“Behind every successful woman is a tribe of other women who have her back. “
-Unknown
.png)
In our world today, being a female is a beautiful thing. You have power, you have a voice, you have the strength and support of so many other amazing women around you. I know being a creative entrepreneur is sometimes lonely and you get stuck working alone behind your computer quite often. These are some of my favorite books where I feel like I have a girl gang to rely on and hear stories and support from. I know they are all shouting in our corners to be our cheerleaders. So if you need a little self encouragement from other ladies who are killing it, check these out!
- Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist: Leave behind the pressure of being perfect and simply be present in your life. Quit pushing yourself to achieve perfection in your life and just simply live your life. Being present is going to make the journey of your life much more fulfilling than constantly trying to obtain some unrealistic goal of being perfect. Shauna gives you the story of what made her finally realize living a life in presence over perfection was what made all the difference in her life and it can in yours too.
Other books coming soon: - I Guess I Haven’t Learned that Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living when the Old ways stop working (Releasing April 2022)
- Own Your Everyday by Jordan Lee Dooley: If you want a book filled with faith, work, relationships and everyday life this is the one for you. Overcoming obstacles such as comparison, distraction, and disappointment. This book is a great self love book on learning to live your god given purpose in life by breaking away from exceptions, stress and fear.
She is also releasing a new book as well this April, Pre-order here: - Embrace Your Almost: Find Clarity and Contentment in the In-betweens, Not-Quite, and Unknowns
- Girl, Stop Apologizing: Rachel Hollis has become a house hold name for self love books. She has wrote three major books on life and living the life you are meant to when life throws us curve balls. Each of her books make you feel like you are not alone in this thing we call life.
Other Books by Rachel Hollis: - Didn’t See that Coming: Putting life back together when your world falls apart
- Girl, Wash your face: Stop believing the lies about who you are so you can become who you were meant to be
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert: This is the woman who wrote the acclaimed novel Eat.Pray.Love and this book is an extension of living your creative life beyond the fear that is in all of us. If you are a creative and your fear is holding you back from doing what you love this is a must read.
- Like she owns the place by Cara Alwill Leyba: Learn how to live your life with confidence. Become the person you truly want to be seen as. With patience, dedication, forgiveness, bravery and a lot of self- compassion Cara shows you how you can be that amazing person you have been dying to become.
Other Books by Cara Alwill Leyba: - Girl on Fire: How to choose yourself, burn the rule book, and blaze your own trail in life and business
- Fearless & Fabulous: 10 Powerful strategies for getting anything you want in life
- Girl Code: Unlocking the secrets to success, sanity and happiness for the female entrepreneur
- You are a Badass by Jen Sincero: Start living your life the way you want to live it. Learn to love what you can’t change and change what you don’t love. Another book that gets you out from that life you are expected to live based on how we are raised and learning the life you want to live is actually attainable with work and changing your mind to become the badass you really can be.
Other books by Jen Sincero: - Badass Habits: Cultivate the Confidence, Boundaries and Know-How to Upgrade your Life
- You are a Badass at Making Money: Master the mindset of wealth
- You are a Badass Every Day: How to keep your motivation strong, your vibe high and your quest for transformation unstoppable
- Pretty Happy by Kate Hudson: Life is certainly on the move but this book is all about enhancing your well being by eating well, moving your body, being mindful and creating a good relationship with your body. A great read for finding that balance in life and body.
- Choose Wonder over Worry by Amber Rae: This book talks about how we can overcome the worrying habit we spend so much time on. Overcome the fear, self-doubt, perfectionism and impostor syndrome. Learn how to come alive in your life over worrying. This is a great read when you feel like you are the only one who is stuck in these worries and you soon realize you are not alone.
- Give a F**k by Felicity Morse: This book is written by a woman who is a journalist and life coach. She talks about how to find that self-love and embrace the fact that we are all connected. Loving yourself and learning to love others and it is as simple as the title, giving a f**k.
- Being Boss: This book is all about taking control of your life and work on your own terms. Based off of the Podcast being boss, Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson share all about boss habits, mindset and money. Find what cultivates your confidence and map out those goals to get the results you want.
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Brené Brown: Brené Brown is one of New York Times bestsellers and this book guides you through learning to let go of who you believe you should be and who the world wants you to believe you are. Finding out who you truly are and what makes you happy. It is a must read for self-discovery, personal growth, boundless love and learning you are worthy of everything.
Other amazing must reads by Brené Brown are: - Dare to Lead
- Braving the Wilderness
- Grace Not Perfection by Emily Ley: Is great for those mama’s who are struggling to juggle life and business. For myself personally not having children I couldn’t relate to some of that, but for those of you who do it would be a great read!
- Open Wide by Melissa Ambrosini: Talks about being a woman, love, relationships, and your sexual self. This is one if you want to get to know yourself better, personally, relationship and just in life.
- Year of Yes By Shonda Rhimes: I listened to this on Audible while traveling and let me just say I am so happy I did. Shonda is such an encouragement to other women and seeing so much of what she did in her life to grow her empire is amazing. She encourages you to say yes to you, yes to your life, yes to what you want to do. Seriously a must read!
