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.
Radical Radiance: 12 Weeks of Self-Love Rituals to Manifest Abundance, Beauty, and Joy by Angela Jia Kim
A magical 12-week self-love program that helps readers to radiate inner and outer glow to manifest beauty, abundance and joy, from the founder and CEO of Savor Beauty + Spa. We can all think of someone who radiates beauty, vibrancy, and confidence that emanates from a lit-from-within quality. But what exactly is this irresistible magnetism, and how can you develop it within yourself to manifest all the abundance, beauty, and joy that you not only crave, but deserve? In this customizable 12-week self-care program, Angela Jia Kim teaches you how to nourish your inner and outer glow so your radiance shines from every pore of your being.
Be the Love: Seven Ways to Unlock Your Heart and Manifest Happiness by Sarah Prout
Emotional empowerment expert Sarah Prout shares how to Be the Love you wish to feel, and how to do it by embracing lessons such as overcoming comparison traps, finding freedom in forgiveness, and accepting that making choices is how life happens, but living with your choices is how growth happens. These lessons are illustrated by Prout’s own raw, personal stories that range from humorous to harrowing. By following the seven pieces of advice and trying them out in your own life, you will create radical and magical inner transformation, and inner transformation will lead to outer results―whether that’s within your career, relationships, or something as simple as your own self-confidence as you walk down the street. If you live your life with self-love and self-compassion as your North Star, then you will thrive.
The Life Plan: Simple Strategies for Building Confidence in a Changing World by Shannah Kennedy
With more than twenty years of experience as one of Australia’s foremost life coaches, bestselling author Shannah Kennedy describes her approach to living your best life in The Life Plan, a workbook that gives you a collection of simple strategies designed to build your confidence, prioritize your goals, and make your dreams a reality in a changing world. Shannah’s time-tested strategies will motivate you to retake control over your life, give you space to explore your true self and values, and provide a how-to manual on creating new beneficial wellness habits—all while feeling like you have a life coach in your pocket cheering you on.
The Art of Badassery: Unleash Your Mojo with Wisdom of the Dojo by Jennifer Cassetta
For any woman who's ever felt burned out, beaten down, or needs a reminder of how powerful she is, third-degree black belt and motivational coach of ABC's "My Diet Is Better Than Yours" teaches a unique brand of badassery--how to get back up no matter what life throws at you; how to level up your mind, body and spirit; and how to turn your setbacks into secret weapons. Whether the opponent is a financial hardship, a difficult boss, or being in a manipulative relationship, Cassetta teaches readers how to flex their mental muscle, how to rise above fears, and how to turn setbacks into superpowers.
The Energy to Heal: Find Lasting Freedom From Stress and Trauma Through Energy Medicine Yoga by Lauren Walker
We all struggle with stress and most of us have had at least one traumatic experience in our lives. It takes a lot of energy to get through these experiences, and most of us don't fully process or release that energy. We move on, letting the stagnant and toxic energy of stress or trauma remain in our bodies, quietly breaking us down. But what if you had simple, practical, and gentle tools to truly heal from your traumas and stressors? The Energy To Heal gives you just that! Clear your energetic pathways and calm the storm of your stressful modern life with this unique healing system. Perfected over years of study, Energy Medicine Yoga is a customizable program with step-by-step practices that help you recover from trauma and gain resilience. Combining yoga and energy work with the five elements, this book teaches you how to respond, rather than react, to triggers and ultimately diminish their effect on you.
The Burnout Antidote: A Spiritual Guide to Empowerment for Empaths, Over-givers, and Highly Sensitive People by Anne Bérubé
Restore Your Core Essence, Find Emotional Freedom, and Thrive
Use your body as an instrument for accelerated transformation and growth with this powerful guide to overcoming burnout. Anne Bérubé helps you access your innate capacity to heal and shows you that your burnout can become a gateway to embodied wisdom and vitality. This book empowers you through a variety of practical tools and exercises, including breath work, meditations, visualizations, and self-inquiry. Learn to overcome obstacles and gain access to limitless spiritual energy. Discover how to communicate with your inner child and reclaim the fragmented parts of yourself. With this book, you can tune in to your natural gifts and recover from burnout.
Sun Signs, Houses & Healing: Build Resilience and Transform Your Life through Astrology by Carmen Turner-Schott
Use Sun Signs and Houses to Heal, Transform, and Strengthen Yourself
Uniting sun sign personality traits with the astrological power of the twelve houses, this book teaches you how to accomplish three important things: transformation, healing, and resiliency. Each chapter focuses on a sun sign and a house, exploring them separately and in connection to the planets. This beginner-friendly book provides crucial insights on all twelve signs and reveals how your personality traits help you overcome challenges and improve well-being.Once you have your birth chart―which you can easily acquire online using your time and place of birth―Carmen Turner-Schott helps you fully understand your sun sign, providing everything from self-care affirmations to optimal strategies for healing and transformation. This well-organized book lets you quickly jump between specific signs and houses, making it easy to look up information for yourself and your loved ones.
Belief, Being, and Beyond: Your Journey to Questioning Ideas, Deconstructing Concepts & Healing from Harmful Belief Systems by Granddaughter Crow
Awaken the curious side of your mind and explore ideas beyond the dogma you may have previously been taught. This illuminating guide encourages you to delve into a variety of belief systems and the themes they all share, along with your own pre-existing beliefs, helping to expand your worldview and heal harmful thoughts that may be hurting you and others. Belief, Being, and Beyond invites you to engage in deep self-reflection as you explore different legends, religions, and scientific findings. Granddaughter Crow shares inspiring stories from her personal life as well as parallel stories about the creation, flood, hero, end-of-times, and afterlife that come from Christianity, Hinduism, and Navajo traditions. These stories, along with journal prompts, tarot insights, and wisdom from the cycles of nature, help you to deeply know yourself and live with an open mind.
Wake Up!: The Powerful Guide to Changing Your Mind About What It Means to Really Live by Lindsay Teague Moreno
What this world needs now more than ever are women who think differently. Our fears, excuses, and procrastination must change if we want to enact meaningful change. So, what is the secret to discovering lasting fulfillment in a culture that wants us sleeping? In Wake Up!, Lindsay Teague Moreno explores the six core foundations for a fulfilled life and the mindset shift that can occur when you stop looking at the expectations you put on yourself. Through stories and tough questions, you will emerge more prepared to live the kind of life that feels right, regardless of what other people think of it.
Perfect for women who work inside or outside the home, Wake Up! will show you why it’s so important to understand how and why we change our minds and wake up to what we really believe. In the areas of relationships, health, finance, business, and personal and spiritual life, Wake Up! will help you assess what you believe and how that affects your success.
Soulcation: Design a Life You Don’t Need a Vacation From: A Guide to End Burnout, Unwind Anxiety, and Become Wildly Free in a Culture Addicted to Busy by Mel Miles
Part memoir, part instruction manual, Soulcation is a wakeup call to anyone who feels exhausted, stressed, or burned out to prioritize their happiness and design a life they don’t need a vacation from. From international health expert and former Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation workaholic, Mel Miles candidly tells the story of how her hospitalization from chronic anxiety led to her quitting her dream job and setting out to answer the question keeping her up at night: In a culture addicted to busyness, is it possible to avoid burnout, unwind anxiety, and feel wild and free again? Soulcation is grounded in the belief that chronic stress doesn’t have to be the new normal. Our world is in desperate need of a different kind of break. We need a soulcation
