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MyCEOLyfe Reads: Money, Mindset & Midlife Power Moves - Books, Journals & Must-Reads for Growth-Minded Individuals
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items Read, Rise, and Repeat: My bookshelf of empowerment, healing, mindset & inspiration. This is my personal bookshelf of growth, healing, empowerment, and inspiration. These books and journals have supported my mindset, reflection, and becoming journey — perfect for anyone who love to read, write, and evolve intentionally. A curated reading list supporting financial freedom, personal growth, health, and confident living—one chapter at a time.
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📘Mindset, Personal Growth & Confidence
🌿Heath, Wellness, & Midlife Care
💼Leadership & Women in Business
📝 Tools, Journals, Planners & Practical Resources
💰Finance, Wealth, Money Management & Financial Freedom
📖 Fiction
📘Mindset, Personal Growth & Confidence
Books that inspire clarity, confidence, mindset shifts, and intentional living.
A practical, easy-to-follow guide on building better habits through small, consistent changes that truly add up. I've also listened on my Spotify account while walking.
Atomic Habits: Easy Way to Build & Break Habits
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Blends ancient wisdom with modern life, offering tools for calm, clarity, and intentional living.
Think Like a Monk: Train Mind for Peace
A straightforward, no-fluff approach to quieting mental noise and reclaiming focus. Great for breaking cycles of over analysis and self-doubt.
Stop F*cking Overthinking: Simplify Life
A colleague shared this book with me as a step towards any of my relationships, professional and personal. A practical and empowering guide to saying no without guilt and yes with clarity. Essential for protecting your time, energy, and peace.
Boundaries Updated & Expanded Edition
🌿Heath, Wellness, & Midlife Care
Reads that support emotional healing, self-acceptance, and inner growth.
A grounding read that encourages presence, mindfulness, and freedom from overthinking.
The Power of Now: Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
An eye-opening read for anyone interested in trauma awareness, emotional healing, and mind–body connection. Informative and impactful, this book is best read slowly and intentionally, especially for those on a healing journey.
The Body Keeps the Score: Healing Trauma
Highly recommend for someone like me who was trying to understand what was happening to me these last few years. Only until a colleague and friend mention that I may be going through Perimenopause so that's when my journey of discovery started. A spiritually reflective read that encourages awareness, intuition, and trust in life’s signals. Ideal for readers dra...
How to Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health
A bold, informative resource that blends facts, feminism, and advocacy. Perfect for women seeking clarity, validation, and agency during midlife transitions.
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health
💼Leadership & Women in Business
Empowering reads for women stepping into leadership, purpose, and ownership of their lives.
Motivating, bold, and encouraging — perfect for building confidence and taking action toward your goals.
You Are a Badass: Stop Doubting & Start Living
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An inspiring memoir about growth, resilience, leadership, and embracing every chapter of your life.
Becoming: Obama, Michelle
A classic for a reason—this book strengthens communication, leadership, and relationship skills that apply to career, business, and everyday life.
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Explores how passion and perseverance—not talent alone—drive long-term success. A powerful reminder to stay consistent even when motivation fades.
Grit: Power of Passion and Perseverance
📝 Tools, Journals, Planners & Practical Resources
Guided and open-ended journals for reflection, planning, gratitude, and creativity.
A guided workbook designed to help women reconnect with themselves through reflection, healing, and intentional self-care. With thoughtful prompts and exercises, this workbook encourages self-awareness, confidence, and compassion while supporting per...
Self-Love Workbook for Women: Release Doubt
A daily devotional created to offer encouragement, reflection, and spiritual grounding. Each entry provides a moment of peace, inspiration, and guidance to help you start or end your day with intention and faith. I love this as a simple daily practic...
Daily Devotional For Women
A hands-on budgeting companion designed to track expenses, bills, and financial goals. Ideal for building consistent money habits with a simple, visual system.
SUNEE: Budget Planner
This year my secret santa from work got me this and it came at the right time for my first travel to document in 2026 which I will definitely use in preparation for my Passport to 50 Journey that I will be embarking. So excited.
TRAVEL PLANNER
💰Finance, Wealth, Money Management & Financial Freedom
This section features books and resources that help simplify money, build healthier financial habits, and shift the way we think about wealth. These reads focus on mindset, emotional spending, long-term planning, and practical strategies to create fi...
A powerful look at how emotions, behavior, and mindset shape financial decisions more than numbers ever do. You might be surprised to learn that managing money isn’t just about tracking expenses or balancing spreadsheets.
At its core, personal fina...
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Wealth Lessons
Encourages intentional spending choices that align money with values, joy, and long-term fulfillment. I bought the book and will start reading it this month. Let me know if you've read it or not.
The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices
A practical, no-shame guide to managing money, building wealth, and creating a rich life based on your values — without extreme budgeting or guilt. This book breaks down finances into clear, actionable steps that feel realistic and sustainable. Why I recommend this book because it makes money feel approachable and empowering. Pairing it with the workbook takes it a step further by helping you apply the concepts directly to your own finances — from spending plans and savings to investing and...
I will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi
A practical, judgment-free guide to navigating money conversations as a couple. This book helps partners align on values, spending, saving, and long-term goals while reducing stress and conflict around finances. What I love about this book is how rea...
Money for Couples
I started to follow her on YouTube and added her book to my must-read financial books. A practical, mindset-shifting guide that challenges you to think bigger with money and income goals. Perfect for anyone ready to expand their earning potential and move toward financial independence step by step.
Add a Zero: Guide to Financial Freedom
One author I definitely listened to on podcast and seen his YouTube videos. This book reframes money as something that can feel aligned, calm, and accessible. A great read for building systems and habits that support a richer life without burnout.
Make Money Easy: Create Financial Freedom
A modern take on personal finance that breaks traditional money rules and updates them for today’s economy. Straightforward, relatable, and ideal for simplifying money decisions.
The New Money Rules: Gen Z Guide eBook
Inspiring real-life stories of everyday people achieving financial independence. This book offers motivation, relatability, and practical lessons for designing your own FI journey.
Pathfinders: Real Stories on Financial Quest
I was fascinated from his simple approach when I watched his YoutTube interview. A timeless, no-nonsense roadmap to wealth through simplicity, long-term investing, and clarity. Ideal for anyone who wants a calm, confident approach to money.
The Simple Path to Wealth: Financial Independence
Breaks wealth down into clear principles and repeatable behaviors. A smart, structured read for building long-term financial security with intention.
The Algebra of Wealth: Simple Formula for Financial Security
📖 Fiction
This section is dedicated to stories that entertain, inspire, and make you think. From thought-provoking novels to emotionally rich storytelling, these fiction picks explore themes of love, resilience, identity, and humanity. Ideal for readers who en...
This is one book I will be adding for my January read recommeded by CGF. She shared that this story is a story of new beginnings and a haunting past. If you've ever had to deal with a difficult past, this book will captivate you and remind you of the importance of forgiveness and unconditional love. William Waters had a lonely childhood in a household where his parents barely acknowledged his existence. Luckily, he escaped his tragic life by going to college, where he not only made new friends but also met a love interest, Julia Padavano. A once... I'll definitely share once I'm done. Let me know if anyone has read it and your thoughts.
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano