/tags/self-help Self Help en-US Copyright Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-01-31/self-help-industry-wellness-resolutions-self-improvement Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really make us better people? Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-01-31/self-help-industry-wellness-resolutions-self-improvement Paige Miranda, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2024-01-05/self-help-industry-wellness-new-year-self-improvement Anita is committed to self-improvement but skeptical of self-help. She brings her qualms and questions to the experts: Kristen Meinzer, a podcaster who has lived by the rules of more than 50 self-help books, and Beth Blum, a scholar who's traced the genre back to its roots. Plus Sondra Rose Marie, a former self-help fan, shares how the industry has failed her as a woman of color. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2024-01-05/self-help-industry-wellness-new-year-self-improvement Paige Miranda, Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /politics/2016-07-28/durham-can-pushes-for-affordable-housing A couple hundred people gathered in a historic African American Durham neighborhood Wednesday to bring attention to one of the last, undeveloped plots of… Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:14:20 GMT /politics/2016-07-28/durham-can-pushes-for-affordable-housing Leoneda Inge /business-economy/2014-04-08/credit-union-merger-generations-and-self-help The credit union landscape has changed a little across North Carolina. Durham-based Generations Community Credit Union has merged with Self-Help Credit… Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:23:07 GMT /business-economy/2014-04-08/credit-union-merger-generations-and-self-help Leoneda Inge /business-economy/2013-09-16/school-renovation-helps-east-durham-revitalization There’s a section of East Durham undergoing major revitalization, and in the middle of it all is the oldest existing school building in the city.But… Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:56:57 GMT /business-economy/2013-09-16/school-renovation-helps-east-durham-revitalization Leoneda Inge /business-economy/2013-08-20/greater-kinston-credit-union-working-to-keep-legacy-strong There is a credit union in eastern North Carolina that has worked hard to help people who have historically been left out of traditional banking… Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:32:48 GMT /business-economy/2013-08-20/greater-kinston-credit-union-working-to-keep-legacy-strong Leoneda Inge