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Books I Need to Read That Will Help My Brain & Body
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items One day I’ll become the best avid reader. My attention span at this point in life is terrible when it comes to books. That’s why I unknowingly put reading books off, even if it’s something on my to-read list. But I know that I’ll be so happy and acco...
Sections
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Financial Independence
Spirituality & Faith
Self-Growth
Mental Health
Relationships & Dating
Contemporary
Financial Independence
Beginner-friendly money guide centered on financial empowerment. Topics include personal finance for women, investing and wealth-building, salary negotiation, money psychology and systemic inequality.
Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money And Build A Life You Love by Tori Dunlap
I’ve heard about this book for some time now and it’s definitely my top priority book to read. It introduces foundation concepts about building wealth outside traditional employment. Discusses financial literacy, assets vs. liabilities, entrepreneurs...
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Spirituality & Faith
A faith-based guide to understanding purpose from a Christian perspective. Discusses life purpose and meaning, Christian faith, spiritual growth, service and fulfillment, and identity through faith.
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren
A Christian-oriented book about managing intrusive and toxic thinking. Discusses negative thought patterns, anxiety and mental spirals, faith and mindset, emotional control, and renewing thought habits.
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts by Jennie Allen
Identifying, false beliefs, women commonly struggling with, replacing lies with biblical truth, spiritual, freedom, and emotional healing, identity, self-worth, relationships, and purity, overcoming insecurity, comparison, fear, and shame, trusting G...
Lies Women Believe & Truth That Sets Free
Grief, trauma, and suffering, forgiveness and healing, understanding God’s love and presence, faith during tragedy, redemption, and reconciliation, the nature of the Trinity and spirituality. This book explores how God can meet people in deep pain an...
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
Jesus is compassion toward imperfect people, grace, mercy, and redemption, rejecting, religious judgment, and legalism, building, authentic relationships, loving people where they are, reflecting Jesus through kindness and acceptance. Jesus intention...
Friend of Sinners: Why Jesus Cares More
This novel follows a shepherd named Santiago who leaves home in search of treasure after having a recurring dream. Along the journey, he learns lessons about courage, intuition, persistence, and destiny. The treasure he seeks becomes a metaphor for p...
The Alchemist
Self-Growth
A poetry/prose collection focused on finding “home” within yourself. Discusses healing from trauma, self-love and identity, loneliness and belonging, mental health and emotional growth, relationships and womanhood.
Home Body by Rupi Kaur
Controlling negative thoughts, mental and spiritual warfare, anxiety, fear, doubt, and overthinking, renewing the mind through faith, emotional discipline and inner peace, developing healthier thought patterns. Many life struggles begin in the mind. ...
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle
Focused on using tiny consistent habits to create major life changes. Discusses habit formation, productivity and discipline, behavior change, systems vs. goals, and small improvements over time.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Explores overcoming internal barriers holding your back. Discusses self-sabotage, emotional healing, personal transformation, building emotional intelligence, and inner growth and resilience.
The Mountain is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest
Centered around four guiding principles for healthier living and relationships. Discusses personal freedom, communication and integrity, letting go of assumptions, emotional peace, and spiritual wisdom.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Focused on facing challenges with self-awareness and courage. Discusses emotional resilience, relationships and vulnerability, personal growth, mental health and honesty, and navigating difficult life transitions.
We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions
Focused on reducing stress by allowing others to act as they choose instead of trying to control outcomes. Discusses letting go of control, boundaries and emotional peace, managing other people’s decisions, self-prioritization, and personal freedom.
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
Most people limit themselves by thinking in small, incremental steps. Instead of improving 10%, he encourages readers to make "quantum leaps" by changing how they think about goals and opportunities. The book emphasizes bold action, challenging assum...
You2: High Velocity Formula for Effectiveness
Changing a person's appearance doesn’t always improve someone’s confidence. The author concluded that people's lives are largely governed by their internal self-image. The book teaches techniques such as visualization, mental rehearsal, and positive ...
Psycho-Cybernetics
Mental Health
Explains traits and coping strategies for highly sensitive individuals. Discusses sensory sensitivity, emotional overwhelm, nervous system regulation, introversion and empathy, and self-understanding for sensitive people.
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron
Explains how daily actions can positively affect the brain. Discusses depression and mood improvement, brain chemistry and habits, neuroscience-based wellness, small behavioral changes, and mental health improvement.
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb
Most psychological suffering comes from dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. The author encourages readers to observe their thoughts without becoming identified with them and to cultivate awareness of the present moment. The book combin...
The Power of Now: Guide to Enlightenment
Relationships & Dating
Philosophical and emotional exploration of what real love means. Discusses love as an action and practice, emotional honesty, relationships and attachment, community and compassion, and healing from unhealthy love patterns
All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks
Encourages women to maintain standards and individuality in relationships. Discusses dating confidence, boundaries and self-respect, relationship dynamics, avoiding people-pleasing, and emotional independence.
Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov
Focuses on the understanding attraction dynamics and dating strategies. Discusses dating psychology, attraction and communication, confidence and femininity, relationship behavior patterns, and emotional connection.
How To Actually Attract by Rick Lewis
Contemporary
A contemporary fiction novel about a young woman balancing caregiving, culture, and independence. Discusses family responsibility, cultural identity, coming-of-age and adulthood, loneliness and friendship, dating and self-discovery.
Maame by Jessica George
Health
Inspired by Dr. Sebi, this guide focuses on medicinal herbs, herbal supplements, herbal tablets/capsules and their uses, natural remedies for common health issues, benefits and side effects of herbs, detoxing, immune support, digestion, and wellness,...
Herbal Health Tablets Guide: Alkaline Detox & Remedies
Highly recommend this book! Such a good author who I wholeheartedly trust when it comes to what we should and shouldn’t put in our bodies. This book focuses on the connection between nutrition, chronic disease, and modern medicine. Dr. Bobby Price pr...
Topics include plant-based nutrition and natural healing, how diet may affect chronic illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure, criticism of processed foods and overreliance on medication, herbal and natural alternatives for wellness, weight l...
Topics include plant-based nutrition and natural healing, how diet may affect chronic illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure, criticism of processed foods and overreliance on medication, herbal and natural alternatives for wellness, weight l...
Vegucation Over Medication: The Myths, Lies, And Truths About ...