Self-Help
May 2025
New & Noteworthy
The Book of Shadow Work: Unlock the True You
by Keila Shaheen

This book guides readers through the practice of exploring their unconscious emotions, memories, and impulses to foster personal growth, offering insights from mental health experts, shadow work practitioners, and the author's experiences, while illustrating how this inner healing process can benefit individuals, relationships, communities and society at large.
Open When: A Companion for Life's Twists & Turns
by Julie Smith

Open When offers research-backed strategies for addressing mental health challenges in real-time, guiding readers through difficult moments such as vulnerability, betrayal, loneliness, and trauma recovery, while teaching skills to process emotions, improve self-awareness and make healthier choices to care for present and future well-being.
And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self
by Common

A testimony to the benefits of self-care, Common's personal stories act as the backbone of his book, while providing insights from his nutritionist, chef, physical trainer, therapist, and his spiritual influences. Wise, accessible, and powerful, And Then We Rise offers a comprehensive, holistic approach to wellness that will allow readers to transform their thinking, their actions, and, ultimately, their lives.
I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free
by Tabitha Brown

In I Did a New Thing, "America's Mom" Tabitha Brown shares her own stories and those of others, alongside gentle guidance and encouragement, to create incredible changes for yourself. Whether that means having that hard conversation or trying for a promotion, or simply wearing something different or doing something kind for someone else, Tab has a plan: Try one new thing, every single day, for thirty days. 
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    Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence & Become a Force
    by Sarah Jakes Roberts

    It's no secret that in today's frenetic, distracted, often skin-deep world, true and lasting confidence is easily stripped away from many of us. In Power Moves, pastor, entrepreneur, and bestselling author Sarah Jakes Roberts charts a course to reclaiming and redefining what power is, and helps us hone it into confidence. Unpacking the many signs that indicate a loss of power, Sarah shares a clear, accessible plan for reigniting that power through a Christian lens.
    Becoming You: The Proven Method For Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career
    by Suzy Welch

    Based on an NYU course, this guidebook by professor Suzy Welch presents a step-by-step method for readers to identify their desired direction and purpose in a changing world. Drawing on research and testing, the book guides readers through a process of understanding their values, aptitudes, and economically viable interests. It aims to help individuals discover fulfilling and financially sustainable paths.
    Just the Good Stuff: No-BS Secrets to Success (No Matter What Life Throws at You)
    by Jim VandeHei

    The cofounder of Politico and Axios, two of the biggest modern news outlets, presents this real-world guide to achieving “good stuff” by offering no-BS guidance for building a meaningful, successful and fulfilling career and life in today's complex world—no matter where you start out.
    The Inner Fitness Revolution: A Road Map to Your Freedom and Joy
    by Tina Lifford

    This book explores how inner fitness—through 14 practices—helps readers connect with their authentic selves, overcome emotional struggles, and develop resilience, offering practical guidance to transform one's life and achieve personal power, wellbeing, and peace in the face of challenges.
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