{{Short description|2000 book by Dave Pelzer}} {{one source|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox book | name = Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage, and Happiness | title_orig = | translator = | image = Help Yourself (book).jpg | caption = First edition | author = Dave Pelzer | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Self-help book | publisher = Dutton | pub_date = 2000 | english_pub_date = | pages = 218 | isbn = 0-452-28276-4 | oclc= 47847799 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}
'''''Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage, and Happiness''''' is a 2000 self-help book by American author Dave Pelzer. It is the fourth book that Pelzer has written prior to ''The Privilege of Youth'' which continues the "Child Called "It" series.
==Content== In the book, Pelzer discusses the path to the accomplishment of life's goals. He explains how anyone can move beyond a painful past full of negativity and setbacks, recalling struggles from his own life and that of others. The last paragraph of this book contains the following: "I beg of you to take this with you always: Help Yourself...to a life you are not only capable of living, but one you are worthy of living."<ref name="Book Review at circlesoflight.com"/>
==Reception== Jack Canfield, coauthor of ''Chicken Soup for the Soul'', says that this book shows "a living example that all of us have the capability to better ourselves no matter what the odds... Dave Pelzer inspires us all."{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
A book review at ''circlesoflight.com'' blog praised ''Help Yourself''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s simplicity, stating that "unlike many self-help works, this book is written on a level that anyone with {{sic|an}} 7th or 8th grade reading ability can benefit from it."<ref name="Book Review at circlesoflight.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.circlesoflight.com/brainwaves/help-yourself.html|title=Book Review at circlesoflight.com|access-date=May 22, 2009}}</ref> It also mentions, though, that the book can apply just as well to a person with a higher reading aptitude.<ref name="Book Review at circlesoflight.com"/>
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Category:2000 non-fiction books Category:Self-help books
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