🗂️ The Library

We’ve learned a LOT from 8 years studying and sharing self-help, and this is the page where you’ll find all of our latest resources, including author workshops and conversations, newsletters, previous posts and Editor’s Letters, and even a link to The Bibliotherapists podcast (which now has its very own home).

The Library is your archive. A growing, searchable, always-open collection of the ideas, interviews, and tools we are gathering and sharing every week.


🗂️ The Full Content Archive

Every general post and resource we’ve shared since joining Substack in 2024, yours to explore.

Use this list to get inspired or catch up on a BOTM that may have been missed (and use the Comments section to share your thoughts, insights and aha moments with Toni and the community).

Browse the Archive

ACCESS NOTE: Some archive content is for Paid Subscribers only. General posts and essays are open to all.


📚 The BOTM Archive

Over at the Shelf Help Club website we keep a rolling archive of every book we’ve read as a community since 2017.

And for each book we share a synopsis and a couple of journalling prompts to support your reading. Now at 64 and counting…

Some of the books we have read as a community

Browse the BOTM Archive


📩 Books and Other Self-Help Stuff

This is Toni’s new fortnightly newsletter: what she’s reading, doing, recommending, what’s resonating, and always lots of lovely book news.

On hold for the duration of the YOU book launch but then straight


📽️ Event Replays

Live conversations with the world’s best self-help authors — now available to watch anytime.

We regularly host bestselling authors and wellbeing experts and you’ll find all of the recordings on the link below (NB Paid Subscribers get exclusive access to all Replays for two weeks after the interview).

Authors and experts in the Replay library include: Hal Elrod · Gretchen Rubin · Marie Kondo · BJ Fogg · Candice Brathwaite · Paul McKenna · and many more

Browse Event Replays

(And you’ll find even more videos on our YouTube page).


🎙️ The Bibliotherapists Podcast

A podcast on the healing power of words. Hosted on Substack.

The Bibliotherapists is the podcast for bookworms that Toni hosts with therapeutic journalling coach, Tanya Lynch. Now in series #3 it has its own home on Substack where you can subscribe to watch the LIVE author interviews, get exclusive Reading Lists and enjoy episodes from the archive.

Subscribe to The Bibliotherapists

(And you can listen to the latest episodes here on Apple Podcasts…)


👯🏾 Book Club Content

Book Club content is available to Paid Subscribers only.

Upgrade today to aces the full Book Club experience, including a full Event Schedule, Reading Targets, Resources and weekly Journal Prompts.


New here? Start with these. 💛

Not sure where to begin? Here are three places to start:

Toni’s first Editor’s Letter

A recent author live with artist and creativity advocate Aime Mcnee

Our ‘About Me’ page