METAHUMAN: Unleashing your Infinite Potential by Deepak Chopra
Wow. Not to put too fine a point on it, but reading this book was so…meta; like looking inside to explain what’s inside to define what’s inside. It takes you both inside and outside of yourself at the same time, in an extraordinary way. METAHUMAN is a blueprint for finding our way out of the confines of thinking we have been conditioned to remain within, in order to find the true source of awareness. ‘The awareness of any experience is not the experience.’ The experience, by the way, can be our whole lives. The constructs we have created to help us navigate human existence aren’t inherently bad, they just aren’t the full story. The fuller story is that there is no story, that it’s infinitely expanding. ‘Human potential is infinite,’ Deepak says in this book, ‘because consciousness has no boundaries.’ We can’t explain it like he can — go buy the book.
Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis
So this was kind of hard to read. Not hard because it wasn’t fantastic, but hard because it makes you realize how often you settle for less than you really want. We all know the ways in which the ‘what ifs‘ can eat us alive later on, looking back. But Rachel Hollis shows a new way to engage with the ‘what ifs‘ — before, looking forward. ‘A dream always starts with a question,’ she says, ‘and the question is always some form of What if…’ By outlining excuses to let go of, behaviors to adopt, and skills to acquire, this book gives us so many necessary tools to dream and achieve without either limiting anyone else, or apologizing for what we want.
The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Thank goodness they made The Handmaid’s Tale into a television series. This is rarely said so emphatically (especially when talking about another book!), but if they hadn’t, Margaret Atwood might never have given us the necessary follow-up to her seminal 1985 novel. For those of you who haven’t read The Handmaid’s Tale, it’s too difficult to sum up here. But it is a powerful and provocative dystopian tale of the subjugation of women within the rise of a theocratic patriarchal society. It is also incredibly prescient in many ways, however tempered. The Testaments is equally compelling and powerful, set 15 years after the end of its prequel. It explores the ways in which the past doesn’t always remain in the past, but the conviction of our beliefs in what the future could hold are the most powerful thing we have.
Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams by Gabby Bernstein
Everyone is a Super Attractor — you just have to claim the power. This is the first major ‘wow’ moment in a book full of them. In her latest book, Gabby Bernstein helps you learn how to manifest a life beyond your wildest dreams (well, you probably could have guessed that, it says so right on the cover). But even though you know what you’re about to read, you’re not prepared for how brilliant it is and how easy her tools are to grasp. With super attractor mantras, advice on how to do less and attract more, help remaining in alignment with the universe, personal stories to guide and enlighten you, and much more, this book is a must-read!
City of Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert
Who didn’t love Eat, Pray, Love? There is a reason it was so universally successful, so easily devoured by millions. You didn’t need to be a woman to get it, you just needed to be human and recognize the power — and scary nature — of starting completely anew. Right, so City of Girls isn’t Eat, Pray, Love. It might seem easy, frivolous, provocative, evocative, naughty, fun on the face of it. But it’s so much more than that. In many ways, it’s actually the opposite. The main character is a round one, both protagonist and antagonist, at once the breezy raconteur and the foil, the anti-north star. This book is so good mainly for all the reasons you don’t expect it to be, and leaves you wondering if you’re satisfied, needing to think about how you feel.
Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
Everything is Figureoutable is well-written, funny, pragmatic, insightful and inspiring. It’s easy to understand and internalize because the central message is just so clear — and right there on the cover. In order to achieve our goals, live our dreams, solve any problem, we first need to remember that there isn’t anything that isn’t doable; we just how to figure out how to do it. You’re completely unstoppable when you have boundless optimism, and this book helps you get there. In this book, you learn new habits, how to overcome your fears, eliminate success-blocking excuses, and the secrets to lasting success. Marie Forleo knows what she’s talking about, and frankly it’s silly not to run, buy the book, and listen to her wisdom.
