Best Books for Inspiration
I read constantly to help me to elevate my life. If we stop learning, we stop growing and start declining.
These are my top ten books for inspiration:
The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life As a gift to myself for my 50th birthday, I tried 50 new things to determine how I wanted to live the next chapter of my life. This book is a proscriptive memoir that will help you get unstuck and become your best version.
Self-Care for Busy People: Ways to Improve Your Life with Easy to Follow Self-Care Practices Anyone Can Do A guide for people to elevate their lives, to get unstuck, and to practice many facets of self-care. This book will help busy people to improve the quality of their lives. Drawing from author, journalist, podcaster, attorney, Maria Leonard Olsen's work from over a decade, easy to use practices can help anyone to become their best version. Spiritual, mental, social, physical, and emotional self-care practices are covered, as well as how to overcome barriers to self-care. Resources for further reading are included. Filled with inspirational graphics, this small book packs a powerful punch for readers to ignite their lives.
Man’s Search for Meaning A book for finding purpose and strength in times of great despair, the international best-seller is still just as relevant today as when it was first published.
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love. The shared adventures and important conversations between the four friends are full of life lessons that have connected with readers of all ages.
The Art of Happiness Through meditation, stories, and the meeting of Buddhism and psychology, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, or just an ordinary bad mood. He discusses relationships, health, family, work, and spirituality to show us how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep, abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations and with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is a program that crosses the boundaries of all traditions to help listeners with the difficulties common to all human beings.
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life You can acquire optimism and significantly improve your life! Are you an optimist or a pessimist? How often do you take on exciting new projects or celebrate your successes? Now psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman, one of the world's experts on motivation, shows you how to chart a new approach to living with "flexible optimism." Dr. Seligman's principles of reasoned, flexible optimism will help you rise above pessimism and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts.
Radical Acceptance Writing with great warmth and clarity, Tara Brach brings her teachings alive through personal stories and case histories, fresh interpretations of Buddhist tales, and guided meditations. Step by step, she leads us to trust our innate goodness, showing how we can develop the balance of clear-sightedness and compassion that is the essence of Radical Acceptance. Radical Acceptance does not mean self-indulgence or passivity. Instead it empowers genuine change: healing fear and shame and helping to build loving, authentic relationships. When we stop being at war with ourselves, we are free to live fully every precious moment of our lives.
The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now In troubled times there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh - one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today - reveals an art of living in mindfulness that helps us answer life's deepest questions and experience the happiness and freedom we desire.
Let me know what you think. Suggestions welcome!
