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Life Changing Book Recommendations for Self-Help & Self-Growth

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Are you on a self love journey of growth, healing, and self help? Here’s a list of some of the top-rated emotional health and habit building books to help you reach your goals, and be the best version of YOU!
 
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This book focuses on life changing advice and how the effects of even just one percent better everyday can unlock a whole new perspective of the world. I highly recommend this book, it’s my top favorite self help book on the market.
Atomic Habits: Easy Way to Build & Break Habits
 
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This book focuses on trauma healing and how the body reacts to itself after dealing with the damage from your own traumas. This is a really insightful book with a lot of helpful pointers on how to start your self healing journey.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind & Body
 
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This book is a great book to start building healthier habits that lead to a more productive and happier life! This is a really foundational book when you’re heading into further self growth beyond just surviving — but time for thriving!
Micro Habits for Positive Change: Daily Success
 
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This book by Mel Robbins is based off the “Let Them” theory created by her and mentioned various times on her personal podcast. It dives deep into forgiving yourself and accepting that other people and their actions are out of your control. This book...
The Let Them Theory: Life-Changing Tool
 
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This is a really great book to start your self healing and focus on your own self control of the situation. This book reminds you that you have the power to control not just yourself, but your own thoughts, and those things combined can create powerf...
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping Toxic Thoughts
 
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This book focuses on turning your life around in 365 days — in exactly one year you can make massive changes to turnaround your life and make it into exactly what you’ve been dreaming of. This book is a foundational guideline for a strict and vigorou...
The Pivot Year: 365 Days to Your True Self
 
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This book is a STAPLE for self help, self discovery, and self modification. You want to meet life with more? This will get you there with a tried and true method for success.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
 
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This book has been controversial at times, but I believe it has true worth in its text. If not taken to another level and used as manipulation, learning these skills of power can be life changing and evolve your relationships with all different kinds...
The 48 Laws of Power: Greene, Robert
 
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This book was a real test for my self work — it pulls you through multiple aspects of your life in a sorted and categorized manner, meticulously guiding you through all the important factors of life. This journal really pushes you to open up and expl...
Kaizen Challenge - Self Improvement Journal
 
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This was a great guided prompt journal that’s simple and easy — a great starter journal for someone who wants low pressure and less structure, but still wants to hit goals and maintain an upwards curve towards self growth.
This Year I Will...: Weekly Life Prompts
 
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This book is a #1 New York Times Bestseller for a reason. It combines self help with comedy in some real life aspects that are sometimes tip-toed around. I love this unique approach to rebuilding your life on your own terms.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
 
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Reframe your mind and get a new perspective on the things that go through your own mind — this book is a great guide into rewriting your brain and changing your current mindset into a whole new one.
Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End
 
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David Goggins is a mindset MASTER. I have really immersed myself in a lot of his speeches, podcasts, and book content and thoroughly enjoyed reading about his journey through self growth and all he has accomplished! He’s an inspiration to many, and h...
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind - David
 
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A blank page journal is great for outlining all your goals — not just in text, but in your own pictures and imagery! I love these blank books because it leaves it open for anything everything you feel the need to write down. The possibilities are lim...
Blank Page Journal
 
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This book gives some great insight for women on how to match your food and fitness goals to your own personal life goals — another plus is that it also helps you gain better habit building skills too for your everyday life.
ROAR: Match Food & Fitness to Your Female
 
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If you are spiritual at all, I totally recommend you read the Book of Enoch for a little bit more of an in depth look into history!
Book Of Enoch
 
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Another religious option — so if you’re not religious feel free to just skip it — but for me, I felt like this really helped me get closer to the Lord, understand the world a bit better, and really drove me into leaving my own guilt and shame in the ...
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene: Jean-Yves Leloup ...
 
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If you’re a parent, this book is a must-have for navigating the troubles that come along with motherhood and fatherhood at times. Managing emotions can be difficult sometimes, but this is the perfect literary sidekick to help you do just that!
Tiny Humans, Big Emotions: Navigate Tantrums