Self-improvement books
Self Help books are a reflection of us wanting to re-shape our lives and be a better version of ourselves. Here are some books on self discovery.
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Prices for Get Your Sh*t Together by Sarah Knight
Get Your Sh*t Together by Sarah Knight. Get Your Sh*t Together is a giddily profane, immensely useful, and surprisingly powerful guide to achieving your wildest dreams--whether you're stuck in a job or relationship you hate, overwhelmed by a million unread emails, or just need a little help along your way to world domination.
Prices for The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: Revised Edition by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young. Story of a woman who struggled with severe learning disabilities, built herself a better brain and started a program that's helped 1000s of others. She was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow and stubborn. But by relying on her formidable memory and iron will, she made her way to grad school, where she chanced upon research that inspired her to invent cognitive exercises to fix her own brain.
Prices for Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
Year of Yes - How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes. Profound, impassioned and laugh-out-loud funny, in Year of Yes Shonda Rhimes reveals how saying YES changed - and saved - her life. And inspires readers everywhere to change their own lives with one little word: Yes.
Prices for The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson. a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it."
Prices for Don't Sweat The Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff by Richard Carlson. A book that shows you how to prevent the little things in life driving you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your hurried, stress-filled life. Learn how to put things in perspective by making the small daily changes he suggests, including advice such as "Think of your problems as potential teachers"; and "remember that when you die, your 'in' box won't be empty".
Prices for I'M JUDGING YOU by Luvvie Ajayi
I'M JUDGING YOU by Luvvie Ajayi. With a lighthearted, rapier wit and a unique perspective, I'm Judging You is the handbook the world needs, doling out the hard truths and a road map for bringing some "act right" into our lives, social media, and popular culture.
Prices for The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu
The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu. In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu travelled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness’s eightieth birthday and to create this book as a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: how do we find joy in the face of life’s inevitable suffering? They traded intimate stories, teased each other continually, and shared their spiritual practices.
Prices for Rewire by Richard O'Connor
Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior, by Richard O'Connor. A practicing psychotherapist and author of Undoing Depression discusses why it is so hard to break bad habits and offers new ways to make lasting changes to end procrastinating, overeating, passive aggressiveness and much more.
Prices for The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. With humor and insight, she chronicles her adventures during the year she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Rubin didn't have the option to uproot herself, nor did she want to; instead she focused on improving her life as it was.
Prices for Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Bea Johnson
Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Béa Johnson. Zero Waste Home is the ultimate guide to simplified, sustainable living from Bea Johnson, author of the popular blog of the same name. Bea Johnson transformed her family's health, finances, and relationships for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing half litre per year. It's all down to the 5 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot (and only in that order!).
Prices for Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy Ferriss. For the last 2 years, Ferriss interviewed nearly 200 world-class performers for the podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs, athletes and legendary Special Operations commanders to black-market biochemists. This book contains the distilled tools and tactics you won’t find anywhere else.
Prices for Wanderlust: A Modern Yogi's Guide to Discovering Your Best Self by Jeff Krasno
Wanderlust: A Modern Yogi's Guide to Discovering Your Best Self by Jeff Krasno. Like the wildly popular festivals that have taken the yoga world by storm, Wanderlust is a road map for the millions of people engaged in cultivating their best selves. For the 20 million people who grab their yoga mats in the United States every week, this book gives a completely unique way to understand "yoga"--not just as something to do in practice, but as a broader principle for living.
Prices for The Council Of Dads: Family, fatherhood, and life lessons to leave my daughters by Bruce Feiler
The Council of Dads by Bruce Feiler. Bruce Feiler, bestselling author and award-winning journalist, was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. On learning this, he decided to approach six friends who could each provide advice and support to his young twin daughters through their lives should he die. This book is the inspiring story of what happened next.