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.
Why Bother: Discover the Desire for What’s Next by Jen Louden
The most important question you’ll ever ask yourself. In Why Bother? personal-growth expert Jennifer Louden challenges you to open your mind, your heart, and your life by following where the question leads. Through reflection and stories from others, Louden demonstrates how to bother when it feels impossible or like too much work, whether after professional defeats, heartbreak, illness, or life-changing loss. She shows why you must prioritize what’s calling you at any time of your life, especially when you’ve sidelined your dreams to raise kids, pay the rent, or take care of aging parents. And crucially, she shows you how tapping into your deepest desires can give you the energy to move forward—even when the world seems in such dire straits. It’s time to reclaim the dignity and beauty of your desires. It’s time to get your bother on.
The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women by Caroline Welch
A practical, user-friendly guide for women seeking focus and calm in the midst of life's storms. Overwhelmed by the demands of family, work, and multiple responsibilities, many women find themselves feeling scattered, and distracted. In this eye-opening book, co-founder and CEO of the Mindsight Institute, Caroline Welch takes readers on a mindfulness journey to help them de-stress and cultivate inner peace. The Gift of Presence guides readers in developing four innate capacities we all possess that will allow us to become more resilient and centered in our lives--even when life is throwing all that it has at us: Presence, Purpose, Pivoting and Pacing. This life-changing book reveals that you already hold in your hands the keys to a more harmonious life--you simply need to look within.
Crystals for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with the Healing Power of Crystals by Karen Frazier
Learn how to comfort and nurture yourself with healing crystals. Discover how crystals can help you fight stress, cope with anxiety, and more. Crystals for Beginners takes a step-by-step approach to introducing you to crystal healing. Never touched a crystal before? Don’t worry―this book will guide you through the myths and confusion as it shows you how crystals can help improve your life. Crystals for Beginners features: Crystal Healing 101―Find out how crystals work and how to use them―learn about the ten crystals you should consider for starting your collection., Useful Remedies―Discover how to help treat negative emotions and foster positive growth using specific crystal prescriptions and healing mantras and the Illustrated Guides―Identifying crystal types is easy thanks to 50 detailed crystal profiles that feature images of both worked and unworked versions.
The Technology of Intention: Activating the Power of the Universe within You! by Kim Stanwood Terranova
We are a technological society, no doubt about it. Our devices keep us informed while isolating us from each other and from ourselves, our true selves. There is, however, another technology, an inner technology that brings us back to our true selves and gives us the ability to create lives of joy, abundance and wisdom. Kim Stanwood Terranova calls it The Technology of Intention and in this book she teaches the reader how to tap into this technology and unleash its power. We all have the power we ve just forgotten how to use it. Intentions give us the pathway to consciously create our lives. They are the powerful force that points the energy in the direction of all we wish to manifest. This book is a guiding light in assisting us to not only understand the power we each have, but also to give us the road map and step-by-step process to ignite that power.
Empath: A Complete Guide for Developing Your Gift and Finding Your Sense of Self by Judy Dyer
Have you ever felt the weight of the world on your shoulders?
Often, Empaths who are new to the understanding of their gift, find it difficult to control the sources of overwhelming feelings. In Empath, you will find the loving and gentle ways Judy Dyer offers to guide a new Empath through their journey. This book will usher your spirit to embrace the many blessings of being an Empath. It will also open new doors of opportunity for you to live your life abundantly. You will discover strategies and coping skills such as: How to embrace your gift fully; Understanding the potentials of your energy and abilities; Coping with spiritual hypersensitivity; Utilizing spiritual healing tools; Healing from negative energies that lead to insomnia, exhaustion, and adrenal fatigue; and so much more. You will be given a set of practical solutions that you can try out immediately. In doing so, you gain the grounded knowledge of this book which will allow you to fully thrive through your journey.
The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time by Nancy Davis Kho
Gratitude and happiness go hand-in-hand -- and The Thank-You Project provides an easy-to-follow approach for creating more of both.Who helped you become the person you are today? As Nancy Davis Kho approached a milestone birthday, she decided to answer that question by sending thank-you letters to the many people who had influenced her, helped her, and inspired her over the years: family, friends, mentors, teachers, co-workers, even a couple of former friends and exes. While her recipients always seemed genuinely pleased to read the letters, what Nancy never expected was the profound and positive effect the process would have on her. As it turns out, emerging research proves that actively appreciating the formative people in your life, past and present, can lead to a lasting increase in your happiness levels--and The Thank-you Project offers a charming, entertaining roadmap to see, say and savor your way there
Stop Checking Your Likes: Shake Off the Need for Approval and Live an Incredible Life by Susie Moore
Your freedom’s knocking. Are you ready? If you’re living your life for an audience, either virtual or in person, you may be missing out on what you truly desire. Life coach Susie Moore has helped thousands of people step out as their true selves, getting past the approval trap to face the good and the bad and get on with their lives. You’ll discover that you can live authentically without second-guessing your actions based on what others might think. In the process, you’ll learn to celebrate and proclaim your talents, laugh off naysayers, and live with ease, magnetism, and unshakable self-confidence.
An Intimate Dialogue with God: The Miraculous Power of Unconditional Self-Love by Noemi Grace
This groundbreaking work features God’s direct speaking. It discloses secrets of how to: love yourself unconditionally with God’s love; change your experience of everything by seeing from love; discover and live the astonishing and unique truth of who you are; transform your life by the miraculous power of self-acceptance; live in self-abundance with the power to manifest anything in alignment with the truth of who you are.
HappiNest: Finding Fulfillment When Your Kids Leave Home by Judy Holland
An empty nest does not have to be an empty life. Judy Holland shows you how to get back in touch with yourself, your partner, your life, AND your kids when the house is less-populated. The transition to the empty nest creates a void that can catapult you into existential crisis. Your zeal for climbing the career ladder, striving for social status, and collecting material things starts to subside, as is common in middle age. Friends and relatives may suffer from illness or pass away, bringing jarring reminders of mortality that trigger a need to make sense of it all. HappiNest helps you traverse this passage with grace by distilling the latest social science research and drawing from hundreds of interviews with those who have gone before you. Whether you’re seeking a renaissance in your romantic relationship, dealing with a boomerang child at home, or figuring out how to support aging parents, this book is for you.
The Gift of Loss: Transforming Tragedy by Cathy Agasar
When Cathy Agasar’s husband of over twenty years died suddenly, leaving her to raise their three children alone, she finally took stock of how she’d been living—and made a choice which transformed everything. She’d put everyone else’s needs first, which completely zapped her emotional, physical, and spiritual reserves—the exact reserves she desperately needed when her Dave died. Cathy’s journey to wellness started with one small step: acknowledging that she had choices. Her inspirational journey invites you to look at your own life, evaluate your joy levels, and show you how to trust that with faith, anything is achievable.
