22 Best Happiness, Family & Relationships Books
Happiness, Family & Relationships is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Happiness, Family & Relationships audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 22 Happiness, Family & Relationships audiobooks below.
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The Hot Young Widows Club
- By: Nora McInerny
- Narrator: Nora McInerny
- Length: 2 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio / TED
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.5(1464 ratings)
4.5(1464 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDFrom the host of the popular podcast, Terrible, Thanks for Asking, comes a wise, humorous roadmap and caring resource for anyone going through the loss of a loved one–or even a difficult life moment.In the span of a few weeks, thirty-somethingFrom the host of the popular podcast, Terrible, Thanks for Asking, comes a wise, humorous roadmap and caring resource for anyone going through the loss of a loved one–or even a difficult life moment.
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In the span of a few weeks, thirty-something Nora McInerny had a miscarriage, lost her father to cancer, and lost her husband due to a brain tumor. Her life fell apart.
What Nora discovered during this dark time is that, when you’re in these hard moments, it can feel impossible to feel like even a shadow of the person you once were. People will give you all sorts of advice of how to hold onto your sanity and sense of self. But how exactly? How do you find that person again? Welcome to The Hot Young Widows Club, Nora’s response to the toughest questions about life’s biggest struggles.
The Hot Young Widows Club isn’t just for people who have lost a spouse, but an essential tool for anyone who has gone through a major life struggle. Based on her own experiences and those of the listeners dedicated to her podcast, Terrible, Thanks for Asking, Nora offers wise, heartfelt, and often humorous advice to anyone navigating a painful period in their lives. Full of practical guidance, Nora also reminds us that it’s still okay to laugh, despite your deep grief. She explores how readers can educate the people around them on what to do, what to say, and how to best to lend their support. Ultimately, this book is a space for people to recognize that they aren’t alone, and to learn how to get through life’s hardest moments with grace and humor, and even hope. -
8 Rules of Love
- By: Jay Shetty
- Narrator: Jay Shetty
- Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4.29(15 ratings)
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4.29(15 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDThe author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science. Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown intoThe author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science.
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Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now.
Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before. He shares insights on how to win or lose together, how to define love, and why you don’t break in a break-up. Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire relationship cycle, from first dates to moving in together to breaking up and starting over. And he shows us how to avoid falling for false promises and unfulfilling partners.
By living Jay Shetty’s eight rules, we can all love ourselves, our partner, and the world better than we ever thought possible. -
The Good Life
- By: Robert Waldinger
- Narrator: Robert Waldinger
- Length: 11 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4.28(141 ratings)
4.28(141 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDNew York Times Bestseller What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? According to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, the answer to these questions mayNew York Times Bestseller
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What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? According to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize.
What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life.
The invaluable insights in this book emerge from the revealing personal stories of hundreds of participants in the Harvard Study as they were followed year after year for their entire adult lives, and this wisdom is bolstered by research findings from this and many other studies. Relationships in all their forms–friendships, romantic partnerships, families, coworkers, tennis partners, book club members, Bible study groups–all contribute to a happier, healthier life. And as The Good Life shows us, it’s never too late to strengthen the relationships you have, and never too late to build new ones.
Dr. Waldinger’s TED Talk about the Harvard Study, “What Makes a Good Life,” has been viewed more than 42 million times and is one of the ten most-watched TED talks ever. The Good Life has been praised by bestselling authors Jay Shetty (“Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz lead us on an empowering quest towards our greatest need: meaningful human connection”), Angela Duckworth (“In a crowded field of life advice and even life advice based on scientific research, Schulz and Waldinger stand apart”), and happiness expert Laurie Santos (“Waldinger and Schulz are world experts on the counterintuitive things that make life meaningful”).
With warmth, wisdom, and compelling life stories, The Good Life shows us how we can make our lives happier and more meaningful through our connections to others. -
The Art of Online Dating
- By: Alyssa Dineen
- Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Harper Horizon
- Publish date: October 26, 2021
- Language: English
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4.25(7 ratings)
4.25(7 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDYou’ve tried the old fashion way but it’s not working for you. Whether you’re an old pro at online dating or new to the scene, professional stylist Alyssa Dineen can teach you how to put your best self forward. LearnYou’ve tried the old fashion way but it’s not working for you. Whether you’re an old pro at online dating or new to the scene, professional stylist Alyssa Dineen can teach you how to put your best self forward.
Learn the art of online dating from seasoned stylist Alyssa Dineen, founder of Style My Profile, whose unique approach toward intentional dating and self-discovery helps online daters transform their destinies by taking charge of their profiles. This concise, clear guide will empower you to be confident in life and romance and prioritize meaningful relationships. 
It’s a world that Alyssa had to navigate herself when she became a divorced, single mom of two.
In The Art of Online Dating, Alyssa provides you with a capsule course on the basics of styling an effective online profile, including:
- Wearing the best clothes for your body type, in your profile pic and on dates
- Learning the 15 essential pieces everyone should own
- Crafting a bio that conveys your authentic self
- Taking a selfie you’re proud to post
- Choosing the right dating app
Ultimately,¬†The Art of Online Dating¬†is about so much more than finding true love. It‚Äôs also about rediscovering your personal style – and yourself.
Accompanying graphics are available in the audiobook companion PDF download. 
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Breakup Bootcamp
- By: Amy Chan
- Narrator: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.13(309 ratings)
4.13(309 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDA self-affirming, holistic guide for everyone–single or married, divorced or dating–to transforming heartbreak into healing by the founder of the innovative and revolutionary Renew Breakup Bootcamp Amy Chan hit rock bottom when sheA self-affirming, holistic guide for everyone–single or married, divorced or dating–to transforming heartbreak into healing by the founder of the innovative and revolutionary Renew Breakup Bootcamp
Amy Chan hit rock bottom when she discovered that her boyfriend cheated on her. Although she was angry and broken-hearted, Chan soon came to realize that the breakup was the shakeup she needed to redirect her life. Instead of descending into darkness, she used the pain of the breakup as a bridge to self-actualization. She devoted herself to learning various healing modalities from the ancient to the scientific, and dived into the psychology of love. It worked. Fast forward years later, Amy completely transformed her life, her relationships and founded a breakup bootcamp helping countless women heal their hearts.
In Breakup Bootcamp, Amy Chan directs her experience as a relationship columnist and as the creator of Renew Breakup Bootcamp into a practical, thoughtful guide to turning broken hearts into an opportunity to break out of complacency and destructive habits. Dubbed “the Chief Heart Hacker,” Amy Chan grounds her practical advice and tried and tested methods rooted in cutting-edge psychology and research, helping first her bootcamp attendees and now her readers most effectively heal and reclaim their self-love.
Breakup Bootcamp comes at the perfect time, when many are feeling the intensity of being in or out of a relationship, lonely or suffocated, and flirting with old toxic relationships they’ve outgrown. Relatable, life-changing, and backed by sound scientific research, Breakup Bootcamp can help anyone turn their greatest heartbreak into a powerful tool for growth.
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Better Apart
- By: Gabrielle Hartley
- Narrator: Karen White
- Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Harper Wave
- Publish date: January 29, 2019
- Language: English
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4.12(51 ratings)
4.12(51 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDMarital strife and divorce can be your chance to profoundly transform yourself, your mindset and your relationship with a more harmonious and steady vision. While many of us may be better together, some of us can actually become better apart. WhatMarital strife and divorce can be your chance to profoundly transform yourself, your mindset and your relationship with a more harmonious and steady vision.
While many of us may be better together, some of us can actually become better apart.
What if you emerged from your divorce stronger and more resilient than ever before? Better Apart is the first book to apply the life-changing, healing wisdom of meditation and yoga, combined with practical advice, to help anyone going through the painful and seemingly intractable realities of divorce.
Gabrielle Hartley and Elena Brower are warm and caring guides who can help you compassionately part from your partner. Whether your separation is amicable, or your ex is combative, Better Apart can help you find peace, calm, and hope. Blending practical advice from a legal perspective together with spiritual wisdom, Gabrielle and Elena are experts and realists who have created a simple five-step process that uses original meditations, perspective-shifting exercises, and fresh suggestions to help navigate the common legal and emotional pitfalls of divorce. Don’t worry if you’ve never tried yoga or mediation; Gabrielle’s insight buttressed by Elena’s practices and exercises are accessible for all. Together, they show you how to meaningfully shift your mindset and to move forward though any–or all–parts of this emotionally fraught process.
Better Apart radically reframes the way couples experience, execute, and recover from when “for better or worse” is no longer an option, and helps you find the road to a new mindset and better life.
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How to Not Die Alone
- By: Logan Ury
- Narrator: Logan Ury
- Length: 8 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.05(7125 ratings)
4.05(7125 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDA “must-read” (The Washington Post) funny and practical guide to help you find, build, and keep the relationship of your dreams.Have you ever looked around and wondered, “Why has everyone found love except me?” You’reA “must-read” (The Washington Post) funny and practical guide to help you find, build, and keep the relationship of your dreams.
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Have you ever looked around and wondered, “Why has everyone found love except me?” You’re not the only one. Great relationships don’t just appear in our lives–they’re the culmination of a series of decisions, including whom to date, how to end it with the wrong person, and when to commit to the right one. But our brains often get in the way. We make poor decisions, which thwart us on our quest to find lasting love.
Drawing from years of research, behavioral scientist turned dating coach Logan Ury reveals the hidden forces that cause those mistakes. But awareness on its own doesn’t lead to results. You have to actually change your behavior. Ury shows you how.
This “simple-to-use guide” (Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone) focuses on a different decision in each chapter, incorporating insights from behavioral science, original research, and real-life stories. You’ll learn:
-What’s holding you back in dating (and how to break the pattern)
-What really matters in a long-term partner (and what really doesn’t)
-How to overcome the perils of online dating (and make the apps work for you)
-How to meet more people in real life (while doing activities you love)
-How to make dates fun again (so they stop feeling like job interviews)
-Why “the spark” is a myth (but you’ll find love anyway)
This “data-driven” (Time), step-by-step guide to relationships, complete with hands-on exercises, is designed to transform your life. How to Not Die Alone will help you find, build, and keep the relationship of your dreams. -
Have More Fun
- By: Mandy Arioto
- Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: April 09, 2019
- Language: English
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3.99(471 ratings)
3.99(471 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDWhen was the last time you had some good and serious¬†fun?¬†If your to-do list has become the boss of you, if you’re so exhausted and overwhelmed you can’t remember–all of that is about to change.¬†Have More Fun¬†isWhen was the last time you had some good and serious¬†fun?¬†If your to-do list has become the boss of you, if you’re so exhausted and overwhelmed you can’t remember–all of that is about to change.¬†Have More Fun¬†is your crash course to getting unstuck, laughing freely, and enjoying the ride.
MOPS International CEO, Mandy Arioto, is known to thousands worldwide as a lively storyteller, a force of hope, and an audacious risk-taker. She brings it all in this rollicking adventure of an audiobook bent on helping you do more of what makes you come alive.
Have More Fun is for anyone who has forgotten that fun is an option. In a world where political dramas and cultural uncertainties churn through our news feed every day, Mandy is here to suggest that the answer to many of the most pressing questions is fun.
- How do I get more done? Fun.
- How do I parent in meaningful ways? Fun.
- How do I make friends? Fun.
- How can I find my purpose? Fun.
- How do I spice up my sex life? Fun.
- How do I adapt when things don’t go as planned? Fun.
- How do I improve my marriage? Fun.
Not to mention that choosing fun can be a spiritual discipline–a place to experience the boundless love and joy of God in everyday, surprising ways. If you have ever waited until your to-do list is finished to have fun or you can’t remember the last time you really laughed, it is possible you might be taking life, work, or parenting too seriously. Weaving together science, historical trends, hilarious stories, practical ideas and spiritual truth, Mandy uncovers fresh ways to take fun seriously instead.
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The Power of Self-Coaching
- By: Joseph J. Luciani
- Narrator: Joseph J. Luciani
- Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2004
- Language: English
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3.84(235 ratings)
3.84(235 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDNobody is born insecure, angry, bored, or depressed. The fact is, happiness is our natural state and, as psychologist Dr. Joseph J. Luciani explains in this warm, witty, and empowering guide, chronic unhappiness is just a bad habit, a habit that canNobody is born insecure, angry, bored, or depressed. The fact is, happiness is our natural state and, as psychologist Dr. Joseph J. Luciani explains in this warm, witty, and empowering guide, chronic unhappiness is just a bad habit, a habit that can be broken.
It’s much easier than you think! Based on Dr. Luciani’s twenty-five years of experience helping patients unlearn reflexive, destructive thinking, The Power of Self-Coaching arms you with all the tools you need to free yourself from your mental and emotional traps. As you work through the many self-quizzes, training and coaching exercises, and power drills, you’ll see yourself anew and feel yourself growing lighter, more spontaneous, and ready to take charge of your life.
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Purposeful Retirement
- By: Hyrum W. Smith
- Narrator: Traber Burns
- Length: 3 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.84(402 ratings)
3.84(402 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDAre you getting ready to simplify life and move from the world of work to a life of retirement and good living-to enter a happy retirement? Retirement and good living: The author of Purposeful Retirement, Hyrum W. Smith, is one of the originalAre you getting ready to simplify life and move from the world of work to a life of retirement and good living-to enter a happy retirement?
Retirement and good living: The author of Purposeful Retirement, Hyrum W. Smith, is one of the original creators of the popular Franklin Day Planner, the former chairman and CEO of Franklin Covey Co., and the recognized “Father of Time Management.” In this book, Hyrum shows you how you can move from your world of work, simplify life, and enter what can be the most satisfying phase of your life-a new world of purposeful retirement and good living.
Aging well and a happy retirement: You have had a successful career by almost all measures and now you are concerned about aging well and looking toward a happy retirement. You are definitely not a couch potato.
– How are you going to create a retirement that is meaningful and inspiring for your second act? – Can you simplify life?- Is there a way to make intelligent and anxiety-free retirement planning choices?- Can you learn from the lives and experiences of people who have found their pathway to happy retirement?- What are their secrets to aging well and a happy retirement?
Retirement guide: For four decades, Hyrum W. Smith has been empowering people to effectively govern their personal and professional lives. An award-winning author, distinguished speaker, and successful businessman, Hyrum offers a tested and actionable retirement guide to finding that perfect retirement niche. In his book, Hyrum enables you to map the step-by-step route to a retirement that is not just enjoyable but is also deeply fulfilling on a personal level.
Welcome to your new life of retirement and good living: This distinguished author, speaker, and businessman combines wit and enthusiasm with a gift for communicating compelling principles that inspire lasting personal change. Hyrum shares a lifetime of wisdom in this powerful retirement guide to discovering your true passion, reimagining your life, and trying new possibilities.
Welcome to a new life of retirement and good living-to a purposeful retirement.
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Strengths Based Marriage
- By: Jimmy Evans
- Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: November 22, 2016
- Language: English
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3.82(160 ratings)
3.82(160 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDMarriage expert Jimmy Evans and strengths expert Allan Kelsey show readers how to have a happier, stronger marriage by applying the concepts from the popular StrengthsFinder assessment to their relationship. One of the biggest obstacles to a happy,Marriage expert Jimmy Evans and strengths expert Allan Kelsey show readers how to have a happier, stronger marriage by applying the concepts from the popular StrengthsFinder assessment to their relationship.
One of the biggest obstacles to a happy, strong marriage is a lack of understanding of yourself and your spouse. With Strengths Based Marriage, MarriageToday cofounder Jimmy Evans and Gallup-trained strengths advocate Allan Kelsey give readers the tools they need to dismantle that hurdle and develop a deeper and richer relationship. Applying the revelatory concepts from the popular Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment to marriage (assessment itself not included in purchase price), Evans and Kelsey break new ground in helping readers understand themselves and others. With chapters on “Stopping the Cycles of Pain,” “Speaking Love to Your Spouse’s Heart,” and “Secrets of Successful Marriages,” the book details practical ways to apply these profound insights to your marriage every day.
And, as a bonus, with your purchase of the book you’ll receive access to more than two hours of exclusive video content revealing how to reach your marriage’s full potential. In the exclusive bonus video sessions,
- Kelsey gives an overview of all thirty-four strengths in the Clifton StrengthsFinder® assessment;
- Evans shares inspiration for ending the cycle of hurt and beginning to heal as a couple; and
- the authors discuss how to overcome the heartache of a destructive marriage.
Utterly practical and deeply insightful Strengths Based Marriage will forever change the way you see yourself, your spouse, and your marriage.
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Did I Say That Out Loud?
- By: Kristin van Ogtrop
- Narrator: Kristin van Ogtrop
- Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 13, 2021
- Language: English
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3.79(668 ratings)
3.79(668 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDFrom the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple, enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on the indignities of middle age and how to weather them with grace: “A pure pleasure to read” (Cathi Hanauer, author of Gone). Do you hateFrom the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple, enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on the indignities of middle age and how to weather them with grace: “A pure pleasure to read” (Cathi Hanauer, author of Gone).
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Do you hate the term “middle age?” So does Kristin van Ogtrop, who is still trying to come up with a less annoying way to describe those years when you find yourself both satisfied and outraged, confident and confused, full of appreciation but occasional disdain for the world around you. Like an intimate chat with your best friend, this mostly funny, sometimes sad, always affirming volume from longtime magazine journalist van Ogtrop is a celebration of that period of life when mild humiliations are significantly outweighed by a self-actualized triumph of the spirit. Finally!
Featuring stories from her own life, as well as anecdotes from her unwitting friends and family, van Ogtrop encourages you to laugh at the small irritations of midlife: neglectful children, stealth insomnia, forks that try to kill you, t.v. remotes that won’t find Netflix, abdominal muscles that can’t seem to get the job done. But also to acknowledge the things you may have lost: innocence, unbridled optimism, smooth skin. Dear friends. Parents. It’s all here: the sublime and the ridiculous, living together in the pages of this book as they do in your heart, like a big messy family, in this no-better-term-for-it middle age. -
The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
- By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Narrator: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Length: 2 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 24, 2004
- Language: English
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3.71(30 ratings)
3.71(30 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDThe #1 national bestseller from Dr. Laura Schlessinger–America’s top radio talk show host–with advice on how women can make their marriage thrive after the wedding bliss subsides In her most provocative book yet, Dr. Laura urgentlyThe #1 national bestseller from Dr. Laura Schlessinger–America’s top radio talk show host–with advice on how women can make their marriage thrive after the wedding bliss subsides
In her most provocative book yet, Dr. Laura urgently reminds women that to take proper care of their husbands is to ensure themselves the happiness and satisfaction they deserve in marriage. Women want to be in love, get married and live happily ever after, yet countless women call Dr. Laura, unhappy in their marriages and seemingly at a loss to understand the incredible power they have over their men to create the kind of home life they yearn for. Dr. Laura shows real-life examples and real-life solutions on how to wield that power to attain all the sexual pleasure, intimacy, love, joy, and peace desired in life. Dr. Laura’s simple principles have changed the lives of millions!
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A Tribe Called Bliss
- By: Lori Harder
- Narrator: Lori Harder
- Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.67(577 ratings)
3.67(577 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDSelf-love expert and creator of the Earn Your Happy podcast shares the methods she used to build her own tribe and grow from an anxiety-ridden, unhealthy, introverted underachiever to a confident woman who takes risks and leaps out of her comfortSelf-love expert and creator of the Earn Your Happy podcast shares the methods she used to build her own tribe and grow from an anxiety-ridden, unhealthy, introverted underachiever to a confident woman who takes risks and leaps out of her comfort zone–complete with a foreword from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein.
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Today, we live in an uber-connected era, where anyone is able to make thousands of friends and participate in their lives with the swipe of a finger. Why then, in such a connected time in history, do so many women feel disconnected, confined, misunderstood, defeated, or think that success is a solo project?
The benefits of a having a tribe are undeniable. Women who have strong social circles are living longer, happier, healthier lives in comparison to those who lack connections and are exhausting themselves trying to quench external desires in isolation.
In A Tribe Called Bliss Lori Harder bridges the gap between inspiration and action, providing a lasting resource for positive change and a guidebook for establishing a support tribe. With crucial and fascinating lessons and contextual self-work exercises, this is the ultimate guidebook to discover the key to a lifetime of blissful happiness. -
The Accidental Alpha Woman
- By: Karen Wright
- Narrator: Erin Moon
- Length: 2 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.61(18 ratings)
3.61(18 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDStop being “the strong one” and start being you. You’re doing it all, and it’s too much. Between work, kids, parents, money, meals, and everything else on your plate, it’s no wonder you’re exhausted. You feelStop being “the strong one” and start being you.
You’re doing it all, and it’s too much. Between work, kids, parents, money, meals, and everything else on your plate, it’s no wonder you’re exhausted. You feel alone, misunderstood–and sometimes hopeless. Because let’s face it, this idea of being a “strong woman” is highly overrated.
But what if there were another way? What if we put limits and boundaries around what it means to be a strong woman? What if you could be strong and ask for help? What if you could be independent without feeling so alone?
Karen Wright is one of the most experienced, skilled, and respected executive coaches in the world. And, as a business owner, single parent, and sole provider, she has lived the “I’m doing it all” life. In The Accidental Alpha Woman, she combines what she’s learned on her personal journey with what she knows professionally to provide a simple but powerful framework to solve this whole “strong woman” problem. In The Accidental Alpha Woman, you’ll learn:
How to separate reality from how you wish things would beHow to assess what your situation means to you and to your lifeHow to make difficult, seemingly untenable choicesHow to ask for help when you need itHow to reconnect with the real “you” and create a life that has greater community, ease, and fun
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Camp Girls
- By: Iris Krasnow
- Narrator: Carol Jacobanis
- Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 07, 2020
- Language: English
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3.54(145 ratings)
3.54(145 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDNew York Times bestselling author Iris Krasnow reflects with humor and heart on her summer camp experiences and the lessons she and her fellow campers learned there that have stayed with them throughout their lives.Iris Krasnow was 8 years old whenNew York Times bestselling author Iris Krasnow reflects with humor and heart on her summer camp experiences and the lessons she and her fellow campers learned there that have stayed with them throughout their lives.... Read more
Iris Krasnow was 8 years old when she first attended sleep-away camp, building lasting friendships and essential life skills amid the towering pine trees and open skies of Wisconsin. Decades later, she returned to Camp Agawak as a staff member to help resurrect Agalog, the camp’s defunct magazine that she wrote for as a child. There, she revisits the activities she loved as a young girl: singing songs around a campfire, swimming in a pristine lake, sleeping under the stars–experiences that continue to fill her with wisdom and perspective.
A nostalgic, inspiring memoir with a universal message on the importance of long-term friendship for campers and non-campers alike, Camp Girls weaves between past and present, filling the page in delicious detail with cabin pranks, canoe trips in rainstorms, and the joy of finding both your independence and your interdependence in nature alongside your peers. Through rich storytelling, Iris shares her own and other campers’ adventures and the lessons from childhood that can shape fulfilling and successful adulthoods. Ultimately, Iris powerfully demonstrates that camp is more than a place or a collection of activities: it’s where we learn what it means to be human and what it feels like to truly belong to a family–not of blood, but of history, loyalty, and tradition. -
Self-Care for Moms
- By: Sara Robinson
- Narrator: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 5 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.47(71 ratings)
3.47(71 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USD150 quick and easy self-care activities especially for busy moms–perfect for even the most chaotic schedule.As a mom, you care–a lot. Whether it be physical, emotional, social, or practical, you’re there to attend to all of your150 quick and easy self-care activities especially for busy moms–perfect for even the most chaotic schedule.
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As a mom, you care–a lot. Whether it be physical, emotional, social, or practical, you’re there to attend to all of your family’s needs. But with so much to take care of, it can be hard to find time to care of yourself. With Self-Care for Moms, you’ll learn how easy it is to incorporate self-care into your own routine in practical, yet meaningful, ways.
In this book, you’ll find 150 realistic self-care activities that you can try right away. To help busy moms like you maximize any moment you can find for yourself, each activity is designed to fit easily within a set short time frame. For example:
5 minutes: Call a friend; Listen to a favorite song; Light a candle
15 minutes: Soak your feet; Read a chapter in a book; Enjoy a leisurely cup of tea
30 minutes: Give yourself a facial; Plan for a vacation; Go for a walk
1 hour: Meet a friend for lunch; Go for a manicure; Attend a workout class
You’ll also find ideas for activities that span larger amounts of time for inspiration and motivation to take some much-needed and well-earned extra time for yourself. There’s even a few aspirational activities, such as trips or projects, that last a day–or more–with a realistic plan for how to organize and coordinate your schedule to accommodate the occasional–but very important–extended time to focus on yourself.
Start taking time for you–it’s easier than you think and besides, you deserve it! -
When Strangers Meet
- By: Kio Stark
- Narrator: Kio Stark
- Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio / TED
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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3.34(472 ratings)
3.34(472 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.99 USDDiscover the unexpected pleasures and exciting possibilities of talking to people you don’t know–how these beautiful interruptions can change you, and the world we share.When Strangers Meet argues for the pleasures and transformativeDiscover the unexpected pleasures and exciting possibilities of talking to people you don’t know–how these beautiful interruptions can change you, and the world we share.
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When Strangers Meet argues for the pleasures and transformative possibilities of talking to people you don’t know. Our lives are increasingly insular. We are in a hurry, our heads are down, minds elsewhere, we hear only the voices we already recognize and rarely take the effort to experience something or someone new. Talking to strangers pulls you into experiences of shared humanity and creates genuine emotional connections. It opens your world. Passing interactions cement your relationship to the places you live and work and play, they’re beautiful interruptions in the steady routines of our lives. In luminous prose, Stark shows how talking to strangers wakes you up.
Threaded throughout are powerful vignettes from Stark’s own lifelong practice of talking to strangers and documenting brief encounters, along with a deep exploration of the dynamics of where, how, and why strangers come together. Ultimately, When Strangers Meet explores the rich emotional and political meanings that are conjured up in even the briefest conversations and unexpected connections with strangers. Stark renders visible the hidden processes by which we decide who to greet and trust in passing, and the unwritten rules by which these encounters operate. When Strangers Meet teaches readers how to start talking to strangers and includes adventurous challenges for those who dare. -
A Coat of Yellow Paint
- By: Naomi Davis
- Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Harper Horizon
- Publish date: April 06, 2021
- Language: English
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3.28(659 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDLife doesn’t come with an instruction book for the role of perfect wife and mother. However, as Love Taza creator Naomi Davis?discovered on her journey from newlywed Juilliard dancer to mother of five, a joyful life is a work of artLife doesn’t come with an instruction book for the role of perfect wife and mother. However, as Love Taza creator Naomi Davis?discovered on her journey from newlywed Juilliard dancer to mother of five, a joyful life is a work of art that only you can create for yourself.
When Naomi launched the popular blog Love Taza a decade ago, she had no way of knowing where that first blog post would lead or the millions of lives she’d impact.
In A Coat of Yellow Paint, Naomi details an exploration of her faith, personal heartaches, challenges balancing a home life with career, motherhood, and her struggles with infertility.
Along the way, Naomi illustrates the urgency of celebrating life’s most important things––family, faith, friendship, and an upright piano painted bright yellow––ignoring the critics.
Through stories time-stamped?as intimate and vulnerable essays, Naomi shares life lessons she’s learned, including how to:
- communicate openly and honestly in your marriage and friendships
- be confident in the choices you make as a mother–and why you‚Äôre more than ‚Äújust a mom‚Äù
- overcome criticism–including from yourself–on body image, infertility, and doing ‚Äúenough‚Äù
- make childhood feel magical and seek out adventures with your little ones 
- navigate spiritual upheaval and reclaim your faith
- find more soulfulness in your social media and online experience
If you dream of a life celebrating family, self, and work in a way that feels right for you,¬†A Coat of Yellow Paint¬†will?inspire you to drown out the noise of others‚Äô opinions and expectations–so you can be empowered to love your life.
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Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from My Six-Month-Old
- By: Kuwana Haulsey
- Narrator: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.27(11 ratings)
3.27(11 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThere is a tribe in Africa where, the first time a woman leaves home following the confinement period after giving birth, everyone she meets along the road greets her with a sacred song otherwise reserved for warriors returning from battle.There is a tribe in Africa where, the first time a woman leaves home following the confinement period after giving birth, everyone she meets along the road greets her with a sacred song otherwise reserved for warriors returning from battle. She’s honored as having lived through a rite of passage that will forever mark her womanhood as abundant and powerful and blessed. She’s respected as a fully franchised member of the most ubiquitous and yet most extraordinary group of beings in our collective experience: mothers.
Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned from My Six-Month-Old is an Eat, Pray, Love for moms. It fuses memoir, spirituality, and self-development into the unique perspective that babies are actually extraordinary spiritual teachers who are capable of showing their caregivers the way toward inspired living. Kuwana Haulsey imparts this deeper understanding of universal love, in which motherhood awakens the innate potential for personal transformation.
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Marry Smart
- By: Susan Patton
- Narrator: Susan Patton
- Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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2.68(74 ratings)
2.68(74 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDPreviously published as Marry Smart and now updated with a new foreword responding to the controversy that followed its initial release, this is the unvarnished truth about marriage, motherhood, and happiness from the “Princeton Mom.”Previously published as Marry Smart and now updated with a new foreword responding to the controversy that followed its initial release, this is the unvarnished truth about marriage, motherhood, and happiness from the “Princeton Mom.” Says James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal, “Every smart young woman should seriously consider Susan Patton’s commonsense advice. Sure, it’s controversial–but only because it’s so vital.”
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A graduate of one of the first classes of women at Princeton University, Susan Patton has heard smart young women admit they aspire to marriage and motherhood but have no model for pursuing those goals. Reflecting on the choices she made in her early twenties, she’s boldly turned the tables on our “career first” conditioning and suggests that you seek out the golden opportunities right in front of you, right now.
In Marry By Choice, Not By Chance, Patton shares the wisdom of her experience with warmth, humor, and very straight talk. But this is not your mother’s dating guide–Marry By Choice, Not By Chance celebrates the vital achievements of traditional marriage and motherhood, and gives you the essential life strategies that no one’s talking about, including how to strike while the greatest number of single young men is available to you; attract a man who is your intellectual and emotional equal; date to find a mate; and find total satisfaction in your roles as a wife and mother.
Whether or not you are in college, whether your future plans are clear or still undecided, Marry By Choice, Not By Chance is a must-read for all young women who want to get the most out of love and life. -
Love, It’s an Inside Job
- By: Miles O’Brien Riley
- Narrator: Miles O'Brien Riley
- Length: 1 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDA guide to happiness and love by a renowned inspirational counselor Dr. Miles O’Brien Riley brings his many years of counseling experience to the topic of love. Full of humor and fun, Love, It’s an Inside Job brings us to a greaterA guide to happiness and love by a renowned inspirational counselor
Dr. Miles O’Brien Riley brings his many years of counseling experience to the topic of love. Full of humor and fun, Love, It’s an Inside Job brings us to a greater understanding of how love works in our lives. Join Dr. Miles and gain a new perspective on your relationships with family and friends. This recorded conversation offers many tips and ideas for understanding and furthering one’s growth in the practice of love.
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