Healing Books To Go Into The New Year With A Fresh and Strong Start
We hear people say this all the time, but I really feel this year more than ever before, I blinked and we got to the end of 2024! But, then I think of the many new perspectives I gained, shifts and changes I made in my life, and I’d say it was a year with many positives, redirections, and growth.
This makes me realize that we shouldn’t focus on the past, present, and future simultaneously. Doing so, will make you feel like time evaporates from your hands, leaving you feeling unfulfilled. Make the intention to only live for the “here and now”. That’s all that matters. I’m thoroughly convinced this is the best way to live. Through all my trials and tribulations, I arrive at this conclusion repeatedly. Here and now, friends.
Here are some books I trust and know will help you heal, renew, and restore you for a strong/fresh new year! Are you ready to leave the baggage behind and start your new clean slate journey?! Let’s Go!
After The Rain, By Alexandra Elle
Part memoir and part guide, Elle shares stirring stories from her own remarkable journey from self-doubt to self-love.
This soulful collection is filled with illuminating reflections on loss, fear, bravery, healing, love, acceptance, and more.
Readers follow along her journey as she transforms challenging experiences—a difficult childhood, painful romantic relationships, and single parenting as a young mom—into fuel for her career as a successful entrepreneur and author driven by purpose and passion.
Perfect For….
Those who practice meditation, self-care, journaling
Anyone seeking personal transformation and empowerment
Fans of Alex Elle and her popular The Hey Girl Podcast
Readers of Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart, Inward and Lighter by Yung Pueblo, 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson, and anything written by Rupi Kaur, Rachel Hollis, or Elizabeth Gilbert
How We Heal, by Alexandra Elle
In How We Heal, bestselling author Alexandra Elle offers a life-changing invitation to heal yourself and reclaim your peace. In these pages, readers will discover essential techniques for self-healing, including journaling rituals to cultivate innate strength, accessible tools for processing difficult emotions, and restorative meditations to ease the mind.
Alex Elle elegantly weaves together themes like self-healing, mindfulness, inner child work, and boundary setting and presents the reader with easy-to-follow practices that have changed her life and the lives of the thousands of people she has taught. Her 4-part framework for healing will appeal to anyone who wants a clear process, while the compelling personal stories leave the reader feeling connected and ready to begin again.
Embrace Your Almost, by Jordan Lee Dooley
Jordan Lee Dooley knows firsthand how frustrating it can be when you almost achieve a goal, almost reach a dream, and almost get to where you want to be, only to land just short of the finish line or watch it all fall apart at the last minute.
Unmet expectations have a way of making us rethink everything. But perhaps rethinking dreams is not always the worst thing. Why? Because it’s in those moments, when you’re not where you expected to be, that you have a chance to pause and consider what matters most to you as well as redefine what success looks like for youin a world that’s constantly telling you what you should want or should do.
Believe it or not, it is possible to cultivate a life you really like—and one where you can succeed—in the tension of the middle, between where you started and where you hoped to be. Discover:
• practical steps to move forward when your plans don’t go according to plan
• how to clarify which goals are right for you to pursue
• what to do when dreams seem to come true for everyone but you
• the unexpected gains that can arise from unwanted pain
• how to know when it’s time to let go of a dream—and what to do with the space left behind
Vibrate Higher Daily, by Lalah Delia
Too often we feel pulled down by circumstances or the negativity of others. We think we have no control over the things that are hurting us and holding us back from realizing our truest selves. But according to Lalah Delia, we have more power within us than we know: listen to your unique inner voice and trust your instincts. By doing so, you’re already experiencing the transformative power of vibrational-based living.
Vibrating higher daily is about making intentional day-to-day choices that lift us out of mindsets, habits, and lifestyles that don't serve us and into ones that do. This book is an invitation to engage with everything that feeds our soul and raises our vibration, and to simultaneously let go of the things bringing our energy down. Through poetry, mantras, and affirmations, Lalah Delia empowers us to live with higher potential and quality of being.
Vibrate Higher Daily is a manifesto unlike any other for stepping into our power.
Set Boundaries, Find Peace, by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Healthy boundaries. We all know we should have them--in order to achieve work/life balance, cope with toxic people, and enjoy rewarding relationships with partners, friends, and family. But what do "healthy boundaries" really mean--and how can we successfully express our needs, say "no," and be assertive without offending others?
Licensed counselor, sought-after relationship expert, and one of the most influential therapists on Instagram Nedra Glover Tawwab demystifies this complex topic for today's world. In a relatable and inclusive tone, Set Boundaries, Find Peace presents simple-yet-powerful ways to establish healthy boundaries in all aspects of life. Rooted in the latest research and best practices used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), these techniques help us identify and express our needs clearly and without apology--and unravel a root problem behind codependency, power struggles, anxiety, depression, burnout, and more.