Help Yourself: Celebrating the Daily Rewards of Resilience and Gratitude

As a child, Dave Pelzer survived & overcame the life-threatening circumstances chronicled in his bestselling trilogy. He is now happily married, a father himself, & has been selected as one of the Outstanding Young Persons of the World. How was it possible for him to overcome such insurmountable odds? How can others who face overwhelming odds become all they wish to be? In Help Yourself, Dave Pelzer answers these questions & explains how anyone can move beyond a painful history, harmful negative thoughts, & innumerable setbacks by remembering to take control & be accountable for their lives. Filled with episodes from his own life & examples of others who have dealt with their own struggles, Help Yourself is a rousing call to readers who are tired of psychological platitudes & want real answers to real problems ... from a man who willed himself to overcome the worst life had to offer & became the best he could be. There are more than two million copies sold of A Child Called "It," The Lost Boy, & A Man Named Dave. Dave Pelzer's three books have spent more than three years on the New York Times bestseller lists. Dave Pelzer travels more than 250 days a year teaching resilience & gratitude to community groups & corporate clients.Pelzer, Dave is the author of 'Help Yourself: Celebrating the Daily Rewards of Resilience and Gratitude' with ISBN 9780525945574 and ISBN 0525945571.