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.
Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life by Jamie Kern Lima
What has self-doubt already cost you in your life? Imagine what you'd do, if you FULLY believed in YOU! When you stop doubting your greatness, build unshakable self-worth and embrace who you are, you transform your entire life! WORTHY teaches you how, with simple steps that lead to life-changing results!
"In life, you don't soar to the level of your hopes and dreams, you stay stuck at the level of your self-worth. In your business, leadership, relationships, friendships and ambitions, you don't rise to what you believe is possible, you fall to what you believe you're worthy of. When you build your self-worth, you change your entire life. WORTHY teaches you how. I wrote WORTHY for YOU if you have some self-doubt to destroy and a destiny to fulfill!" - Jamie Kern Lima, New York Times bestselling author of Believe It!
The Comfort Zone: Create a Life You Really Love with Less Stress and More Flow by Kristen Butler
Your comfort zone is NOT the danger zone! This paradigm-shifting guide shows you how to harness the power of joy, creativity, and ease to create the foundation for building your best life.
Get ready to forget everything you’ve ever been told about the “comfort zone.” It’s not a place where you sit complacently because you can’t be bothered to take action. It’s not a barrier blocking you from the life of your dreams. Instead, it’s the truest source of growth, possibility, and joy—and it’s within your reach with help from an expert guide.
As the founder and CEO of The Power of Positivity, an online community with more than 50 million followers worldwide, Kristen Butler has spent over a decade examining the elements of a life well lived and the paths that get us there. Her book blows the lid off the idea that anxiety and stress are necessary ingredients for success—and shows you how a state of ease instead of constant effort holds the key to unlocking your full potential.
Your Radiant Soul: Understand Your Energy to Transform Your World by Prune Harris
We are all exquisite systems of energy that connect and share information every moment of every day from the cellular level to the cosmic. But what is energy? What part does it play in making us who we are? How does it connect us to the world around us? And what changes would occur in your daily life if there were no limiting energetic patterns holding you back?
Able to see energy since she was born, Prune Harris explains what your energy looks like, the roles your different energy systems perform, and how your energy connects with, influences, and plays its part in co-creating the world in which you live. She guides you through your energy anatomy, the blueprint to your physical, emotional, and mental health, and explains not only how an energy pattern of imbalance can express itself as chronic illness, anxiety, depression, anger, or resentment but how, through understanding how to make the small shift that can align your energy systems you are able to access more health, vitality and experience your radiant soul.
Practices for Embodied Living: Experiencing the Wisdom of Your Body by Hillary L. McBride, PhD.
In The Wisdom of Your Body, clinical psychologist and award-winning researcher Hillary McBride explored the ways many of us inherit a broken understanding of the body and offered a more compassionate, healthy, and holistic perspective on embodied life. In this follow-up book, McBride takes the principles of The Wisdom of Your Body and puts them into action in practical, tangible ways. Practices for Embodied Living offers an experiential guide--centered on prompts, activities, and opportunities for reflection--to support readers who want to practice embodiment. This approachable, visually stimulating book helps individuals and groups resist cultural myths about ideal bodies, get in touch with the goodness of their bodies, and more fully inhabit themselves. Topics include disembodiment, stress and trauma, sexuality, body image, pain and illness, oppression, and more. Each topic includes various exercises to help readers restore the mind-body connection.
The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices and Rituals to Remember Who You Are by Tracey Stanley
A guide to self-remembrance with practices, meditations, and self-inquiry questions inspired by yoga and Tantra to help you connect with your inner wisdom, remember your wholeness, and live with clarity and compassion—by the bestselling author of Radiant Rest. The Luminous Self shares teachings and practices that can help us connect with our true Self and reclaim our inherent power and wisdom—essential for living with purpose and grace in our turbulent world. In this book, Tracee Stanley shares teachings and practices in each chapter—including meditation, yoga nidra, breath work, dreaming rituals, community care practices, journaling, and more—that can help us remember and honor our deepest Self. The book is a journey of inner exploration for anyone who desires to know themselves more deeply. Chapters introduce different paths to personal discernment—including facing obstacles to liberation, forgiveness, the power of memory, transitions as portals to wisdom and devotion, and nature as a teacher—and include stories from Stanley's life, teachings, and practice. 6 audio practices accompany the book.
Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being by Sue Varma, M.D.
A practical program rooted in optimism to help you live fully and joyfully in an imperfect, turbulent world
As the first medical director and attending psychiatrist at the World Trade Center Mental Health Program, Dr. Sue Varma worked directly with civilian and first-responder survivors in the aftermath of 9/11. There, she met people at every point of the stress and trauma continuum. She saw devastation and stagnancy as much as she saw amazing resilience and growth. She asked herself: how do some people survive, even thrive, despite profound challenges? And how can we optimize the things we have control over, while buffering ourselves from stress? Through her work with patients and combining philosophy, her own personal experience, and a review of the latest research in psychology, psychiatry, medicine, and neuroscience, Dr. Varma discovered that the answer lies in cultivating an optimistic mindset that stays tethered to the real world and helps us make sound and reasonable decisions. This epiphany inspired Practical Optimism, Dr. Varma’s powerful program with eight pillars to help all of us experience a sense of meaning, mastery, and self-acceptance and create lives filled with joy and purpose. Complete with self-assessment quizzes and exercises, Practical Optimism will help us all see the world for the better and reach our true potential. Practical Optimism is a scientific and tangible pathway to boosting health, happiness, resilience, success, and longevity.
Love Hacks: Simple Solutions to Your Most Common Relationship Issues by Kelli Miller
After years of counseling couples and writing an advice column, Kelli Miller identified fifteen common relationship challenges and devised three innovative “hacks” for each. Designed to address problems immediately for long-term improvement, Kelli’s solutions are simple, effective, and usable anywhere and anytime. Readers learn:
• strategies for effective communication, such as the “fast-food technique” of repeating what someone says to ensure it’s been understood
• tips for dealing with sexual issues, from lack of interest to infidelity
• what to do when kids affect the relationship
• advice for coping with addiction, anger, and past trauma
• ways to rekindle deep love and connection
Dare to Feel: The Transformational Path of the Heart by Alexandra Roxo
Explore the practice of passionate living and deep feeling as a spiritual path of opening the heart as you reclaim your full self, expanding in ways you haven’t known before. Dare to Feel is a guide on the “transformational path of the heart,” a spiritual practice for connecting more deeply with yourself, others, and the world by accessing the power of your emotions, sensations, and intuition. Dare to Feel explores the language of living HEART OPEN as a transformational path, showing you that the key to your own EXPANSION―to connecting deeply with yourself, others, and the world―is turning toward feelings you once avoided and taking risks on behalf of your SOUL. This book is full of STORIES and adventures, spiritual trials and tribulations for your psyche and imagination… inviting you on the journey of CRACKING YOUR HEART OPEN.
The Crystal Year: Crystal Wisdom Through the Seasons by Claire Titmus
In The Crystal Year, Claire Titmus, Advanced Crystal healer and owner of The Crystal Bar, shares crystal wisdom to support you through the seasons.
Split into the 12 months, The Crystal Year teaches you how to harness the properties of all the crystals lurking in your collection by aligning them with key dates and seasons. In January, learn how carnelian can support your New Year goals; in February, find out if rose quartz will help you find your Valentine. As the evenings get darker, discover just why emerald is the perfect crystal to help you survive Scorpio season. As well as key crystals for the month, Claire guides you through symbols and superstitions from the natural world, and shares self-care rituals, meditations and affirmations to support you through each phase of the year. Tune into nature and discover the magic of crystals in every season with The Crystal Year.
A Map to Your Soul: Using the Astrology of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water to Live Deeply and Fully by Jennifer Freed, PhD
A national bestseller in Canada, this practical and accessible guide to your unique blend of fire, earth, air, and water will help you nurture yourself and live your potential—from goop’s resident psychological astrologer. There are four elements—fire, earth, air, and water—that exist in nature and within us all. Knowing your personal map of these four elements offers a way to personalize your self-care rituals and design your best life: one that fully expresses your special gifts. With a PhD in psychology in addition to her expertise as an astrologer, Dr. Jennifer Freed is here to show you to how to decode and tap into your gifts in this practical guide to life. She explains how your astrological birth chart can point you to the life you want and offers self-assessments to pinpoint your most effective strategies. A Map to Your Soul offers practical exercises for topics ranging from communication styles to creativity, home styles to psychic development, health habits to belief systems. A Map to Your Soul is a 12-part journey through the way the elements express themselves in your life. By balancing and supporting the elements within us, we can finally truly flourish.
