As a coach and teacher in the personal growth and development sector for the past six years, respectfully, I believe you may be approaching this topic from the opposite angle.

Why are we not asking, why is there such an increasing market for self-help services in the first place? How are we structuring the values of our society? Are they uplifting and supportive of human needs or exploitive? I know a great many practitioners in this field and not one went into this work to exploit people’s desire for a quick answer. We see that people are struggling and sincerely want to share how the lessons we learned along our own journey might be able to help another. Yes, is there clickbait, sure. Are there a few bad apples in this industry, just like any other? Absolutely.

While it would be great if we lived in a civilization that provided us the luxury to sit around and read philosophy, but tell that to a person who is struggling to get out of a toxic relationship or is healing from painful family dynamics or is severely burnout in the workplace. They don’t need platitudes, they need healing, to know they have choices and some practical skills and tools in order to move to a better situation. It’s only once we address the lower level needs in our lives that we then have the ability to transcend.

One of the things that is hurting so many practitioners in this field is the idea that we shouldn’t be charging or making a living helping others. I would much rather spend my time and energy helping other people than selling some meaningless product that a person throws away in a year or less.

We are talking about being a guide (not a guru), giving people the confidence and skills to make a difference for their lifetime…