Self-help books are the problem - not the solution, writes Georgia Holleran in her new book unpicking the self-help industry.

Georgia, from Potters Bar, was inspired to write her book after 40 years of devouring self-help products to solve her problems, and only encountering "disappointment, frustration and despair".

The Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need will be published on March 28, and summarises what Georgia has learnt from her background in the arts, education, neuro-linguistic programme and cognitive hypnotherapy.

Georgia said: "Having spent 40 years restlessly searching for the 'one thing' I could focus on in my life, it dawned on me, in my 50s, that maybe I should have found it by now.

"This caused me to notice that my addiction to self-help products was part of the problem: the relentless hope to disappointment to hope cycle is generated by an industry that feeds on insecurity and optimism."

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After spending a year caring for her dying parents in 2022, Georgia examined how she remained calm and in control during the most challenging period of her life.

She said: "I examined how I had weathered the emotional storm and noticed I used many techniques that I had been taught and picked up since I was in my late 20s.

"My book is my knowledge distilled and explained."