Welcome to this month’s Aspire Magazine Top 10 Inspirational 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.
Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free: The Ultimate Guide to Telling the Truth, Creating Connection, and Finding Freedom by Nancy Levin
Do you feel like a "pushover"? Do you let other people make all the plans?Does self-care feel selfish to you? And do you find yourself feeling resentful toward others because they don't seem to take your needs into consideration? Can you relate? If the answer is yes, this is the book for you!
In this book, master coach, teacher, and author Nancy Levin will help you establish clear and healthy boundaries. This isn't easy; many of us don't want to "rock the boat." We assume setting boundaries will lead to conflict. And, unfortunately, by avoiding conflict and not setting limits, we tend to choose long-term unhappiness instead of short-term discomfort.
This book includes exercises and practical tools to help even the most conflict-averse, people-pleasing readers learn new habits. You'll learn how to recognize and take inventory of your boundaries, view your boundaries differently by creating a Boundary Pyramid, learn how to say "no" effectively, and set your Bottom-Line Boundary.
Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really is So Much More by Courtney Carver
Wear just 33 items for 3 months and get back all the JOY you were missing while you were worrying what to wear. In Project 333, minimalist expert and author of Soulful Simplicity Courtney Carver takes a new approach to living simply--starting with your wardrobe. Project 333 promises that not only can you survive with just 33 items in your closet for 3 months, but you'll thrive just like the thousands of woman who have taken on the challenge and never looked back. Let the de-cluttering begin!
The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (and Therefore the World) by Pam Grout
ACIM, the Fun Version! A real-world rewrite of the lessons of A Course in Miracles by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of E-Squared.
A Course in Miracles is profound, deeply moving, and as boring to read as a bookshelf assembly manual. Pam Grout to the rescue! Her new book is for all those still struggling with the Course. Grout offers a modern-day rewrite of the 365-lesson workbook-the text at the heart of the Course. Unlike the original, it's user-friendly, accessible and easy for everyone to understand.
In daily lessons with titles like "The Home Depot of Spiritual Practices" and "Transcending the Chatty Asshat in My Head," Grout drills down to the Course's essential message and meaning, grounding it in the context of everyday life in a way that's bound to stick. The lessons here blend eternal truths with pop culture and personal stories that are laugh-out-loud funny and deeply soul-stirring, often at the same time.
Yes! You Are Good Enough: End Imposter Syndrome, Overthinking and Perfectionism and Do What YOU Want by Trish Taylor
Worrying you are not good enough is a huge problem that until recently people were afraid to talk about. You may be surprised to learn that it is common among high achievers, people like YOU who really are good enough. Do you worry that people don’t know the real you and will figure out you are not as smart as they think? Have past experiences led you to doubt your abilities? Most of our negative beliefs are untrue. We hold on to stuff from our past and allow it to spoil our happiness. Yes! You Are Good Enough, can teach you to recognize the patterns that led you to believe the false information and move forward with a more positive belief system.
Discover that it's not too late to believe that you are worthy of happiness. Follow the 28 point reset plan and learn to do what YOU want and put yourself first.
Detox Your Thoughts: Quit Negative Self-Talk for Good and Discover the Life You've Always Wanted by Dr. Andrea Bonior
In Detox Your Thoughts, popular psychologist Andrea Bonior, PhD, identifies the 10 most prevalent mental traps that make people feel anxious, insecure, and generally just bad. Clinical psychologist Andrea Bonior has spent over twenty years studying, teaching, and practicing the science of thoughts, emotions, and behavior. To challenge negative self-talk, you must change the way you relate to your thoughts altogether. Bonior shows us how to create new mental pathways that truly stick.
Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You're Meant to Be by Michelle Poler
For readers of empowering non-fiction such as DARING GREATLY and GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE, "Hello, Fears" is a growth mindset personal development book for those who are not only ready to achieve, but brave enough to push out of their comfort zone. What's the best that can happen?
As the Founder of Hello Fears, a social movement empowering millions to live with courage and tap into their full potential, Michelle Poler lives happily outside the comfort zone. In this inspiring and motivational new book, Michelle is challenging others to say hello! to their fears and find meaningful happiness outside the traditional definition of success. With kick-butt attitude and a humorous *wink*, Michelle breaks down each set-back she battled on the road towards joyful purpose. Her stories and practical strategies encourage readers to name, accept, and embrace what's holding them back so they can be the heroine in their own life, not the victim.
Hello, Fears is an honest, empowering guide to living alongside what scares you. Our fears reveal what we care about the most, so each and every challenge is an opportunity to grow, hustle, and be your authentic self ― unapologetically.
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron, PhD
ARE YOU A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON? Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Are you noted for your empathy? Your conscientiousness? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? If your answers are yes, you may be a highly sensitive person (HSP) and Dr. Elaine Aron’s The Highly Sensitive Person is the life-changing guide you’ll want in your toolbox. In this 25th anniversary edition of the groundbreaking classic, Dr. Elaine Aron, a research and clinical psychologist as well as an HSP herself, helps you grasp the reality of your wonderful trait, understand your past in the light of it, and make the most of it in your future. Drawing on her many years of study and face-to-face time spent with thousands of HSPs, she explains the changes you will need to make in order to lead a fuller, richer life.
Wonderful You!: 100 Inspirational Quotes for a Little Pop of Joy by Carin Rockind
Sometimes we just need a quick reminder to pick us up, turn us around, and point out that we are valuable and capable beyond measure. Wonderful You! is full of inspirational quotes, fun facts, and the occasional curse word to help you get through tough times or simply brighten up your days with a little humor and positivity. You’ll find 100 beautifully illustrated, inspirational quotes that help you appreciate the small stuff, recognize your self-worth, get through tough days, refresh your perspective on life, and just have fun.
Infuse a bit of levity and light into your day with Positive Psychologist Carin Rockind'sWonderful You!: 100 Inspirational Quotes for a Little Pop of Joy.
True You: A Self-Discovery Journal of Prompts and Exercises to Inspire Reflection and Growth by Dr. Kelly Vincent
Grab a pen and embark on a journey of self discovery. Empower yourself to discover who you are, what you love, and what you desire out of life. True You is a beautifully illustrated self discovery journal that combines thought-provoking prompts and creative exercises to help you gain meaningful introspection and unlock your potential. Through 15 different sections, you’ll explore your identity and emotions, examine your relationships, define your values, passions, and dreams, and embrace your life purpose. This self discovery journal will help you: Get inspired―Find motivation through moving quotes by a wide range of women and introspective, insightful prompts and practices; Dig deep―Learn how to leave limiting beliefs behind, and journal your way to a fresh perspective of what brings you joy and what you’re capable of achieving and Celebrate you―Find the aspects of your identity that resonate most with you, wear them with confidence, and continue on your optimal, ever-evolving path in life. Become a better you with this inspirational self discovery journal.
Simplify Your Life: Waste Less, Value More, Go Minimalist by Mary Conroy
Minimalism can be a beautiful, enriching and life-transforming practice that, at its core, is all about re-establishing what holds value in your life and letting go of what does not. It's not about having your groceries displayed in glass jars or having chic, Scandinavian furniture - it's a way of life that allows us to strip away the clutter that stands in the way of us achieving our goals.
Simplify Your Life is about exactly that: bringing simplicity back into your life, and with it, joy in the everyday. Dispelling the myths that minimalism is for either hardcore environmentalists or the privileged few, this book shows how minimalism is more relevant and necessary than ever, not least because it's the most accessible way to achieve a state of contentment in all aspects of life.
