Why Self-Help Doesn’t Always Work When You’re Depressed

When you don’t feel up to personal development, focus on cultivating grace instead.

Christiana White
Nov 5 · 8 min read

I get a little tired sometimes of all of the stories on Medium about picking oneself up by one’s bootstraps, being one’s best self, ‘hacking’ life, and such.

Thanks to Reed Rawlings

Christiana White

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I write personal essays about food, travel, love, loss — the viscera of life. Currently at work on a memoir. Visit me at ChristianaWhite.com.

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