Help is Not a Four-Letter Word

Help is Not a Four-Letter Word
Peggy Collins with Deborah Saverance
McGraw Hill
ISBN: 0-07-147790-X
Non-Fiction, Self Help
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady

I’ve got everything under control. I don’t need help. I’ve gotten to where I am today through hard work and fortitude. It’s easier to do things myself. I don’t want to bother anyone. I don’t want to look weak or stupid.
Sound familiar? If so, Help is Not a Four-Letter Word is likely the book for you.
Many of us erroneously believe that we have to go it alone. We try to balance our life filled with responsibilities and obligations and for the most part appear to be pretty successful doing so. We often take great pride in this image despite that hidden under that façade is a person who feels overwhelmed and completely alone.
Help is Not a Four-Letter Word gently guides the reader to a place where he or she can ask for help when needed. The authors themselves have suffered from this affliction so they completely understand the reader’s underlying fears of appearing weak, not knowing how to ask for help, and worries about becoming dependent. Several of the chapters in this book even include question and answer sections that examine those really difficult aspects that we all want to know but were afraid to ask. If you find yourself unable to ask for support when you need it most, be sure to pick up a copy of Help is Not a Four-Letter Word.