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self-help

 noun
     
self-help [uncountable]
the use of your own efforts to deal with your problems, instead of depending on other people:
a shelf of self-help books
Our program emphasises self-help.
a self-help group for single parents
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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