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-fat, depressed, with low esteem or just simply extremely shy. You know, drawing out inner beauty, and all that jazz
-bullying

The First Timers Club deals with these issues.

A flawed and troubled man agrees to teach 4 bullied high school friends how to overcome their fears, self-doubt, and inhibitions, helping them to realize their potential and become strong, confident young women. Along the way, they teach him the meaning of true friendship and forgiveness.

What could be more wholesome than 'The George Stories' — a collection from WTSman?

(And almost impossible to find, too, when all I could remember was that the collection had 'George' in the name.)

AJ

Wholesome stories

Wholesome stories are excellent value because you get a whole story and then some :-)

AJ

Aaron Stone's American Teen has multiple people being abused or discriminated against. It also has a hero, though.

black_coffee's Twice as Much has a set of twins with an unusual handicap, and someone who can look beyond it.

Boondock's Mail Order Bride has a rescue (or two?) from prositution. Sadly, unfinished at this time.

Cat5's I Won't Hurry You includes rescuing a hostage. His Sales Team is about the rescue of a woman on her last legs.

Don Lockwood's Samantha's Secret deals with helping a girl who has been ostracized for years.

dotB's Aftershock deals with rescues both physical and emotional. Might not be 'feel good' enough for you, though.

EzzyB's Rebecca Danced deals with someone who has been handicapped all her life, as well as helping others in need. The sequel, Anita's Rescue deals with multiple rescue situations.

Lumpy's Destiny's Road starts off with a rescue from attempted sexual assault.

Renpet's Bianca and the Amnesiac is about the rescue of a kidnapping victim.

A major subplot of my Protective Coloration is the emotional rescue of a rape victim. That's also what drives the plot of Charley and Claire.

Wes Boyd's Snowplow Extra is about rescuing an entire town from multiple issues. It also involves rescuing on particular lovely lady.

Many of the stories of Jay Cantrell are "wholesome feel-good stories" and they are well written.

Jay stopped posting during the Covid-19 Lockdowns; however, he is comparatively young; hopefully he will return.

He has more than two-dozen completed stories, and several in progress.

His stories are rather diverse.

I think you might particularly enjoy Daze in the Valley.

https://storiesonline.net/a/Jay_Cantrell

Cheers!

Ernest Bywater was a prolific writer who posted dozens of stories here (at least 70). Most of them are "Wholesome Feel-Good" stories.

https://storiesonline.net/a/ernest-bywater

If you PM me, I will suggest my Favorite "Feel-Good" story of his. Warning, if you read it first, it will be hard for others to measure up. Also, I will be very busy until after Veterans Day, November 11th.

There is a powerful story. Protect and Serve.

It definitely has some wholesome aspects, and also "feel-good" elements. Ultimately it is a story that, I believe, meets your criteria. However, it has some violence and death too. I recommend it, but you might not enjoy some aspects.

https://storiesonline.net/s/46753/protect-and-serve/i

From my own body of work:
https://storiesonline.net/s/70129/one-gold-eagle
https://storiesonline.net/s/11892/in-her-genes-romantic-sex-story
https://storiesonline.net/s/54887/a-christmas-story

Enjoy!

I would tend to say my own Variation on a Theme series fits, though it's a very long story and so the impact is perhaps diluted.

That said, it's a do-over where the premise, from the start, is that the main character wants his second chance to mean something in terms of both self-improvement and world improvement. There are many lives touched in various ways as the story continues, and the goal of 'make the world a better place' becomes more and more entrenched.

https://storiesonline.net/series/1583/variation-on-a-theme