In a September interview with The New York Times, bestselling author, podcaster and research professor at the University of Houston Brené Brown was asked about the world of online self-help gurus and her place in it. "I think there are a lot of well-meaning, well-intentioned, well-trained people in that space," she told the interviewer , "and I think they make up about 30% of that space." Another 30% of people offering self-help content online are "underqualified" and only sometimes helpful,