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.
Say It Out Loud: Using the Power of Your Voice to Listen to Your Deepest Thoughts and Courageously Pursue Your Dreams by Vasavi Kumar
When Vasavi Kumar suggests “saying it out loud,” she means it literally. Years of journaling in an attempt to learn about herself hadn’t worked, so she decided to talk to herself instead, out loud and with the compassion of a best friend. Vasavi learned that all the outside expert guidance in the world was no substitute for finding ways of tuning in to her truest inner self, hearing that self’s guidance and wisdom, and then living it with resilience and empathy. Say It Out Loud gives simple verbal prompts to help you voice your deepest desires and reframe negative self-talk.
The Menopause Reset: Get Rid of Your Symptoms and Feel Like Your Younger Self Again by Dr. Mindy Pelz
A transformational plan for women who find themselves struggling through their menopausal years and who may be experiencing sudden symptoms such as sleepless nights, irritable moods, unexplained anxiety, trouble retrieving words, weight gain, and hot flashes.Are you struggling through your menopausal years? How great would it feel to wake up feeling rested; have a brain that is calm, joyful, and clear; and to finally lose weight in an easy and sustainable way? The good news is that there is a way for you to do all of this and more.
Nutrition and functional medicine expert and best-selling author Dr. Mindy Pelz has helped thousands of women just like you reset their health during their turbulent menopausal years. Join Dr. Mindy as she reconnects you to your more vibrant and youthful self.
The Healing Moment: 7 Paths to Turn Messes Into Miracles of Love by Donna Marks
In The Healing Moment, Dr. Donna Marks integrates psychology, personal experience, and A Course in Miracles to teach people how to use their traumas and pain as the doorway to enlightenment and happiness. The seven paths that Dr. Marks introduces can help turn negative experiences and mistakes into meaning and purpose. Triggers like a lack of love, respect, trust, and more can be transformed by understanding how the mind uses our own fear to manipulate our lives. This is your sign to choose to open your awareness to the voice of love and experience your own healing moment.
Practical Joy: Simple Tools to Cultivate More Joy Every Day by M. Shannon Hernandez
Are you looking to live a more meaningful and joyful life?
Having navigated a botched surgery that almost resulted in death and a spouse who transitioned to a woman, M. Shannon Hernandez has determined that there is one undeniable, non-negotiable in life: JOY.
Through Shannon’s simple yet profound approach in Practical Joy, she takes you on a journey of self-discovery, to wake you up and find joy in the little things–every day! Complete with hand-drawn illustrations to inspire the creative within, journaling prompts for contemplation, and her own life lessons, this heart-felt book is a compilation of practical joy lessons for those who are looking to bring more joy into every facet of life.
Magic Within Womb-Centered Wisdom to Realize the Power of Your Sacred Feminine Self by Rhoda Jordan Shapiro
You hold an extraordinary power within—a power that can bolster every aspect of your life: career, money, relationships, sex, spiritual fulfillment, wellness, and more. Rhoda Jordan Shapiro guides you on an inspiring journey toward knowing, loving, and celebrating your body. With her help, you can awaken your sacred feminine self and reclaim the creative, fierce, and vibrant goddess you are. Magic Within features rituals, affirmations, meditations, journaling, and breathwork that help you heal and connect to your womb. You’ll learn how to connect with and protect your sexual energy, find empowerment and healing through the natural cycles of womanhood, and dispel misconceptions. This book offers ways to align with its energy and manifest your desires.
Purposeful Empathy: Tapping Our Hidden Superpower for Personal, Organizational, and Social Change by Anita Nowak, PhD
Human beings are wired to care, and we can become more empathic with practice. Empathy increases dopamine, reduces stress, boosts self-esteem, heightens the immune system, and enriches our relationships. Empathy also improves business key performance indicators. This means that leveraging empathy on purpose can lead to better health, happier and more productive workplaces, and a more meaningful life. That's why empathy is our superpower.
Through inspiring stories; interviews with experts, including business leaders, neuroscientists, activists, social entrepreneurs, and spiritual leaders; a new model rooted in positive psychology and coaching; and self-development exercises at the end of each chapter, Purposeful Empathy offers wisdom and practical advice to foster personal, organizational, and social transformation.
Unfinished: Unlock Your Superpowers, Live with Purpose, and Discover Limitless Possibilities by Christine Lukovich Schindler
Are you swimming in self-doubt right now?
Are change and fear overwhelming you?
It’s okay! It means you’ve got something deep inside that you must express. You still are unfinished!
Things are changing in and around you continuously. Fear and uncertainty are barriers to fulfillment. But don’t worry. While reading this book you will discover simple and relevant ways to find relief, belief, and a boost. Frequent changes might prompt self-doubt in this crazy and chaotic world. The good news is you have adapted. Good for you! But at what cost? Did you give something up in your efforts to adapt? Maybe you compromised core values and brushed aside your genuine self to fit in. Are you feeling lost, depleted, and drained? Has your mental and physical health suffered? Through personal stories, lessons learned, and short, simple actions, the author takes you on a journey to possibilities thinking.
Happily Ever NOW: (Not AFTER everything else is perfect) by Nanci Reed
Happily Ever NOW is a guidebook for heart-centered, card-carrying perfectionists who are ready to overcome the endless paralysis of their perfectionism and find true happiness. Empower your Self-Healing by overcoming the paralyzing Inner Perfectionist that has run the show for too long. It's an invitation to gently reconnect with your Inner Voice, and to see life through an unexpectedly powerful lens of kindness and curiosity. Experience lasting change and transform your life from never being enough, to being perfectly imperfect always and in ALL ways.
Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity by Kerri Hummingbird Sami
Steeped in wisdom from the medicine people of the Andes Mountains, the new spiritual epicenter of the Earth, this new book by #1 int'l bestselling author, Kerri Hummingbird Sami, will inspire you to Walk in Beauty, become a Luminous Warrior, and be on the frontier of a whole new humanity: Homo Luminous.
In this book, Kerri Hummingbird brings us a wake-up call to go on a great departure from all we have ever known, step into the Mystery on an epic quest for the survival of humanity, and make a bid for power to evolve into homo luminous...the one who dreams the sacred dream of New Earth for our descendants seven generations to come.
Find Your Cosmic Calling: A Guide to Discovering Your Life's Work with Astrology by Natalie Walstein
Harness your potential and find your purpose in the cosmos. Find Your Cosmic Calling shows you how to use your unique astrological birth chart to discover your soul’s blueprint. How has it become completely normal to live for the weekend, dread Mondays, and spend most of our lives working toward the bottom line instead of our personal dreams and goals? In this book, Founder of Soulshine Astrology Natalie Walstein helps you discover what you were born to do by uncovering, and tapping into, the immensely powerful gifts of your soul and transforming the world in a meaningful way.
By decoding your planetary relationships and uncovering your soul-level motivations, you will gain a deeper understanding of who you are. Determine your ideal life and career path based on your best skills by realizing which tools you need to succeed in life and the unique gifts that will help you make a greater difference in our world.
