Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage, and Happiness is a 2000 self-help book by American author Dave Pelzer.

It is the fourth book that Pelzer has written prior to The Privilege of Youth which continues the "Child Called "It" series.

He explains how anyone can move beyond a painful past full of negativity and setbacks, recalling struggles from his own life and that of others.

"[1] Jack Canfield, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul, says that this book shows "a living example that all of us have the capability to better ourselves no matter what the odds... Dave Pelzer inspires us all.

"[citation needed] A book review at circlesoflight.com blog praised Help Yourself's simplicity, stating that "unlike many self-help works, this book is written on a level that anyone with an [sic] 7th or 8th grade reading ability can benefit from it.