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.
Finding the Wild Inside: Exploring Our Inner Landscape Through the Arts, Dreams and Intuition by Marilyn K. Hagar
Today’s world urges us to look outward for life’s meaning and purpose―but our inner lives are the true source of the deeper knowing that gives life meaning. In Finding the Wild Inside, Marilyn Hagar encourages readers to discover that creative place inside us that knows there is more to life than we are currently living―the less rational part of ourselves that she calls our “wild inside,” a place most of us have not been taught to navigate.
Women Who Spark: 12 Steps to Catapult Happiness, Cultivate Confidence, and Discover the Purpose of Your Life by Aleta Norris
Get ready to rekindle your passion for living! Does your life fall short of the vision you once had for it? Are you overwhelmed by where you are or underwhelmed by where you see yourself going? You are not alone. Author and life coach Aleta Norris knows what it’s like to juggle all of the balls of a successful life and manage the whirlwind of contemporary womanhood. Inspired by her own experiences as a single mother and busy professional for nearly two decades, Aleta will show you how to create a life you love, defined by:
-Turning an overwhelming to-do list into an exciting roadmap
-Transforming self-doubt into confidence and certainty
-Trading difficulties for a clear understanding of your purpose
-Catapult your happiness, cultivate your confidence, and discover your purpose.
It’s not too late to live a life that is passionately on fire...It all starts with a SPARK!
Becoming Super Woman: A Simple 12-Step Plan to Go from Burnout to Balance by Nicole Lapin
Do you feel daily pressure to keep pushing yourself even when you’re stressed and exhausted? It’s time to leave Superwoman in the movies, where she belongs, and say hello to being a Super Woman—the best, most productive and balanced version of the hero you already are. or years—maybe your entire life—you’ve been told that success means having it all and doing it all. But working more and harder is holding you back, not moving you forward. In Becoming Super Woman, New York Times bestselling author Nicole Lapin redefines what it means to be a woman who “has it all”—and shows you how to find lasting success by your own definition, on your own terms.
Raising Worry-Free Girls: Helping Your Daughter Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World by Sissy Goff, MEd, LPC-MHSP
Love Letters From Your Life: Inspired Ways To Show Up With Love by Marci Moore
In a fast-paced world, Love Letters from Your Life shows up with centered instruction that provides clear focus on what matters. Marci Moore is one of the most truly grounded and loving souls you will ever meet—and her impact is HUGE. But she’s no mountain top guru. She teaches us how to love in the middle of corporate life, stress with your spouse, and how to become a global citizen of love, in simple, yet palpable ways. Combined with Mary Anne Radmacher’s singular creative brilliance, this book will give you hope for humanity—and make you want to be the best version of yourself possible. – Tama Kieves, USA Today featured visionary career coach, and bestselling author of Inspired & Unstoppable and Thriving Through Uncertainty.
Permission Granted: Be Who You Were Made to Be and Let Go of the Rest by Melissa Camara Wilkins
From award-winning blogger Melissa Camara Wilkins, come and find a stunningly simple path to confidence and clarity. All you have to do is give yourself permission to show up as your gloriously imperfect self. Trying to fix yourself is exhausting. But being yourself - that is both possible and life-giving. The key is a simple heart-shift from chasing after perfection to learning to tell a truer story about ourselves, the world, and our place in it.
Melissa invites you into her journey of discovering the profound simplicity of dropping the pretenses and allowing ourselves to be fully human - flaws and all. This is a story about making life simpler by letting go of who you think you're supposed to be and becoming who you really are. For everyone who feels the pressure to fit in, measure up, and get it together, Permission Granted is a life-giving invitation to soul-level simplicity.
Wake Up Before Your Wake-Up Call: The Five Pillars for Deeper Love, Joy, and Connection in Midlife by Toni Parker, PhD
Do you wake up most mornings and go along with the day as usual, taking for granted that things will unfold the way they always have? Do you go through your days on autopilot, with no real thought that something life-changing could happen at any moment? By the time we reach our middle years, many of us have established well-worn patterns and habits that no longer serve us. Through real-life examples and practical exercises for meditation and self-reflection, Toni Parker unpacks the five pillars for waking up: Body Sensation Awareness, Mind Kindness, Emotional Equanimity, Self-Compassion, and Waking Up to the World. Wake Up Before Your Wake-Up Call expands on Parker’s work as a therapist and speaker and will help readers live more meaningful and engaged lives through deeper love, joy, and connection.
The Year of No Nonsense: How a Little Less Bullsh*t Can Change Your Life by Meredith Atwood
With targeted, practical chapters to help you stop feeling stuck and get on with your life, The Year of No Nonsense is equal parts girlfriend and been-there-done-that. The best part? Like any friend, she helps you get to the other side.
Your Happiness Toolkit: 16 Strategies for Overcoming Depression, and Building a Joyful, Fulfilling Life by Carrie M. Wrigley, LCSW
Looking for powerful, practical strategies to help yourself or someone else struggling with depression? This comprehensive guidebook provides a rich supply of resources, insights, and techniques you can use - starting today - to help yourself, or someone you care about. This is not just another book about depression. This is a book about HEALING from depression - and it is a guidebook for PREVENTING depression in the first place. Brimming with time-tested, highly-customizable techniques, this book will help you build your own individualized toolbox of drug-free strategies to promote healing, resilience, and emotional wellness - from the inside out.
Imagine Out Loud: A Journal of Creative Discovery by Jane Davenport
Jane Davenport’s stunning journal will send women on a satisfying journey of self-discovery. Bombarded by constant demands from work, home, family, friends, and social media, women crave the opportunity to slow down and reflect on what is truly important. Journaling is a proven therapeutic process that promotes well-being and sparks creativity, but newcomers can feel intimidated the first time they face a blank page. Where should they begin? Imagine Out Loud combines famed artist Jane Davenport’s inspirational artwork, trademark “Jane-isms,” and quotations with compelling journaling prompts. Readers will be moved to write, make lists, doodle, and draw. Designed to encourage introspection and self-discovery, Imagine Out Loud will be a constant companion in the search for creative and personal fulfillment.
