Book Recommendations
Last Updated • Dec 6, 2024
As a lifelong learner, I read and implement a book a week. Through wise discernment and lived experience, I recommend these "Top 10" books to free your genius, so it frees the world.
Since many authors are white, male, spousal/financial support, Filter for what resonates and leave the rest. Trust your own Knowing .
Categories • GRACE • IDENTITY • Spiritual Intelligence • CREATIVITY • Emotional Intelligence • STORYTELLING • JOY + Peace • PURPOSE + Leadership • FREEDOMPRENEURSHIP + Business • WEALTH + Money • Self-worth • VITALITY • Trauma • HEALING • PARTNERSHIP • ROMANce • MEMOIRS
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit - Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts
The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender
Advanced Energy Anatomy: The Science of Co-Creation and Your Power of Choice
Understanding Human Design: Discover Who You Really Are
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender
Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment
The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection
Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Intimate Conversations with the Divine: Prayer, Guidance, and Grace
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
Effortless: Make it Easier to Do What Matters Most
The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Archetypes: A Beginner's Guide to Your Inner-net
The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius
Understanding Human Design: Discover Who You Really Are
Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
(Six traits: Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, Meaning)
Refuse to Choose!: A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything That You Love
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Advanced Energy Anatomy: The Science of Co-Creation and Your Power of Choice
Embodied Enlightenment: Living Your Awakening in Every Moment
Entering the Castle: Exploring Your Mystical Experience of God
Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming
Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connection, and Courage
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit - Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativity
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams and Messy Manuscripts–with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors
The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
A Quiet Life in 7 Steps: Cut through the noise and tun into yourself
The Universe Always Has a Plan: The 10 Golden Rules of Letting Go
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team
Rising Strong: The Reckoning, The Rumble, The Revolution
Presence: Bringing your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts
The Luxury Strategy: Break the Rules of Marketing to Build Luxury Brands
Oversubscribed: How To Get People Lining Up To Do Business With You
Chill and Prosper: The New Way to Grow Your Business, Make Millions, and Change the World
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
The Suitcase Entrepreneur: Create Freedom in Business and Adventure in Life
How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age
The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles
We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power
The Art of Money: A Life-Changing GUide to Financial Happiness
You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth Kindle
Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
Get Rich, Lucky Bitch!: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life
Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations About Food and Money
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth
Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
Pussy: A Reclamation
The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond
The Kitchen Healer: The Journey to Becoming You
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
Thriving as an Empath: 365 Days of Self-Care for Sensitive People
Break the Mold: 5 Tools to Conquer Mold and Take Back Your Health
The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts
Radical Longevity: The Powerful Plan to Sharpen Your Brain, Strengthen Your Body, and Reverse the Symptoms of Aging
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles
Dream Yoga: The Tibetan Path of Awakening Through Lucid Dreaming
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma
Chiron in Astrology: The Ultimate Guide to the Wounded Healer (Planets in Astrology Collection)
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Your Soul's Gift: The Healing Power of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory
Rebloom: Archetypal Trauma Resolution for Personal & Collective Healing
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters
The 6 Needs of Every Child: Empowering Parents and Kids Through the Science of Connection
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery
Becoming Safely Embodied: A Guide to Organize Your Mind, Body and Heart to Feel Secure in the World
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - And Keep - Love
The Enchanted Love Workshop: Building the Inner Temple of the Sacred and the Romantic
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic & the Domestic
Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After
Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships
All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation Book 1)
The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You
Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Calling in "The One": 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life
Dear Lover: A Woman's Guide To Men, Sex, And Love's Deepest Bliss
The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire
The Amazing Development of Men: Every Man's Journey from Knight to Prince to King
Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
Intimate Communion: Awakening Your Sexual Essence
Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Turning Point: 1997-2008
Educated: A Memoir
Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination
You've been warned
If you enjoy a dash of truth with a sprinkle of LOL, listen to these podcast episodes before reading the book. It may save you houuuuuurs of time (and potentially your sanity). It's easy to preach "If I can do it, anyone can" when the author or their spouse is already financially wealthy/white/male.
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
