Thursday, December 30, 2021

Book Nook: Books for Self-Improvement from Mango Publishing

Often people use the New Year as a way to kick start new goals. Whether or not that's something you do, we can all use a little more self-care. Mango Publishing has a wide variety of books available that can help you recharge and refocus.

You, Recharged: How to Beat Fatigue (Mostly), Amp Up Your Energy (Usually), and Enjoy Life Again (Always) (Regain Your Mojo)

I had a chance to review this book by Polly Campbell, who decided to reclaim her core energy when she got tired of over-exhaustion and burnout. What I liked is that it's not about making earth-shattering, life-altering huge changes. It's about adding in good habits and self-care strategies, and helping restore our balance. It's also realistic - life won't always be perfect, but adding a few good things that replace some of the negative habits can have a huge difference.

A Body to Love: Cultivate Community, Body Positivity, and Self-Love in the Age of Social Media

I had a chance to review this book as well. The book provides help with positively navigating body image, and is written by Angelina Caruso, detailing her journey of recovery and self-love. It touches on social media, body image, and eating disorders, and can provide examples and strength for those dealing with similar issues. 

The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred

This was an interesting book to read as well. As someone who loves to travel, I really enjoyed the idea of being more mindful about it. Through literary travel stories and meditations, award-winning writer, filmmaker and host of the acclaimed Global Spirit PBS series, Phil Cousineau, shows readers that travel is worthy of mindfulness and spiritual examination. Learn to approach travel with a desire for risk and renewal, practicing intentionality and being present. Whether traveling to Mecca or Memphis, Stonehenge or Cooperstown, one’s journey becomes meaningful when the traveler’s heart and imagination are open to experiencing the sacred. The Art of Pilgrimage shows that there is something sacred waiting to be discovered around us. Discover our amazing author on Mango!
 

Each Day a Renewed Beginning: Meditations for a Peaceful Journey

Peace is always possible, even in the midst of a storm. By sharing a meditation for each day of the year, author Karen Casey speaks to the common experience, shared struggles, and unique strengths of those who seek support and spiritual growth in recovery. Today can open the door to a new way of living. Love can be a powerful influence in our lives. It’s the total absence of judgment. It’s pure acceptance. It is the inner voice reminding us that all is well and God is present, right here and right now. The overwhelming peace we feel is all the evidence we need of God’s constancy. The expression of love that quiets our mind and we are flooded with inner peace. 

Start Here, Start Now…Start Anywhere: A Fill-in Journal to Discover Your Best Year Yet!

Part coloring book, part guided journal Start Here, Start Now...Start Anywhere! is specially made to help you accomplish your ambitions, meet your goals, and enjoy moments of mindfulness. From best-selling author and illustrator Ronnie Walter comes an eye-catching, guided, fill-in journal that will produce some clarity on your goals.Filled with fun lists and journal ideas, Start Here, Start Now...Start Anywhere! is an easy-to-use guide with all the benefits of journal writing. It’s undated, so you don’t need an excuse to start next week. It also includes lined pages to help capture thoughts or save daily reflections. And with lots of illustrations and coloring pages, its therapeutic potential helps reduce anxiety and make room for mindfulness.

Positive Thinking Journal: A 365 Day Positivity Journal for Kids 

A new addition to the bestselling Woo! Jr. Kids Activities series, this gratitude diary for children gives your kids hundreds of gratitude journal prompts, self-care planner activities, and positive thinking exercises that help boost their self-esteem.These kid-friendly journal pages have a variety of gratitude journal prompts to help your little ones focus on the best things in their lives. Explore mindfulness for kids with affirmations coloring pages, too! 

The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Hope, and Opening Your Heart

Discover a greater sense of focus through a combination of inspirational words of wisdom from various women and mindfulness activities that teach you about the importance of your well-being. This book is a friend whose hand you can hold on the path toward being present in the moment. Finding your way leads naturally to a more open heart, inner peace, and greater zest for life. Theole uses a gentle and humorous approach that makes The Mindful Woman a practical and easily understood guide for those who are new to the practice of mindfulness and those who are already familiar with its gifts 

I Can Do Anything: Positive Affirmations, Inspirational Thoughts and Motivational Words Card Deck

Inspirational thoughts, self-love affirmations, positive mantras. From Becca Anderson, the bestselling author of Badass Affirmations and The Book of Awesome Women, comes this card deck of positive self-love affirmations for women who are smart, strong, and ready to take on the world.Any time you find yourself overwhelmed with the demands of life, pause for a “gratitude adjustment.” Giving yourself self-love affirmations is a mindfulness practice that helps you strengthen your self-esteem. The more you train your brain with positive mantras, the stronger your confidence becomes. 

Practical Mindfulness: A Physician's No-Nonsense Guide to Meditation for Beginners

Master the nuts and bolts of meditation, without the crystals and granola. This book is a no-nonsense, no-incense training guide to the life-changing benefits of mindfulness. Practical Mindfulness approaches mindfulness and meditation from a hands-on, how-to, irreverent perspective-appealing directly to smart readers curious about meditation. By applying Dr. Sazima's training routines, learn to spend more time in real engagement with the world. Cultivate a deeper appreciation of experiences, from the everyday to the extraordinary, and live your life more fully, wisely, and joyfully. We all search for that safe, comfortable feeling of peace of mind-our inner "home." 


Black and Resilient: 52 Weeks of Anti-Racist Activities for Black Joy and Empowerment 

From the bestselling author of Badass Black Girl comes a much-needed space for Black teens and kids to say “I am enough.” In this self-acceptance guidebook for teen boys, be empowered by 52 weeks of Black self-love and anti-racism lessons, affirmations for positive thinking, and prompts for Black Boy Joy. Black and Resilient includes prompts for teens to reflect and divulge what they're feeling on a deeper level. It comes with mind-strengthening affirmations for teens, stories of truth and power, and practices to teach Black teen boys how to stay empowered despite what life throws at them.The Bold & Black series is specifically designed to help Black teens create a safe space to be themselves. The world often forgets that Black boys also need affirmations and words of empowerment to get through the day. Black & Resilient seeks to give Black teens the space to heal, find Black Boy Joy, and become empowered to walk boldly in their everyday lives. 

Thriving in the Eye of the Hurricane: Unlocking Resilience in Turbulent Times

Joseph Bailey (licensed clinical psychologist for over 40 years) helped pioneer a new paradigm of resilience called “Three Principles Psychology”. Those who have learned this new understanding of resilience develop an inner strength that enables them to live in the “eye of the hurricane”, even in the most challenging situations.What is the Transformation Principle? The Transformation Principle is a realization of the fundamental way our mind works, bringing about a “transformative resilience” and radically shifting the way we understand ourselves and our chaotic world. It creates an inner strength that enables us to see that it is our thinking that creates our experience and the quality of our lives.

Plan and Organize Your Life: Achieve Your Goals by Creating Intentional Habits and Routines for Success

In Plan and Organize Your Life, author Beatrice Naujalyte introduces us to the four pillars of an intentional life: planning, organization, productivity, and routines. With these simple tools, you’ll be able to master everything from effective note taking to minimalist workspace organization. This book is the ultimate guide to developing a planning system to effectively execute your daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals. Whether you have professional, personal, or creative planning to do, this book helps you accomplish your smallest and biggest goals by creating new good habits and setting realistic goals. 
 

The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women 

 To be a Black woman in America is to know you cannot protect your children or guarantee their safety, your value is consistently questioned, and even being “twice as good” is often not good enough. Consequently, Black women disproportionately experience anxiety and depression. Studies now conclusively connect racism and mental health―and physical health. You deserve to be emotionally healthy for yourself and those you love. More and more young Black women are re-examining the Strong Black Woman syndrome and engaging in self-care practices that change their lives. 


Resilient Black Girl: 52 Weeks of Anti-Racist Activities for Black Joy and Resilience 

Resilient Black Girl is a must-read in young adult nonfiction books for Black girls. As a social justice book for teens and a book about racism, it provides Black teen girls a better understanding of the effects of racism and equips them with skills for navigating spaces in their daily lives. Young Black girls and young Black women are powerful. Unfortunately, you will face microaggressions and racism in your daily life. Resilient Black Girl empowers you to be brave, face challenges of oppression, and rely on yourself. In the spirit of the Black Lives Matter movement, learn to be a positive element in your community through allyship and activism. This journal and activity workbook provides the steps to achieving your personal and public goals. Discover our amazing author on Mango!
 

Redesign Your Mind: The Breakthrough Program for Real Cognitive Change 
Your mind is yours to redesign, redecorate and create! The idea that you are what you think has concerned philosophers from Marcus Aurelius to the Buddha. Today, this age-old message is delivered via cognitive behavioral therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. techniques. Dr. Eric Maisel moves cognitive change a giant step forward by describing the room that is your mind and how human consciousness is experienced there. Packed with visualization exercises, this accessible guide makes redesigning your mind and changing what you think easy and simple, an upgrade to the Cognitive Behavior Therapy method.
 


Writing Down Your Soul: How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within

Janet Conner is a writer, poet, and spiritual field guide, but first and always a deep spiritual soul explorer. Since she discovered how to activate a divine Voice by slipping into the theta brain wave state (the border between the conscious and the subconscious) while writing, Janet has dedicated herself to exploring and sharing what it means to live at the vibrant intersection of the visible and the invisible.After hitting rock bottom while escaping domestic abuse, Janet’s inner voice told her to start writing. As she wrote, she gained clarity and strength, and felt an incredible connection to the divine. Today, research scientists are providing peeks into consciousness and how it works. Writing Down Your Soul explores this research and instructs how to access the power and beauty of our deepest selves. 
 

A Year of Living Green: 365 Things You Can Do for Yourself and the Planet 

A Year of Living Green is a collection of nonreligious, yet deeply soulful suggestions for demonstrating concern, kindness, and consideration for nature and its animals. Organized by month, it includes tips on living green, where to purchase organic and fair-trade products, how to unplug from the grid, supporting local economies, nourishing the earth, and creating a sustainable lifestyle. Julie offers you daily personal anecdotes, inspiring quotations, verses of poetry, simple vegetarian recipes, women’s health tips, environmental facts, and green thoughts.

 

The Power of Patience: How This Old-Fashioned Virtue Can Improve Your Life

Things move at a quick pace in our society, in both our work lives and social lives. Not only are we forced to keep up, but we have been conditioned to expect instant gratification. Because of this, we find ourselves getting flustered by the smallest setbacks or hold ups―whether it’s a slow server at a restaurant or rush-hour traffic. Ryan shares how patience is the very antidote to the stress of our fast-paced lifestyle. By reining in our aggravation when things don’t happen instantaneously, we give ourselves time to breathe and think more clearly. We make better use of our days and allow ourselves to make decisions based on how they align with our priorities, instead of focusing on how fast we can get tasks done. With M.J. Ryan’s help, we can learn to foster a patient outlook and find joy and fulfillment in the present moment. 


365 Health & Happiness Boosters

From M.J. Ryan, bestselling author and international expert on change and personal fulfillment, comes 365 Health & Happiness Boosters to help in your pursuit of happiness, so you can choose to be happy no matter who you are or the challenges you face.

In 365 Health & Happiness Boosters, a book of daily reflections, M.J. Ryan lays a path for the pursuit of happiness by employing a wide variety of spiritual, emotional and practical suggestions. Some of the tasks are lighthearted, others quite serious. They all have a positive effect and contribute to inner peace. 

Previously reviewed, but also worth checking out:
You're Strong, Smart, and You Got This: Drawings, Affirmations, and Comfort to Help with Anxiety and Depression

Hey! It’s Your Day: Inspirational Quotes and Affirmations to Live By 

Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America 


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