Game Changing Must-Reads

There’s nothing quite like finishing a great book that opens your mind, body and soul to new ways of living and inspires you to challenge yourself in things you may have run from before.

Reading is no doubt a key wellness practice, and one that can be a great way to step away from your busy life and have some time for you. Nourishment in the form of words! 

Here are our top picks:

Money + Mindfulness: Living in Abundance by Lisa Messenger

We all know Lisa Messenger from her inspiring magazine The Collective, but have you had a chance to check out her books? Money + Mindfulness mixes advice from mentors, experts and famous role models, with lessons also learnt from Lisa’s own journey. She shares how she has built her global brand and launched a successful magazine, without having to borrow a single cent. It makes for an easy read with quotes, images and stories that will have you laughing and crying at the same time. “She will help you appreciate your real voice, amplify your self-worth and find the means to achieve everything you dream of.”

Big Magic: Creative Living beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love will always have a soft spot in our hearts but boy does Elizabeth Gilbert deliver in one of her latest books Big Magic…the title says it all! Big Magic is here to inspire you to “live a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.” Broken into 6 sections: Courage, Enchantment, Permission, Persistence, Trust and Divinity, it will help awaken the treasures within you. Elizabeth Gilbert “shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shatters the perception of mystery and suffering that surround the process, whilst also reminding us that we can all do it.”

Thrive by Arianna Huffington

Thrive guides you to look within and get in touch with who you really are, so you can set the rules and live a life on your own terms. More and more people are coming to realise that there is more to living a truly successful life than just earning a large salary. Arianna captures this through drawing on the latest groundbreaking research to show the positive effects of meditation, mindfulness, unplugging and giving back. She shares her own challenges and stories, and finds a way to “show us the way to a revolution in our culture, our thinking, our workplace, and our lives.”

What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is a huge role model for so many people, so to have a special keepsake of all her wisdom and knowledge put together so beautifully in a book, it couldn’t get any better than that! In a 1988 interview, Oprah was asked the question “What do you know for sure?” this question prompted her to start a weekly column sharing her insights from experiences and things she learnt along the way in life. This book is the perfect pocked-full-of-sunshine burst that your everyday needs. As Oprah says: “I know that what you’ll find along the way will be fantastic, because what you’ll find will be yourself.” 

If you can take one thing from this article, let it be a reminder to stop and take time for you. Whether that may be reading one of these books, going for a walk in nature or baking a cake. There’s a common theme in these books in that money will come, you will thrive and find your magic through knowing within that life is here to be lived!