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.
From Heartbreak to Wholeness: The Hero’s Journey to Joy by Kristine Carlson
A guidebook for discovering how heartbreak can become the doorway to profound meaning and joy from the bestselling co-creator of the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff Series.
Every day, people suffer heartbreaks of some kind―loss of a loved one, divorce, illness, loss of a job or home―and seek to understand why these losses and traumas have befallen them and how they’ll make it through in one piece. For readers who have endured loss of any kind, Kristine takes them by the hand, showing them how to traverse their own jagged edge of growth and emerge as the hero whole, happy, and empowered. Journey with Kristine Carlson and learn how you can walk the path from heartbreak to wholeness.
Dodging Energy Vampires: An Empath’s Guide to Evading Relationships That Drain You and Restoring Your Health and Power by Christiane Northrup M.D.
Highly sensitive people—or empaths—see life through the eyes of compassion and caring. They were born that way. As a result, they carry a tremendous amount of inner light. But they’re also the favored prey of “vampires” who feed off empaths’ energy and disrupt their lives on every level—physical, emotional, and financial.
In Dodging Energy Vampires, Christiane Northrup, M.D., draws on the latest research in this exciting new field, along with stories from her global community and her own life, to explore the phenomenon of energy vampires and show us how we can spot them, dodge their tactics, and take back our own energy. You’ll delve into the dynamics of vampire-empath relationships and discover how vampires use others’ energy to fuel their own dysfunctional lives. Once you recognize the patterns of behavior that mark these relationships, you’ll be empowered to identify the vampires in your life too.
Soul-iloquy: A Novel of Healing, Soul Connection & Passion by Kris Groth
What if you could have a conversation with your soul? What advice would it give you for your career or love life?
Soul-iloquy: A Novel of Healing, Soul Connection & Passion, provides a vivid picture of how spirituality and healing can blend with everyday life to give it purpose and direction. Do ever you wonder what a soul-connected life would look like?
Join Lily on her journey of self-discovery, healing and transformation, as she learns to connect deeply within herself, listen to her guidance, and make some life-changing decisions, including whether to follow the love of her heart, or the love of her soul. What would you choose?
WILD Habits: Unlock Your Mind, Improve Your Health, and Release Your True Power by Tara Mackey
Do you ever feel dissatisfied with your life or struggle with bad habits you can’t seem to quit? Are you finally willing to make the necessary changes to live a life you’re happy with? Is your intuition telling you that now is the time? In WILD Habits, award-winning CEO and biologist Tara Mackey brings you transformational healing techniques, showing you how to achieve complete body and mind restoration, by using her highly developed four-step WILD Method. Empowering success stories of Mackey and others, who have changed their lives one habit at a time, coupled with compelling scientific facts about mind-body connection, serve as powerful examples of easy ways that you can harness your life and release your true power.
Awaken: 6 Sacred Steps to Remember Who You Are & Why You’re Here by Julie Santiago
Do you ever wonder who you are and why you’re here? Do you long for more meaning and purpose? Awaken is a guide to clear out the blocks getting in the way of your Truth.
In this book, you will find six sacred steps to help you remember who you are, what you want, and why you were put on this earth. You will learn how to break through the inevitable fear that arises when you follow your heart, so you can confidently live a fulfilling and purposeful life.
If you’ve been searching for what’s next in your life and you’re ready to awaken to who you truly are, this is the path to get you there. A guidebook is included inside the book to help you work through each of these sacred steps and includes sacred practices, journaling prompts, affirmations, an accompanying music playlist, and other tools to guide you on your path.
The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life by Kate Swoboda
What kind of life would you live if you didn’t allow your fears to hold you back? The Courage Habit offers a powerful program to help you conquer your inner critic, work toward your highest aspirations, and build a courageous community. In The Courage Habit, certified life coach Kate Swoboda offers a unique program based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you act courageously in spite of fear. By identifying your fear triggers, releasing yourself from your past experiences, and acting on what you truly value, you can make courage a daily habit.
The Light Between Us: Stories from Heaven. Lessons for the Living. by Laura Lynne Jackson
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For readers of Proof of Heaven, the astonishing story of a woman with an extraordinary psychic gift—and a powerful message from the Other Side that can help us to live more beautifully in the here and now. The Light Between Us provides guideposts for living a rich and fulfilling life. In her beautiful worldview, Laura Lynne Jackson reminds us that our relationship to those we love endures across space and time; that we are all connected and invested in one another’s lives; and that we are here to give and receive love selflessly. Her story offers a new understanding of the vast reach of our consciousness and enlarges our view of the human experience.
Raw: My Journey from Anxiety to Joy by Bella Mahaya Carter
Raw is the story of one woman’s quest for health and happiness, which dragged her kicking and screaming into spiritual adulthood. Anxiety and a desire to heal it holistically―even before she knew what it was―is at the heart of this story, which reveals Carter’s struggles to face her fears, release perfectionism, surrender things beyond her control, and find validation within for her life and work. The book is divided into three sections―body, mind, and spirit―and it begins with Carter’s efforts to holistically cure chronic stomach problems. Toward that end, she adopted a 100 percent raw, vegan diet, which eased her symptoms and produced impressive, unexpected perks, but didn’t completely heal her. She then looked to her mind for answers and discovered that unconscious negative thoughts combined with a stressful, hectic-paced life sabotaged her well-being. Finally, a few mystical experiences brought her “home” to a visceral understanding of who she really is.
Unshattered: Overcoming Tragedy and Choosing a Beautiful Life by Carol Decker;Stacey L. Nash
On June 10, 2008, Carol Decker walked through the hospital doors a healthy woman with flu-like symptoms and early labor contractions. Three months later, she returned home a blind, triple-amputee struggling to bond with a daughter she would never see.
Unshattered: Choosing a Beautiful Life after Unspeakable Tragedy recounts Carol’s fight for survival against sepsis and its life-shattering complications. From excruciating skin grafts to learning how to function in daily life without lower legs, a left hand, and her sight, Carol takes us on a personal and raw, yet inspiring journey. She travels through the darkness of trauma, anxiety, and depression to arrive, literally, at the peak of a mountain with a heart full of gratitude and love. More than a story of triumph over tragedy, the book offers inspiring life-lessons and insights which can help readers to do more than endure unimaginable pain and darkness in their own lives. This book can give them the perspective and strength to pick up the pieces of their own tragedies and choose a life of healing, purpose, and joy–a beautiful life.
The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial by Elizabeth Fournier
Funeral expenses in the United States average more than $10,000. And every year conventional funerals bury millions of tons of wood, concrete, and metals, as well as millions of gallons of carcinogenic embalming fluid. There is a better way, and Elizabeth Fournier, affectionately dubbed the “Green Reaper,” walks you through it, step-by-step. She provides comprehensive and compassionate guidance, covering everything from green burial planning and home funeral basics to legal guidelines and outside-the-box options, such as burials at sea. Fournier points the way to green burial practices that consider both the environmental well-being of the planet and the economic well-being of loved ones.
