Books That Inspire Inner Confidence
Here are the books that have been important to me on my journey toward inner confidence. Each of these books are included in The Inner Confidence Workbook's resource list. I hope they will inspire you as well.
Loving
Yourself First: Awakening Inner Confidence
By Jeannie Campanelli
Many loving, naturally-giving people experience an imbalance in their flow of giving and receiving. They give easily; it's receiving from others that is challenging. If this describes you, this complimentary e-book is for you. The book provides reflections on a variety of topics ranging from "The Many Faces of Rest" and "Slowing Down--A Pathway to Inner Confidence" to "Creating Boundaries or Barriers -- Where Do You Hang Out?" and "The Power of Yes." Exercises guide you to practicing new skills that awaken and build your inner confidence.
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101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life (Volume 3)
contributing author, Jeannie Campanelli
In Volume 3 of the 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life series, Ken Blanchard, Les Brown, Mark Victor Hansen, Byron Katie and many other experts (including Jeannie Campanelli) give you the tools to make a positive impact on your life. Everyone has the potential for happiness and success, and everyone has the power to make affirmative life changes. This book will inspire you to make those changes.
I Need Your Love - Is that True? How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead
Byron Katie & Michael Katz (2005).
This book is filled with insight and wisdom that will support you in claiming your life as your own. Byron Katie shows how The Work (consisting of asking oneself three questions about a troubling issue and then turning the premise around) is applied to our hopeless search for love approval, and appreciation.
Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way
Carson, Rick (2003).
Updated edition of the 1983 classic that introduced a powerful method for gaining freedom from self-defeating behaviors and beliefs.
Energy Medicine for Women: Aligning Your Body’s Energies to Boost Your Health and Vitality
Eden, Donna (2008).
This book is filled with exercises to support people in working with energy to empower them to live happier, healthier lives. Long recognized by Eastern cultures, subtle energy fields are only recently being detected, studied, and utilized by Western medicine.
The Power of Ted: The Key to Creating an Extraordinary Life
Emerald, David (2006).
The Power of TED* is a fable on personal leadership. This simple, friendly and engaging story conveys a meeting of three characters in a life-transforming conversation on a beach: the central character, David, a fellow named Ted (the embodiment of The Empowerment Dynamic), and Sophia who shares of her experience in making shifts happen in her own life.
Simply Being
Field, Marlena and Martin, Donna (2007)
Simply Being: One Year With Spirit is a helpful, tangible and inspirational book. It chronicles the intuitive guidance received by one woman seeking to comprehend a world consumed by struggle, disappointment and confusion.
How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People – Their Secrets, Their Stories
Foster, Rick and Hicks, Greg (1999).
Foster and Hicks conduct workshops internationally in the development of interpersonal skills. For this book, they interviewed happy people from all walks of life, from the United States to Eastern Europe. The resulting personal stories, writing exercises, and quotes together inform and instruct the reader in the nine principles discovered by the authors in their travels.
Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life
Levoy, Gregg (1997).
"...People won't pursue their callings until the fear of doing so is finally exceeded by the pain of not doing so."
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life: Reclaiming Purpose and Passion
Markova, Dawna (2000).
In I Will Not Die an Unlived Life, one of the most charismatic teachers and thinkers of today speaks from her heart. Twenty years ago, faced with a life-threatening illness, Dawna Markova began a journey of rediscovery. This book follows her path to finding deeper meaning in life.
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types
Riso, Don Richard and Hudson, Russ (1999). New York: Bantam Books
This exceptionally easy-to-use, manual-size paperback teaches the reader how to figure out which of the nine types she is, identifies red flags to self-illusion, and provides practical suggestions for spiritual growth.
Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation
Robbins, Mike (2007). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.
Robbins insists that like attracts like, and to get what we want in life we must focus on what we want (rather than what we don't).
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.
Tolle, Eckhart (2006). Toronto: Penguin Books.
According to Tolle, who assumes the role of narrator as well, humans are on the verge of creating a new world by a personal transformation that shifts our attention away from our ever-expanding egos.
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance and Dreams
by Debbie Ford
Debbie Ford shows us how to reclaim our wholeness by acknowledging and accepting our weaknesses – our dark sides, and discovering how these qualities may in fact be our hidden strengths.
Getting Real: Ten Truth Skills You Need to Live an Authentic Life
by Susan Campbell
Susan Campbell provides simple yet practical awareness practices — culled from her 35-year career as a relationship coach and corporate consultant — that require individuals to “let go” of the need to be right, safe, and certain.
Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
by Caroline Myss
Entering the Castle is many things: a guide to the life and times of St. Teresa of Ávila, the extraordinary sixteenth-century saint and contemplative master; a guide to her brilliant meditation text, The Interior Castle; and, last but certainly not least, a guide to your soul -- a beautiful, tender, radiant, caring, loving, and authentic guide to the territory of your soul.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
by Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle, who at the age of 29, changed his life because of a transformative experience, shows us how true joy is found in the present moment. By finding the Now, we find our True Selves. By finding our True Self, we find our Soul.