Summer Book Releases for Self-Starters 2026

New Business & Self-Help Books for Summer 2026

Discover Our Favorite New Books to Help You Become Your Best Self

Supercharge your professional and personal growth with these new business and self-help books. Focused on topics like positive psychology, health and wellness and productivity-boosting habits, these books will shake up your bookshelf this summer. This genre delivers actionable wisdom from celebrated entrepreneurs, executive coaches and psychological experts. To fuel your drive for success, our in-house editorial team reviews industry trends and insider data to select the most effective, best rated self-help books and lifestyle manuals for our success-oriented Self-Starter Reader Type.

August 2026 Self-Help New Book Releases

Great and Unfortunate Things

by Jason Arday

With the power of Educated and the emotional sweep of When Breath Becomes Air, this inspiring underdog story follows a nonverbal autistic boy -- whom society had all but given up on -- as he finds his voice, literally and figuratively, becomes one of the youngest professors in the University of Cambridge's history and ultimately puts himself in a position to give back.

Jason Arday grew up in a lively corner of South London as the second youngest of three boys. He was diagnosed with autism and developmental delays at age three, and experts told his parents he would never speak, write or live independently -- and should be institutionalized.

His parents refused. Instead, his extraordinary mother, Giff, drawing on her faith and thinking outside the box, embraced his neurodivergence and devoted herself to helping him realize a potential few others believed possible, using everything from the proverbs of her West African culture to music, sports and film to help him make sense of the world.

In Great and Unfortunate Things, we see how Arday went from being nonverbal as a child and illiterate until he was 18 to scaling unimaginable heights as an adult. Without romanticizing the struggle, this is a story of determination against seemingly insurmountable odds -- and of a family and a small group of believers whose compassion helped him see what is possible.

A powerful story for our moment, Arday's journey is a testament to resilience, dignity and the life-changing force of community in action.

Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech

by Claire Stapleton

"An absolute must-read for anyone interested not just in big tech, but in what it takes to not lose your soul in modern-day America." -- Naomi Fry, staff writer at The New Yorker

A whip-smart, darkly funny and timely memoir of one woman's 12 years inside Google and her transformation from insider to dissenter as the company's ideals begin to unravel from within.

When Claire Stapleton joined Google in 2007, it felt like stepping into a worldview as much as a job. The company offered not just a career, but a moral project. In the heady early years of Big Tech and when Google's in-house slogan was "Don't be evil," it was easy to believe that technology wasn't just changing the world; it was going to fix it.

Stapleton quickly became known as the "Bard of Google," pulled into the rooms where the company narrated itself writing speeches, blog posts and executive communications for leaders including Larry Page. As she rose through increasingly rarefied roles, from the storied Creative Lab to YouTube marketing, she helped shape the myth from the inside.

But as the gap between Google's ideals and its reality widened, the dissonance became impossible to ignore. In 2018, amid outrage over the company's handling of sexual harassment, Stapleton helped organize the 20,000-employee Google Walkout, a defining rupture in Silicon Valley's self-image that The New York Times called a "watershed moment in tech." Overnight, she became a public face of employee revolt -- and no longer someone the company could neatly fold back into its story.

Sharp, witty and unsparing, Don't Be Evil is an insider's account of how power actually works and a deeper reckoning with the stories we tell about work, purpose and ourselves. In a culture that collapses identity into work, and as tech elites blur the line between private authority and public life, it asks: how much can you change from within, and when is it time to walk away?

How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up: Big Lessons from Little Kids

by Julian Shapiro-Barnum

Being a grown-up isn't all it's cracked up to be. What if we got back in touch with the joy, freedom, silliness and creativity of being a kid?

When we were children, we were passionate, imaginative and curious, and we loved without judgment. Now we are adults ... neurotic, anxious, socially inept and oh so very lonely. Why did we rush to become grown-ups? Why must we trade dream jobs for high-paying ones, tree climbing for social climbing and juice boxes for juice cleanses? Is it possible to get back what we lost?

Julian Shapiro-Barnum, comedian, former child and creator/host of the viral, beloved show Recess Therapy, has spent the past 5 years interviewing thousands of children. He's talked to them about everything from love, anger and death to Spider-Man and farts. And he's gathered a wealth of information leading him to believe that there's a lot we can learn from kids on how to live a better life.

With tender humor and real wisdom, Julian gets to the heart of life's biggest issues, seen through the eyes of the littlest among us:

• How to fully feel your feelings (and then let them go)
• Why reclaiming your imagination can make your life richer
• How to bring a sense of wonder back to your work
• Why breaking the rules is sometimes the right thing to do

How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up is a guide for adults on how to get back in touch with the silliness and pure joy you may have been missing lately.

Imagine That: Transform How You Think, Feel, and Live with the Science of Imagination

by Cassandra Vieten - Pete Docter

The director of the Center for Human Imagination at the University of California, San Diego, reveals her original research behind the science of imagination as the key to human flourishing and progress, showing you how to harness it to transform your life.

What if the most overlooked key to mental health, innovation and human connection wasn't a pill, a device or a productivity hack but your own imagination? In Imagine That, psychologist and imagination scientist Dr. Cassandra Vieten makes a radical claim: imagination is not just for artists and dreamers, it's the operating system behind how all of us think, act and live. And it exists within everyone.

Drawing on her original, cutting-edge neuroscientific research, Vieten introduces the concept of imagination neurodiversity: the idea that each of us has a unique set of strengths and tendencies that can be understood and activated. This book is your map to that inner world and the key to unlocking new possibilities in every area of life.

Vieten's research unpacks the neurological, cognitive and social components of imagination and uncovers how we can cultivate and apply it in our daily lives. Readers of this book will gain the ability to:

• Open their mind to new possibilities to help alleviate depression, anxiety and other mental health struggles.
• Boost their workouts, sports and physical training.
• Enrich relationships.
• Be more creative in work, school, hobbies, art and music.
• Deepen spirituality or other existential explorations.
• Develop more joy and creative energy through a more colorful way of seeing and being.

This is the first book to offer a road map to determining your imagination strengths and how you can leverage them to invent, create, innovate and lead a richer and more fulfilling life.

Better Good: A Simple System for Creating Lasting Impact

by Scott M Curran

A proven framework for making an impact in your life and work using the resources you already have, based on the work of presidents, A-list actors, Fortune 500 companies and non-profits, from the former General Counsel for the Clinton Foundation.

Almost everyone wants to do good in some form, in their communities, through their work or for a cause they care about. And yet, these dreams often get pushed aside by the pressing needs of daily life, and we give up before we even start. The good news is, you don't need extra time or money to make the world better. Instead, you can start where you are, with what you already know, love and do.

Better Good teaches you exactly where and how to begin. Using the same framework reflected in the work of leading companies, global nonprofits and changemakers, from organizations like Starbucks and Chobani to individuals like Will Smith and MacKenzie Scott, you'll learn how to leverage your PPP (Profile, Platform and Passion) and TTT (Time, Talent and Treasure) to deepen and expand your impact in your life and organization. An actionable, practical guide for both leaders and individuals, you'll learn:

• What levers make up your unique platform, and how to pull those levers to 10x your impact.
• How to use Transformative Time, Found Extra Time and even No Extra Time to do more good and do it better.
• Why more isn't always better -- better is better -- when it comes to making an impact, and how to ensure that your efforts are the highest and best use of your PPP and TTT to contribute in new (and not redundant or insignificant) ways.

When faced with challenges and inequities, too many of us think, "Somebody should do something about that." This book shows you that you are as much somebody as anybody, and you have more power than you realize to make your corner of the world, better.

Staying True to You: Unlock the Power of Your Middle Self and Live with Confidence, Integrity, and Peace of Mind

by PhD Faison Hewlin

An award-winning behavioral scientist offers a paradigm-shifting, empowering playbook for staying rooted and thriving as our true selves.

"Just be yourself" is popular advice that most of us hear throughout our lives. But what sounds like simple wisdom is much more complex in today's world. All too often, we feel a gap between our private selves and how we behave and appear to others in our work and in our relationships. How can we avoid feeling "fake?" And how do we reconcile our instinctive need for belonging with our simultaneous desire to express our authenticity?

Behavioral scientist Dr. Patricia Hewlin explores the delicate dance between authenticity and conformity we navigate daily by drawing from her decades of research. As she uncovers, the pressure to be "real" can be as debilitating as the pressure to stay silent and conform. When we swing too far in either direction, we become drained, plagued by self-doubt and disengaged.

In Staying True to You, Hewlin introduces the breakthrough concept of the "middle self," and demonstrates how this in-between persona can allow us to show up in the world, no matter the situation, with confidence and clarity about our values and peace of mind. When we empower our "middle self," we can make thoughtful decisions, stop feeding toxic patterns, face demands and pressures head-on and build a more satisfying relationship with the world around us.

With practical strategies throughout, Staying True to You is an essential roadmap to guide you toward identifying your unique strengths and finding a path to a new, more deliberate, more empowered way of working and interacting with others, essentially a new way of living.

This Is How You Love Her: A Journey to Radical Self-Love

by Traci Saulsberry

A fiercely candid, funny and sometimes heartbreaking blend of memoir and self-help on vulnerability, identity and reclaiming your life

What if you didn't need Bali to find yourself? For 14 years, Traci Saulsberry led communications at NBC, becoming one of the youngest Black executives at the company. She had everything a modern woman is told to want: the house, her son, the high-powered job.

But when her carefully constructed life collapsed, Saulsberry was confronted with a question she'd been avoiding for years: Who was she, really?

Here I was, caught on my heels, with no backup lover to pick up the slack. Naturally, because I am a product of an adolescence spent binging rom-coms filled with sweeping tales, I wanted to run away and leave it all behind. I romanticized that there must be a flight to the farthest island on the edge of the world where I could just start over again. My archnemesis, reality, quickly snapped me out of that daydream. I wasn't going anywhere. I felt trapped.

This Is How You Love Her is a vulnerable narrative guide to uncovering your identity in life's small moments, right where you are. With wit and insight, heart and cinematic prose, Saulsberry weaves together pages from her journal, conversational guides, poetry and reflection prompts in this memoir-meets-guide that gives readers permission to get to know themselves at their own pace.

For anyone who's ever lost themselves in work, relationships or the image they built to survive, this is your roadmap home.

And this is how you love her.

Perfect for fans of memoirs, self-help and journaling, this book explores:

• Perfection: Unlearning the belief that you're not allowed to get it wrong
• Body Autonomy: Reclaiming your body and learning to be present in your own skin
• Boundaries: Setting limits with the people you love most, even when it means risking the relationship
• Control: Releasing the need to manage everyone's perception and trusting yourself to just be

Too Sensitive: Rejection, Resilience, and the Science of Feeling Deeply

by Sasha Hamdani - William Dodson

For anyone who has ever felt like they are too much, a groundbreaking guide to understanding emotional sensitivity.

Overly dramatic. Irrational. Too sensitive. These are some of the labels applied to those of us who are emotionally triggered by everyday moments. Whether it's a delayed text message, a last-minute invite or a subtle shift in tone, what begins as a flicker of uncertainty can spiral into self-doubt, shame or withdrawal.

From the outside, these reactions may seem overblown. But what if emotional sensitivity is not a personality flaw but rather the result of a highly responsive and attuned nervous system? In Too Sensitive, Dr. Sasha Hamdani, known to her online following as @thepsychdoctormd, offers an accessible explanation of emotional sensitivity as well as practical guidance for how to manage it.

For many people, especially those with ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence, emotional sensitivity may be recognized as Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD). Feelings of being excluded, overlooked or dismissed are not all in our heads; they are based in our biology. In her groundbreaking book, Dr. Hamdani introduces the first assessment tool to discern where you fall on the emotional sensitivity spectrum and offers practical tools to restore calm to the nervous system.

Drawing from psychiatry, neuroscience and the gentle compassion of lived experience, Dr. Hamdani shares research-informed strategies to regulate emotional surges, interrupt spirals and build self-worth and resilience in relationships and at work. Most importantly, Too Sensitive reframes sensitivity not as fragility but as a powerful form of emotional awareness that can be understood and transformed into strength.

July 2026 Self-Help New Book Releases

Scavenging Beauty: A Memoir in Walks

by Angelica Glass

In this beguiling memoir of discovery and transformation, a woman walks every street in Santa Cruz County, California, and finds unexpected healing

Angelica Glass spent decades as a social worker helping families struggling with poverty, addiction, abuse and neglect. Needing relief from work-related stress, she turned to walking as an outlet. What began as a way to incorporate more exercise into her busy life transformed into something extraordinary: a years-long odyssey in which Glass drew upon physical exercise, a close observation of the natural world, and long periods of introspection to reconcile with her own past.

Between moments of awe as she explored her community and documented what she saw with her camera, she grappled with the turmoil of her early years in a complicated, challenging family, the aging process, long-held insecurities, and grief.

Whether wandering through residential neighborhoods, over redwood-strewn mountain passes, or along the seashore, Glass found solace and developed a growing sense of peace. By looking to the natural world to suture old wounds -- by scavenging beauty on her terms -- she came to understand what it means to feel whole. 

This Is the Main Event: Discovering the Life You Long for in the Life You Have

by Joshua Luke Smith

"'This is the main event' is the kind of phrase I'd like to tattoo on my arm--and my spirit . . . a thoughtful, artful, soulful meditation on life and faith and time and what really matters." -Shauna Niequist, New York Times bestselling author

A simple mantra to change everything: discover how to encounter God in your everyday, and practice extraordinary presence in an ordinary life.

What if the life we long for isn't elsewhere but rather right here, waiting to be discovered?

Joshua Luke Smith believes the greatest lie facing our generation is that the life we long for lies beyond the life that we have. We so easily learn to disdain the inconveniences and interruptions that infuse our everyday. But the real transformation happens when we look at our life as it is and dare to announce: This is the main event.

With devotional depth and prophetic wisdom, and interspersed with the author's original poetry and blessings, This Is the Main Event is your invitation to awaken to the sacred in your ordinary life. The pathway is through three spiritual practices, as Joshua commends, each proclaiming a transformative truth: 

• LAMENTATION: you are allowed to name your pain
• CONSECRATION: you are called to let grace change you
• ADORATION: you are invited to live in the wonder of God's daily presence

It's easy to see the bills, packed lunches, traffic jams, dentist appointments as mundanity, but then again, God comes to you in the shape of your actual life. Joshua Luke Smith writes from the raw materials of his own ordinary life--toddler tuck-ins, recovery meetings, flat tires a mile from home--to speak to yours. As you'll soon discover, every moment becomes meaningful when you recognize the God who meets you in it--a holy encounter accessed in the everyday.

Now What?: You, Your Life, and the Truth You've Been Avoiding

by Gary John Bishop

The New York Times bestselling author of Unfu*k Yourself helps you get out of the past, focus on the future, and build the life you've always wanted.

There are countless self-help books telling you how to get the life you want--how to find your purpose, make your plan, follow your goals. Yet, too many of us are frozen in life, unfulfilled and stuck with what we have.

Too often, we only see our future through a lens of the past--our past beliefs, experiences, and circumstances. We desire lives that are "better," "more," or "different." But we need to focus on crafting a life of invention, completely free of the constraints of what has been, and Gary John Bishop has the answer.

Now What? is your guide to building the right mindset to reinvent not only your life but what you are devoting your life to. Be warned though: Gary's message isn't for the faint of heart. You will be confronted and unsettled, challenged and provoked. But on the other side is an invigorating, hands-on approach to living life. Your life. Maybe even a life you never believed you could have. Let's fu*king go.

• Reinvent Your Life: Gary John Bishop shows how to stop living through the lens of the past and start building a future shaped by intention and action.
• Motivation for a Fresh Start: If you feel stuck, unfulfilled, or frozen in place, Now What? offers a direct challenge to break out of old patterns and move forward.
• Mindset for Personal Transformation: Shift your thinking, confront the limits of your past beliefs, and create a life that is bigger, freer, and more fully your own.
• Bold Self-Help That Pushes You: Bishop's provocative, hands-on approach is designed to unsettle complacency and spark meaningful change.
• Purpose, Direction, and Action: More than inspiration, this book is a guide to redefining not just the life you want, but what you are willing to devote your life to.

The Solo Honeymoon: A Brief Beautiful True Love Story

by Laura Murphy - Bret Witter

A romantic, life-affirming memoir about a young woman's solo honeymoon to Europe after her fiancé's sudden death weeks before their wedding, and the community of hope and wonder she built along the way

When Laura and Devon sat down to plan their honeymoon, Castellina in Chianti, Italy, was the obvious destination. Four months later, Laura found herself standing in a secret spot at the edge of the village watching the sunset. It would have been perfect, if Devon had been there with her. But Laura's fiancé, the love of her life, had died in her arms a month before their wedding.

The Solo Honeymoon follows Laura as she faces her fears and heartbreak by going alone on the honeymoon she had planned with Devon. From screaming from the mountaintops in Ireland to wandering the busy streets of London to dining on the French Riviera and watching the sun set over Castellina, Laura travels across Europe to find solid ground. Along the way, readers learn her unique love story and come to know Devon and what made their relationship so special.

The result is a beautiful exploration of what it means to choose life in the face of unimaginable pain. The Solo Honeymoon shines a light on the joy of love, the depths of grief, and all the beauty there is in the world.

Think Less, Sleep More: From Panic & Perfectionism to Stress-Free Sleep

by Stephanie Romiszewski

A smart and sometimes counterintuitive (who cares when you go to bed?) guide that will solve readers' sleep anxiety once and for all! 

If there's anything worse that not getting sleep, it's lying awake with a scare-face staring at the ceiling worrying about it. Here's Romiszewski's--a sleep physiologist and founder of the UK's Sleepyhead Clinics -- promise: "This book is your guide to liberating yourself from the endless cycle of sleep anxiety and obsession. By the end, you'll have regained control - not through perfection, but by letting go of the need to constantly manage your sleep. Sleep will start working for you, not as something to fear or fix, but as your natural ally. And best of all, it will no longer dominate your thoughts."

THINK LESS, SLEEP MORE is a sensible take on sleep with some counterintuitive twists to current accepted dogma, such as that we all need more sleep and that segmented sleep -- aka waking up in the middle of the night -- is a killer. It's a health and wellness sigh-of-relief book: there are some readjustments to make, both mental and physical, but a key takeaway is that whatever you're doing now is probably better than you think.

Among other counterintuitive insights, Romiszewski reveals:

• The importance of a consistent wake-time rather than a rigid bedtime
• How to trust your body's natural sleep drive and rhythms
• That 'bad' nights neither ruin the next day, nor, necessarily, your health, and that variability is normal
• That sleep isn't fragile -- it's adaptable, resilient, and smarter than any hack you could throw at it
• The myth of 8 hours'
• The power of light

For an audience who found Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" a bit daunting, Romiszewski's is the sensible, seasoned, calming voice you want to think of a 3 a.m.

Why We Fight: A Transformative Road Map to Healing Conflict in Any Relationship

by Kim Polinder

A revolutionary guide to discovering your core wound, examining how it manifests in your life, and navigating conflict in all relationships, from the popular associate therapist and coach @kp_counseling.

Anyone in a long-term relationship knows that fighting is inevitable. Our goal should be fighting well, fighting clean--which is both shockingly hard to do and the basis of a successful partnership. In Why We Fight, relationship coach, couples' therapist, and former Fortune 500 tech engineer Kim Polinder offers a unique and practical process for couples to address the recurring conflicts in their relationships--by helping them understand why they fight in the first place.

If you're sick of feeling out of control as the same old fights keep bubbling up, Why We Fight provides a path to understanding why we experience repetitive arguments and contention in our intimate relationships, and how to change that before it's too late. With Kim's guidance, you will discover your core wound, analyze how that plays out in your life, and follow a series of questions and practices to reframe and implement new behaviors, resulting in an improved relationship with yourself and your loved one.

Before Kim gained her degrees in spiritual psychology and clinical mental health and became a therapist, she spent many years as an IT engineer for a Fortune 500 company. This training taught her to approach problems by seeking the root cause of issues. In these pages, you will learn to:

• identify your core wound(s), which might sound something like 'My feelings don't matter, ' 'I don't belong," or 'My feelings are overwhelming'
• understand your attachment style and how it might be holding you back
• apply basic communication exercises
• undo the 'bad math' of relationships that you absorbed in childhood
• express yourself effectively, not defensively
• figure out the best troubleshooting approach for when conflict emerges, as it inevitably will

Kim's simple, proprietary flowchart system (Step 1: Do I Feel Understood? Step 2: Find a Solution) with straightforward prompts has been a gamechanger for her clients and hundreds of thousands of followers, helping them navigate conflict, regulate their emotions, communication more effectively, and make informed decisions during tough arguments.

The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet

by Jason Dove Mark

As the climate emergency worsens and biodiversity shrinks, we somehow get used to it. We struggle to remember what summers were like before the unrelenting heat, in those years before wildfires became an annual routine. We adapt, we normalize. Scientists call this "shifting baseline syndrome," and they warn that it's why we are increasingly sleepwalking toward disaster.

In this inspiring manifesto, environmental advocate and longtime editor-in-chief of Sierra magazine Jason Dove Mark offers antidotes that everyone can use to resist ecological amnesia and make lasting progress to repair and revive a livable planet. He puts forth four simple but powerful rules for a life lived in communion with the Earth:

Go outside
Bear witness
Make a record
Pass it on

From the mountains of California to the lakes of Wisconsin and across the lush forests of his beloved Pacific Northwest, Mark shares moving examples of citizen scientists, birdwatchers, mountain climbers, and fishermen who are putting these remedies into practice. And he makes the case for easy, everyday practices that can help us "remember the earth" and support environmental conservation, restoration, and rewilding. The Earth Said Remember Me is a hopeful, achievable prescription for protecting the planet, one citizen at a time.

All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning

by S. E. Smith

Have you suffered a loss? How was your life changed by the grief you experienced? Did you feel like your grief was properly acknowledged? Mourning is a personal experience and shouldn't be judged. There are no do-overs in death, but there are do-betters.

All My Dead Cats is not a book about pet loss. You will meet award-winning journalist and debut author s.e. smith's cats and read small slices of their stories. Their vignettes serve as an opening to scary conversations about loss, so grief can feel less intimidating and more relatable.

This is a book about grief and mourning as collective activities best undertaken in community. S.e. interviews dozens of experts--from death doulas to funeral home directors to therapists and psychologists--and discusses the different stages of grief. The shared perspectives help us understand that grief is not fixable but it can be livable. They teach us that if we have the courage, which begins with honest conversations about how we navigate grief, then we can learn how to do better.

After reading you'll better understand:

Grief is not over once the body is neatly disposed of, the rubble of the house has been taken away in dumpsters, the final fit on the prosthesis is done, the law is passed and withstands legal challenges, or when the permanent peace is brokered. It is an ongoing shift in our relationship to the world, and one that deserves attention and care as well as time and space to be amongst fellow mourners, to whom we do not need to justify or explain, because they understand where we are.

Readers will feel seen rather than being chastised for how they grieve and better understand how to process mourning--and how to help others. All My Dead Cats provides an entry point, by beginning the conversation about a beloved pet, so readers can think about the larger stakes of death and live a more fulfilled life.

June Self-Help New Releases

Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: How Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well

by Sara Hirsh Bordo

"This illuminating volume will liberate many women from self-suppression and its frequent consequence, physical illness." --  Gabor Maté M.D. New York Times bestselling author of The Myth of Normal

The inspirational, deeply researched wellness journey by the award-winning filmmaker, activist and founder of Women Rising, shining a light on how too many girls are trained to self-silence and serve others -- and how we can heal.

For generations, women have been told to be "good" -- to put others first, to silence their own voices, to neglect their own needs. But a new groundswell of evidence reveals the cost: when our lives are compromised, so are our immune systems.

Raised in a big Texas-Lebanese family as the eldest and only daughter, Sara Hirsh Bordo grew up caring for everyone else's needs at the expense of her own. Later, as an acclaimed director lifting up other women's stories, she watched her own body collapse under the weight of autoimmune disease and cancer. Only when she finally reclaimed sovereignty over her own voice, did she heal.

Determined to understand this link, Sara funded the first quantitative research at the intersection of female empowerment and autoimmunity. The results were groundbreaking: women raised in caretaker roles, especially eldest daughters, are disproportionately likely to develop autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto's, lupus, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and more. This study, endorsed by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona, garnered national media attention and has been shared across 20 countries. In these pages, you will find:

• How compromised girlhood identities create compromised immune systems in womanhood and how to rewrite your story.
• Impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on autoimmunity and poor health.
• Stunning findings from her research, such as more than 6 in 10 women with autoimmune diseases were raised as the oldest or only daughter in their families
• What radically changes in health when authenticity, environment and self-permission finally align.
• Inner girlhood work, including re-mothering through modern and mystical feminine archetypes.
• How to unlearn your primary role as a caregiver and practical guides for evolving from "good" to "real" at any age.

Weaving together memoir, exclusive expert interviews, evidence-based findings and women's personal stories, Autoimmunity and the Good Girls is a rousing testament to the missing modality in women's health -- sovereign self-permission to speak up, transform and heal.

How to Not Die in Prison: A Survival Guide

by Taylor Sheridan - Tom Nelson

The debut book from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Taylor Sheridan, creator of Landman and cocreator of Yellowstone – a no-bullsh*t, darkly funny survival guide to life inside a maximum-security prison, cowritten with prison-hardened ex-con Tom Nelson.

So, you f*cked up. Can't talk your way out of it, buy your way out of it, or beg your way out of it. You are going to prison. You will be living under a set of rules made up by men who have demonstrated to society that they need a big ol' time out. There is no book of these rules. Nobody will tell them to you. But when you break one -- boy, will you know it. For the newbie, the fish, the fresh meat, this book is your survival guide. How to mind your business without becoming a target. When to walk away. When to stand your ground.

This is how you don't die. Follow the advice in this book, and you just might make it out alive.

How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change That Sticks

by Steve Kamb

Founder of Nerd Fitness, Steve Kamb's How To Try Again, a guide to help readers transform their lives by giving up more often, failing faster and mastering the art of starting over.

Some people wake up at 4 a.m., run 15 miles barefoot and then meditate in an ice bath. THIS BOOK IS FOR THE REST OF US.

• Transform your life by quitting unhealthy expectations.
• Transform your life by failing compassionately. 
• Transform your life by trying again differently.

The false promises of optimized wellness and productivity are a recipe for personal blame and frustration. Fortunately, escaping this doom loop is Steve Kamb's superpower.

Kamb has helped tens of millions make sustainable progress, even when life happens. Blending empathy, humor and REAL advice, How to Try Again will help you navigate everyday chaos, restart without guilt and make change that sticks. All while being delightfully, forgivably human.

Leave the Lights on: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species

by Elizabeth Dunn - Jiaying Zhao

"Who knew that saving the world could be so much fun?" -- Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness

What if the most effective ways to fight climate change made you happy? Psychologist Elizabeth Dunn and climate behavior scientist Jiaying Zhao challenge everything we think we know about sustainable living. While most climate advice demands self-denial -- eat less, travel less, want less -- this groundbreaking book offers a counterintuitive truth: you can make your life better while saving our species at the same time.

The authors reveal how tweaking everyday decisions around food, travel, housing and shopping can nudge us toward a tipping point of mass action, without tipping us into burnout. You will discover that:

• Joy is a powerful climate strategy. When you enjoy the changes you're making, you're more likely to stick with them -- and spread them.
• You don't have to go vegan or give up flying. Smart substitutions (chicken over beef, carry-on over checked bags) make a real dent in emissions with less personal friction.
• Small talk matters. Normalizing climate conversations with friends and family helps shift social norms and catalyzes cultural change.
• Give yourself permission to leave the lights on. Focus on higher-impact actions instead of smaller interventions.

Leave the Lights On is a bold invitation to reimagine climate action not as a burden, but as an opportunity to build a brighter future -- without guilt, without gloom and without giving up the things that make life worth living. With warmth, clarity and a refreshingly optimistic voice, Zhao and Dunn reframe what it means to "do your part." Because sustainability doesn't lie in doing everything, it lies in doing something, joyfully.

The Courage to Commit: Embrace the Radical Power of Sticking with Something

by Shawn Johnson - Andrew East

From former Olympic gymnast and gold medal winner Shawn Johnson East and former NFL pro Andrew East -- the dynamic duo behind the chart-topping Couple Things podcast -- a bold rebrand of commitment in an uncommitted world

Modern life seems designed to keep us uncommitted. Commitment is unsexy, uncool, old-fashioned. Why commit to a loving but flawed partner when there are endless romantic options to swipe through on the apps? Why double down on finishing a difficult project when you could be scrolling TikTok, streaming Netflix, or starting a new, more exciting idea? We live in a world of limitless distraction, infinite possibility, a barrage of options and choices always available. So why does it still feel like something is missing?

As a gold medal winning Olympic gymnast and a former NFL pro, husband and wife team Shawn Johnson and Andrew East know a thing or two about committing. And with The Courage to Commit, they're here to prove just how contrarian committing can be in an age of dopamine-chasing impatience. Through scientific studies and personal stories, Shawn and Andrew show readers why commitment matters, how it works and the strategies and tactics to get things done so you can become the type of person who gets that promotion, enjoys a rewarding marriage and achieves that long-held dream. In short, so you can move beyond fear and find the freedom, meaning and joy we all crave.

This isn't a book about cold plunges or intermittent fasting or meditation. Instead, The Courage to Commit makes a simple case for sticking with the things that matter. Because in a world of options and distraction, the real rebellion is choosing your hill to die on, and then planting your flag there with gusto.

The Psychology of Luck: Korean Secrets for Attracting Wealth and Success

by Min Ji Yoo

An inspirational guide to attracting success and increasing your luck, drawing from centuries of mystical Korean wisdom

Most of us will experience at least a few lucky breaks in life, but the ability to recognize the signs of good fortune is what truly sets you up to succeed. In The Psychology of Luck, Min Ji Yoo reveals how successful people harness their luck to attract prosperity -- and how you can too. This guide to manifesting good luck interprets Eastern philosophies for Western readers, giving you the power to redirect your destiny.

You will learn: 

• Daily habits to improve your fortune
• How to inhabit "good will"
• How to get lucky without any money
• What lucky people do to secure their destiny
• How to make good luck out of bad luck

Sometimes good fortune can feel out of reach because of factors out of your control, but the truth, as Min Ji Yoo explains, is that being open to opportunity, and being willing to work with it when it appears, is often the deciding factor to your success.

Mastering Your Mental Game

by Julie Elion

Secrets from My Twenty-Five Years on the PGA Tour -- A Practical Guide to Improving Your Performance in Sports, Work, and Life: A behind-the-scenes sage of the golf world and renowned mental health coach reveals her methods to achieving elite performance in sports, work and life, drawing from her experience with top PGA Tour champions.

Over the past 25 years Julie Elion has been the silent force behind some of the most prominent athletes of our time. Her clients on the PGA Tour, who have included Justin Thomas, Max Homa and Wyndam Clark, have racked up over $500 million in career earnings and twenty-five major championship wins. Known as "Stealth" for her discreet but potent coaching style, Elion has been honing her unique methods for decades. Now, she's ready to share her winning strategies in this transformative guide that blends mental health coaching and mindfulness to help improve the way you think, perform and succeed.

Elion's approach goes far beyond traditional performance coaching. Her philosophy is holistic. By integrating practical mental health tools focused on behavioral and cognitive cues with a deeper appreciation and understanding of oneself, she helps individuals unlock peak performance. Her clients gain insight into their personal history, character, family and relationships and then use those insights to become stronger athletes and leaders. Elion has worked one on one to empower business leaders, executives and teams across various sports including the NBA, NFL, MLB, WNBA and LPGA.

Packed with practical tools, Mastering Your Mental Game will help you overcome mental blocks, build resilience and reach your highest potential. Whether you're a golfer chasing championships, an athlete pursuing greatness, or a professional striving for career breakthroughs, Elion's insights will give you the edge you need to achieve excellence.

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