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.
That Sucked. Now What?: How to Embrace the Joy in Chaos and Find Magic in the Mess by Dr. Neeta Bhushan
The Brave Table podcast host offers a practical five-stage framework to embrace the possibilities in chaos, normalize sucky human moments, overcome setbacks with grace, and fly forward every time.You know those awful, terrible, sucker-punch moments in life? The ones that knock you down, burn you up, or make you cringe so hard you wish it was all a bad dream? Probably–because we all do. These epic, messy, oh-no-oh-crap moments of chaos are just part of life–yet, as Dr. Neeta Bhushan shows us, they're also beautiful opportunities for change. That Sucked, Now What? is a real-talk guide to personal growth that draws on and embraces the suck–and helps you break through to lasting, audacious resilience. You'll learn why it's so hard to get back up when stuff goes down, how four core components of your life shape your individual Bounce Factor, and how to navigate the five stages of the Fly Forward framework through Falling, Igniting, Rising, Magnifying, and on to Thriving. Along the way, Neeta shares successes and failures of her own, from the wonderful to the WTF, in an indispensable book to pull off the shelf whenever life serves up a setback, no matter the size.
The Unflustered Mom: How Understanding the Five Anxiety Styles Transforms the Way We Parent, Partner, Live, and Love by Amber Trueblood
Unlock your ability to unfluster your parenting by identifying your anxiety style so you can turn frustration to flourishing. Many moms live under the weight of seemingly constant fear. They worry about everything from their kids’ safety and emotional health to that weird little rash on their ankle. They are the referees, social planners, medics, financial consultants, cooks, travel agents, educational specialists, family therapists, and housekeepers. It’s utterly exhausting. Unfortunately, it’s not just exhausting, it leaves them flustered. Most of us don’t have access to the support or resources we need to manage being flustered in a healthier way. The Unflustered Mom offers a healthy alternative for dealing with mom-fears. Moms can identify their anxiety, better understand their triggers, their clues, their contributing factors, and their false beliefs. Then they’ll learn practical tools that can help to dismantle the fears no longer serving them—turning their fluster into flourish.
Mindfulness, Mantras & Meditations: 55 Inspirational Practices to Soothe the Body, Mind & Soul by Alana Cahoon
Inspirational meditations, mantras, and mindfulness tips are sprinkled throughout this treasure. Discover how to love more deeply, access creativity, increase health and abundance, manage stress and anxiety, face the unavoidable prospect of death, and slow the aging process! You will learn how to: Meditate to quiet the mind and relax the body, Use meditation to serve your overall health and happiness, Develop techniques to attract abundance, Use mantras to support your well-being and attain goals, Reflect on the hidden meanings of life and to be inspired by them, Develop a mindfulness practice, Be present in the moment and Maintain a sense of calm amidst a storm.
Raise Your Frequency Through Number Messages: Awaken to the Meaning of Number Sequences and Synchronicities from Animals, Nature, and the Universe by Melissa Alvarez
Everything in the Universe is connected to the Divine through energy. It is this connection that allows you to raise your own frequency when you allow your energy to join with Universal Energy. When you're seeing repeating number patterns and sequences like 111, 333, 555, 369, 123, 421, 888, or any other number combination, it means that the Universe is trying to get your attention so you can receive the message you need. Energy animals, nature elements, and the Universe will show you signs until you notice there is something bigger at work. You may see the numbers on television, in person, in print, hear them on the radio, on a clock, in phone numbers, on car tags, in songs, on the side of a business vehicle, on road signs, and well, just about everywhere until you stop, pay attention, and actively seek out the message they are trying to deliver. By connecting with the frequency of the number and receiving the message, you will be able to grow on your spiritual path, find solutions to problems, or open your mind to new possibilities.
Change Your Space to Change Your Life: Elevate Your Energy with Feng Shui One Room at a Time by Julie Ann Segal
Tap into a Wealth of Energy and Abundance with Feng Shui. Create profoundly comforting spaces in your home or workplace that reflect your authentic self and support your goals. Through practical advice and real-life examples from more than thirty years of interior design experience, Julie Ann Segal teaches you how to reimagine your surroundings with loving intention. She combines spirituality, energy work, aesthetics, and personal connection, offering detailed guidance on room-by-room choices and big picture concepts, such as the interplay between your dreams and décor. Removing the mystery around Feng Shui, this book reveals new opportunities in life's changes and helps you design a better future.
The Yoga of Parenting: Ten Yoga-Based Practices to Help You Stay Grounded, Connect with Your Kids, and Be Kind to Yourself by Sarah Erzin
Bring the wisdom of yoga into your parenting journey. Mom and yoga teacher Sarah Ezrin offers 34 practices to find more presence, patience, and acceptance—with your child and with yourself. While many people think of yoga as poses on a mat, The Yoga of Parenting supports people in bringing the spiritual principles of yoga into their lives—particularly their families. Ezrin, a longtime yoga teacher, supports readers and practitioners in slowing down, becoming present with our children and ourselves, and acting with more compassion. Each chapter highlights a yogic posture and theme and explores how it relates to parenting, including presence, boundaries, balance, and nonattachment. Practicing yoga can help us become kinder to ourselves, more aware of our thoughts and actions, and more present in our lives. What more important sphere to want to become kinder, more aware, and more present than with our families?
Inspiring Creativity Through Magick: How to Ritualize Your Art & Attract the Creative Spirit by Astrea Taylor
Find Your Creative Spirit in Every Magickal Act. Art is inherently magickal and you, as an artist, are a magician who can ritualize any creative endeavor. Sharing an impressive collection of spells, rituals, deities, and lore, Astrea Taylor helps you bring to life the story, painting, sculpture, or music you've been dreaming about. This book is designed to guide you through the entire creative process. You'll draw inspiration from spirits and the four elements to complete your rough draft, and then use the principles of alchemy to transform it into a masterpiece. Astrea also provides deep insight on releasing your art into the world, resting between projects, and persevering through hard times. From handling criticism to awakening the guiding spirit of your art, this book shares numerous exercises to get your creativity flowing and keep it going.
Thriving Through Cancer: A Whole-istic Approach for Your Journey by Kelly Lutman
You’ve just received the diagnosis: cancer.
You sit, stunned, trying to absorb all the medical jargon and “what ifs” being thrown at you.
Chemo. Radiation. Surgery. Ports. Infusions. These words rattle around your brain, seeking purchase.
There’s no doubt about it: you’re in a battle for your life. Your medical team focuses on eliminating your cancer. You wonder, though, what you can do.
In Thriving Through Cancer: A Whole-Istic Approach for Your Journey, you’ll see that you can, in fact, do a lot to improve your health through this process. From what you consume—visually, physically, and emotionally—to the words you chose, you’re in the driver’s seat. This book offers clear direction, practical tips, and unerring support so that when you ring that bell signifying the end of treatment, you’ll really feel victorious!
The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power by Elizabeth R. Kipp
This book is for chronic pain sufferers and those who care for them: doctors, nurses, family members, and friends. It offers proven techniques to clear pain and live a life free from suffering, from a former chronic pain sufferer who searched the globe for answers—and found them.
Elizabeth Kipp lived with chronic pain for over four decades until she learned nonpharmaceutical techniques to clear it and live a life free from suffering. These techniques work because chronic pain significantly changes the brain. Only by addressing those changes can healing occur.
In this enlightening book Kipp shares those techniques and her experiences and insights using them as she healed. You will learn:
•How chronic stress and our reaction to it contribute to chronic pain—and how to change your behavior to alleviate it.
•The proven methods that help heal chronic pain, including a healthy mindset, focus, mindfulness, Ancestral Clearing, meditation, and breath work.
•The critical elements for healthy self-care, including a daily practice.
The Worthy Mind: Transform Your Mindset. Strengthen Self-Worth by Meadow DeVor
Learn to own and celebrate every part of you. Right here. Right now.
Self-worth isn't about being a better, smarter, more polished version of yourself. It's about learning how your mind causes low self-esteem―and finding the right tools to break through those barriers so you can experience unlimited confidence and unleash your potential. In The Worthy Mind, internationally recognized personal-development coach Meadow DeVor shares life-changing insights that allow you to love yourself, respect yourself, and increase your self-worth. Digging deeper than ever before, DeVor explains where your sense of low self-esteem comes from and then guides you home to your true self. It's only when you embrace how you feel, what you need, what you love, and what you want that you can move through the world with ease, joy, and connectedness. Don't miss this powerful invitation to step into a self-love mindset―and a more meaningful life.
