It finally happened. I’m publishing a book on self-help.

Mind you, it is something I did before, but a lot has changed since I wrote my first book and this one. I no longer see publishing a single book as “the pathway to becoming the next J.K. Rowling.” For context, this was during the time when Rowling wasn’t an openly biggoted transphobe. I no longer see the self-help industry in the way I did before all those years ago either.

It’s become clear and distinct as my writing has shifted and changed. That’s been further reinforced by the people I’ve met, honing my writing skills and growing as a human being.

This growth has culminated in a book that is truly fitting of me and my work thus far. The book is called…

This Isn’t a Self-Help Book

And below is a list of reasons to consider purchasing this book. A book that’ll be out on July 8th, 2026.

I call myself a weird self-help guru, and that’s by design. After all, what I try to deliver is unconventional from typical self-help gurus.

And you’d be right.

My book is no exception to this rule, as my advice stems from previous articles I’ve written. Otherwise, it’s from research or from conversations I’ve had. As a result, the book is a convenient source of information.

 Not only that, but it breaks away from the conventional rule of self-help quite a bit. Not to spoil the book, but I have it divided into two sections.

The “self-help guru tropes” and “the practical part.”

The tropes are me talking about the common pitfalls that self-help gurus often lay when selling you “the dream.”

Meanwhile, the practical part is my advice distilled in several systems that you can implement in your own life. These are the systems that I’ve also used in my own life or seen others use. 

Now you might be thinking with this book demanding two full sections (and with 10 total chapters) that this book would be hefty…

But that’s where you’d be wrong.

You’ve seen the picture above. You saw the “Not for Resale” stamp plastered in the middle of this basic design book. It’s really not that long.

And to give you a number, it took me roughly a few hours to read it from front to back. The reason I know that is because I’ve thoroughly edited this book three times.

And I’m a fairly slow reader.

Unlike a lot of other books on self-help, this book is not long. Its size is deceptive because I used a bigger font and more spacing. All in the name of making this book 106 pages long (maybe less).

With that in mind, how much am I asking for this knowledge in the first place? Truthfully not that much.

I have both an ebook version and a paperback copy ready to publish on July 8th. Their prices are set at $7.54 CAD and $16.50 CAD respectively.

Part of my pricing philosophy overall is that you’re paying for convenience’s sake, as a lot of what I’ll be talking about in my book is much of the same I’ve written over the years. While you could be reading all of that on the cheap through my posts on Medium, this blog, or watching my videos on Youtube, this is a more convenient resource for you.

After all, instead of spending several hours scouring through my articles, posts, and videos, there’s a convenient and brief book that outlines my full philosophy and some ideas to go with it. And I believe the pricing should reflect that.

With the rise of AI, it’s easier than ever to just boot up ChatGPT and ask it to dump more toxic refuge into some rivers for it to churn out a semi-decent draft of this book. Heck, plenty of writers are doing this kind of stuff with articles these days.

Just look at this graph:

The data is a bit skewed as it has evened out since then, but my point still stands. People have continued to use AI to lazily publish thoughtless articles or even books.

And as a writer, this method isn’t something I agree with, and I find it validating that others share my sentiments too.

The joy of writing is the act of writing itself, and your choice of words expresses how you feel and how you communicate to other people. Using AI bypasses all of that and reveals that you can’t even bother to treat your audience as people.

As such, I’m happy to announce that my book had no heavy use of AI-tools in its creation.

The cover I made myself. Meanwhile, with editing, I have a tool that makes minor editing fixes. Otherwise, I paid a human editor to go through and trim the book further, and I looked over the book thrice.

While the book isn’t going to be making any groundbreaking claims, I wanted to show you that this book is researched. Pointing to actual studies or the random news headline discussing a specific event, I wanted to cover my tracks. I want to show you that this isn’t some “ancient wisdom” that I’m pulling out of thin air.

Nor do I want what I’m talking about in the book to be some mind-blowing phenomenon that completely changes your way of life.

As an emphasis on the practical part of this book, this book is based on my personal observations and grounded in reality. And I’m confident that I’ve delivered that.

On top of all of these reasons to pick up this book, one other consideration is the fact that purchasing this book will be helping me directly.

I may be a D-list self-help guru, but I’ve been in this industry for a while now. It’s enough for me to pick up what this industry really is about and pool that knowledge and experience into something simple.

 Beyond that, I’ve fully settled in with the kind of guru I want to be… a rather weird guru.

And picking up this book will make it just a little bit easier for me to continue doing what I’m doing and then some.

Even if you’re not someone who wants or needs to be buying this book, I would at least encourage you to leave a review of the book to help appease the Amazon algorithm. Otherwise, if you’re reading this before July 8th, you can pick up the ebook version of it right now (since Amazon is a weird company that won’t allow its users to pre-order the physical book).

You can support me through either or both methods with this link.

 And if that isn’t enough for you, I want to be living up to the weird expectations I’ve set for myself and do something weird. I want to provide an equal number of reasons for you to skip over this book. After all, it’s only fair that I have an entire article self-deprecating my book since I’ve spent this time stroking my own ego.

With a glut of self-help books being published day after day and year after year, I can totally understand why you’d want to skip this book and so many others. Genuinely, I was reluctant to be publishing a book in the first place for that reason.

But when you have written over 1,000 articles on Medium, had several hundred lost and purged from your old website, and have many others tucked away on various sites, it’s hard to keep track of it all. Especially when the writing tone and style and my skills continue to develop.

No doubt, those will continue to do so as I keep practicing as a writer. However, now is the proper time for me to take action and put my thoughts in a proper book. Something that my audience can point to as I keep working to grow my audience in the first place.

But regardless of whether you buy the book or not, I hope that you’ll stick with us on this journey. Let’s grow together!