The Happiness Equation
Written by: Neil Pasricha
Being happy is one of the biggest challenges facing us every single day. The Happiness Equation shares a framework with real, practical actions you can take each day to help train your brain to stay positive.
You’ll learn from a wide range of stories and sources that will teach you how to be happy, block criticism and find meaningfulness in work and life. REVIEW COMING SOON!
Live Happy: Ten Practices for Choosing Joy
Written by: Deborah K. Heisz
An easy approach to finding gratitude and meaning in life’s simplest things. Live Happy is a journey into self reflection and daily practices that will reveal how small everyday positive acts and thoughts will change your life.
Includes stories from people who persevered through challenges and heartache to create a life of joy and happiness. READ MORE
Strengths Finder 2.0
Written by: From Gallup, Tom Rath
Do you know how your strengths impact your home and work life? Strengths Finder 2.0 is an assessment tool to help identify your top five talents and how to play to your strengths with an action plan.
You can unlock the talents that will help build your confidence and positive outlook in all areas of your life. READ MORE
#GIRLBOSS
Written by: Sophia Amoruso
Are you a #GIRLBOSS? Sophia Amoruso sure is. In her autobiography, she shares her rise from rebellious misfit to CEO of her multi-million dollar business.
It’s not an actionable how-to build and run a business guide, but her story will show you how some grit and determination will take you to places you’d never expect in life and business. READ MORE
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Written by: Arianna Huffington
Redefine success and create a life of well-being. From her personal wake-up call after collapsing in her bathroom to empowering women to take back their lives, Huffington describes her own challenges with managing time, focus and goals.
Learn how you can take back the time you need to become whole again. READ MORE
Body of Work: Finding the Thread that Ties Your Story Together
Written by: Pam Slim
Be reminded that we are whole people with a body of work that encompasses all that we create, contribute and, affect and impact.
Transform your thinking from the Dilbert and The Office mentality of corporate yesterday and bring your full self to the table. READ MORE
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Written by: Sheryl Sandberg
Written to inspire others, Lean In is about achieving your career aspirations and not shying away from the challenges you’ll meet in the workplace and life.
Filled with research, personal stories and career insights, you’ll learn how the corporate ladder has changed, why we need women to lead and the importance of leaning to accomplish your goals. READ MORE
Working Mom Survival Guide
Written by: Suzanne Riss & Teresa Palagano
We all have good days and bad days. See how this whimsical guide can help you get through those rough patches with a good attitude.
From here comes baby tips to on the job survival, it has everything you need to make working work for you. READ MORE
Glad No Matter What: Transforming Loss and Change into Gift and Opportunity
Written by: SARK
Glad No Matter What includes a detailed journey about loss, triumphs and the marvelous messy middle.
SARK shares ways to recognize the positive in our lives and find gladness in life’s turbulent and gut-wrenching times. READ MORE
Big Fat Lies Women Tell Themselves
Written by: Amy Ahlers
Did you know there’s about 59 lies we tell ourselves? Amy exposes them in her funny yet powerful book. The lies that come from that inner voice telling us the negative and holding us back in various areas of life.
See how Amy shifts the lies through Truth, followed by a Challenge for the you and Affirmation for change. READ MORE
Children’s book reviews
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Written by: Jane Yolen
A whimsical story about some rowdy dinosaurs who won’t go to sleep for their parents.
Filled with colorful illustrations, this is a great read along with the kids. READ MORE
The Berenstain Bears’ Moving Day
Written by: Stan and Jan Berenstain
Are you moving with kids? See how the Berenstain family made the move with the kids in tow. A helpful tool for explaining a move to children who are scare, anxious and curious about what will happen before and after the move. READ MORE
Ripple’s Effect
Written by: Amy Blankson and Shawn Archor
Ripple’s Effect is a children’s story about a dolphin who enters a new tank only to meet a mean gang of bully sharks led by Snark, the meanest one of all. Pretty scary and a real scenario in today’s world. READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW ARCHIVE
Escape from Cubicle Nation
Written by: Pam Slim
Chicken Soup for the Working Mom’s Soul
Written by: Jack Cranfield
What Happy Working Moms Know
Written by: Cathy Greeberg, PhD and Barrett Avigdor
