” to themselves, then measured their mood. Those with...http://www.newser.com/story/62494/positive-thinking-can-make-you-feel-worse-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:10:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48419/publishers-rush-to-meet-need-for-financial-advice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBook publishers and sellers are rushing to meet demand for personal-finance titles as the unrelenting economic crisis combines with New Year’s resolutions to prompt consumers to seek professional advice, the Wall Street Journal reports. However, the thrown-together texts might not prove very helpful: Many authors fail to provide specifics and...http://www.newser.com/story/48419/publishers-rush-to-meet-need-for-financial-advice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 14:46:19 CST