Top 10 Inspirational Books – November 2014

Welcome to this month’s Aspire Magazine Top 10 Inspiring Books list! You’ll discover inspirational and empowering books, written by women and for women, each dedicated to sharing a universal message of love, hope and self-empowerment. Through their wisdom-filled books, these visionary female authors are illuminating the path for women on the journey of healing and self-discovery. Add these transformational books to your inspired living resource library.

Walking Home: A Pilgrimage from Humbled to Healed
by Sonia Choquette

Life was falling apart. Within the space of three years, Sonia Choquette had suffered the unexpected death of two close family members, seen her marriage implode, and been let down by trusted colleagues. In order to regain her spiritual footing, Sonia turned to the age-old practice of pilgrimage and set out to walk the legendary Camino de Santiago, an 820-kilometer trek over the Pyrenees and across northern Spain.  In this riveting book, Sonia shares the intimate details of her grueling experience, as well as the unexpected moments of grace, humor, beauty, and companionship that supported her through her darkest hours. While her journey is unique, the lessons she learned-about honoring your relationships with others as well as with your own higher self, and forgiving all else-are universal.

 

THE RELATIONSHIP HANDBOOK: A Path to Consciousness, Healing, and Growth
by Shakti Gawain with Gina Vucci

In her first new book in fifteen years, personal development pioneer Shakti Gawain encapsulates a lifetime of teaching and learning to offer her most trenchant and universal work to date. The relationships in our lives — whether with romantic partners, coworkers, family, or friends — are often our greatest source of both comfort and frustration. In The Relationship Handbook Shakti Gawain, and her coteacher for many years Gina Vucci, show how they also have the potential to be our greatest teachers. The book offers step-by-step guidance for a variety of tools designed to bring clarity and healing to relationships, including creative visualization, affirmations, and Voice Dialogue work.

Expectation Hangover: Overcoming Disappointment in Work, Love, and Life
by Christine Hassler

Life is full of surprises that are not always the kind we would wish for: A relationship suddenly ends. An illness interrupts our life. A career path doesn’t go as planned. While these kinds of disappointments are a normal part of being human, Expectation Hangover promises that these difficult experiences can become the best thing that ever happened to us, once we learn to leverage disappointment to gain something from it rather than only suffering through it.

 

Home in Harmony: Designing an Inspired Life
by Christa O’Leary

We all deserve a calm, well-ordered, pleasingly designed refuge where we can relax and enjoy our families. Christa O’Leary has become the guardian at the gate of our sanctuaries—our homes. As a designer, therapist, and eco-friendly expert, Christa shows us that it’s possible for all of us to feel inspired, energized, and in love with our lives and our homes. Many books address the components found in Home in Harmony, including design, color, feng shui, psychology, clean eating, detoxification, meditation, and finding our soul’s purpose. However, this is the first book that puts it all together in a fun-to-read, easy-to-implement format. This is the formula for living an extraordinary life, and it’s now available to everyone!

Your Year for Change: 52 Reflections for Regret-Free Living
by Bronnie Ware

Having spent several years listening to, and then writing about, the regrets of dying people, Bronnie Ware understands the importance of acknowledging death and finding the courage to live a happy and authentic life in the meantime. In this tender yet influential collection, Bronnie Ware shares 52 inspiring stories, woven among observations from her daily life, strengthening you with the values needed for regret-free living. Bronnie’s ability to open your eyes to new perspectives will also open your heart to new strengths and dreams. Your Year for Change is a gentle and powerful book that will leave you determined to embrace your life, forgive your past, honor your heart, and create a regret-free future of happiness and wonder.

 

REINVENTING YOURSELF TODAY: Step By Step Program to Discover Your True Self and Reinvent Your Life Accordingly
by Sharon Ball

Life is a journey and sometimes we need a roadmap to get exactly where we want to go. Reinventing Yourself Today presents a step by step program that walks you through identifying and reprogramming unconscious beliefs, self talk, and other issues that lead to the learned behaviors and habits that have created your present reality. With the help of the workbook exercises at the end of each chapter, you are led through self discovery and goal setting to create your ideal life vision and then to deal with the many obstacles in your path such as stress, poor self esteem, etc. while you bring your vision of ideal life to reality.
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It’s never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot

The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence: A Woman’s Guide to Stressing Less, Weighing Less, and Loving More
by Jessica Ortner

Jessica Ortner, co-producer of the highly successful documentary on meridian tapping, The Tapping Solution, guides readers through a proven process of overcoming their dependency on food. She shares a fast and effective approach to targeting and then eliminating the true underlying causes of any challenges you have going on in your life that are affecting your ability to lose weight, and all with the use of “Tapping” or “EFT”. Learn how to get to the root causes of weight loss challenges and learn how to use the Tapping to address them right then and there, with lasting results.  With hope, heart, humor, and science, Jessica weaves a path to a happy, healthy life full of confidence and joy.

 

Your Hidden Riches: Unleashing the Power of Ritual to Create a Life of Meaning and Purpose
by Janet Bray Atwood and Chris Atwood

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Passion Test comes a book that will teach readers to harness the power of ritual to unlock their unique gifts and create a life of love, wealth, and happiness.
Rituals are the common feature of every ancient culture on Earth. Yet, modern society has lost touch with the power and value of ritual to create a rhythm for daily life, balance, and a connection with others. In the process, many of us have lost touch with ourselves. Embracing ritual will allow you to finally live the life of health, wisdom, and love that you deserve.

A Juicy, Joyful Life: Inspiration from Women Who’ve Found the Sweetness in Every Day
by Linda Joy and Co-Authors

Amazon #1 Hot New Release in Self-Esteem and Spirituality! A book overflowing with the intimate stories of women who have released the shackles of shame, regret, and self-condemnation to begin living the life they are destined to live. Forty-one powerful women stepped forward to share the most intimate moments of their transformational journey to authenticity, self discovery and wholeness with one collective intent – to inspire women to BELIEVE that they too have the power within to overcome their past and live a juicy, joyful life! Each woman’s original narrative is followed by a journaling page featuring three thought-provoking questions to help you delve deeper into the lessons presented within each unique and heart-felt story.

 

Embracing Your Authentic Self: Women’s Intimate, Inspiring Stories of Self-Discovery and Transformation
by Linda Joy and Co-Authors

Amazon International Bestseller in Happiness! Powerful stories from twenty-five extraordinary women from every walk of life who have removed their false masks, stepped past the labels that once defined them, and reconnected with their personal power. Today, they’re standing tall, embracing their authenticity and stepping boldly onto the path of self-actualization. Raw, revealing stories of empowerment and new beginnings prove that each of us has the power within to live authentically. Each woman’s original narrative is followed by a journaling page featuring three thought-provoking questions to help you delve deeper into the lessons presented within each unique and heart-felt story.