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Paula Swope Author Of Thought Snob: The Modern Spiritual Playbook for a Better Life

From my list on women who are ready for change.

Why am I passionate about this?

Although each book is different, they have all been written for the same reason—to help people obtain the life they dream of. About twenty years ago, I was broke, miserable, and surrounded by toxic people who wanted to see me fail. I had no money or support, and my future looked quite dismal until a self-help book appeared out of the clear blue. A self-help book changed the trajectory of my life, and that’s why I am passionate about this topic. After studying self-help books and dedicating my whole existence to being better, I pivoted my work from fundraising to helping people find their life purpose the way I did. 

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Paula Swope Why did Paula love this book?

Welcome to the Holy Grail of spirituality provided by the late Louise Hay, our queen of positive affirmations. This book absolutely changed the way I viewed my health. Before Louise came into my life, I thought my health was out of my control and that disease happened by chance. This book taught me about the connection between my thoughts, emotions, and health. I had no idea that my emotions were powerful enough to create good and bad health, but once I learned the connection, I used Louise’s methods to release negative emotions. 

You will learn the true meaning of forgiveness and how to forgive people who have wronged you, including yourself. You will learn about the diseases that are associated with negative emotions. For instance, arthritis might result from feeling unloved or from long-held criticism and resentment. A new thought pattern is provided for each physical ailment, and if the…

By Louise Hay,

Why should I read it?

8 authors picked You Can Heal Your Life as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Over 50 million lives transformed worldwide! This seminal classic explores how positive thought and affirmations can inspire your own healing, wellbeing and happiness.

Full of ideas and strategies that have worked for millions of people worldwide. You Can Heal Your Life, the definitive bestselling book on self-healing, has transformed the lives of millions of people. This is a book that people credit with profoundly altering their awareness of the impact that the mind has on our health and wellbeing.

In this inspirational work, world renowned teacher Louise L. Hay offers profound insight into the relationship between the mind and the…


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David and Deborah Kozich Author Of Absolute Love: The 12 Principles of Love in Life and Business

From my list on creating deep love awareness.

Why are we passionate about this?

We have been fascinated by the power and energy of Love as far back as either of us remember. Each of our life's purposes revolves around the belief that Love is the most powerful force in the universe. We support our LoveFoundation and mission to bring Love awareness to individuals and to the world. We are both transformational life coaches and believe and teach that love is essence. Our mission is to change the paradigm of the world from fear to Love, building on the foundation of Absolute Love, restoring hope and faith into the hearts of the world.  

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David and Deborah Kozich Why did David and Deborah love this book?

A Return to Love creates an inspirational story about trusting love as an absolute reality.

Marianne uses her own experience to enhance the lives of others. The results of returning to love help one to stay in the realm of answers with a new level of awareness. Perspective shifts, and love thoughts occur at a deeper level. Mindful celebrations are shared including grief and acknowledgment of disappointments to help one process and forgive to honestly celebrate new beginnings.

Courage is taught as one learns to celebrate the spiritual warrior within to face fear and anger with the brilliance of returning to love. Unconditional love is a gift available to all.  

By Marianne Williamson,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked A Return to Love as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Back by popular demand -- and newly updated by the author -- the mega-bestselling spiritual guide in which Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace.

Williamson reveals how we each can become a miracle worker by accepting God and by the expression of love in our daily lives. Whether psychic pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, she shows us how love is a potent force, the key to inner peace, and how by practicing love we can make our…


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David and Deborah Kozich Author Of Absolute Love: The 12 Principles of Love in Life and Business

From my list on creating deep love awareness.

Why are we passionate about this?

We have been fascinated by the power and energy of Love as far back as either of us remember. Each of our life's purposes revolves around the belief that Love is the most powerful force in the universe. We support our LoveFoundation and mission to bring Love awareness to individuals and to the world. We are both transformational life coaches and believe and teach that love is essence. Our mission is to change the paradigm of the world from fear to Love, building on the foundation of Absolute Love, restoring hope and faith into the hearts of the world.  

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David and Deborah Kozich Why did David and Deborah love this book?

Recently we have been blessed to meet the author of this amazing book. Together we discovered our shared interest in love as a way of life and upon our meeting we traded books on the topic.

This read is a refreshing perspective and guide for our journey in life. Rick Nichols depicts the characters of The Wizard of Oz to all be heroes on life's journey giving valuable insight on how to live a truly love-centered life that builds on heart-centered courage, faith, and grace.

Magic comes alive in the storytelling of Dorothy’s journey, as well as the author's near-death experience, definitely eye-opening and heart warming. Powerful insight is shared revolving around the belief that Love and acceptance are keys to healing ourselves and the world.

By Rick Nichols,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Love Will Lead Us Home as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Are you looking for excitement, adventure, and discovery of the most revolutionary kind? Look no further.

Love Will Lead Us Home is a journey — a hero’s journey from what we may see as our ordinary everyday reality to a reality that lies just beneath the familiar, one with astonishing secrets to reveal to those willing to explore with an open mind and heart. As your guide, I will lead you through landscapes that may at first seem familiar but, upon deeper exploration, you will discover a new reality and meaning you may have previously overlooked.

Although listed as nonfiction,…


Book cover of Living, Loving, and Learning

Rick Nichols Author Of Love Will Lead Us Home: Your Guide For the Journey

From my list on love as a way of life.

Why am I passionate about this?

As an author, speaker, and teacher of love, my life purpose revolves around the belief that love and acceptance are the keys to healing the world. I have been blessed with the privilege of traveling the globe, sharing messages of love and healing with audiences of many cultures and beliefs. My message is simple, positive thinking and self-love are the keys to freedom, peace, and joy. I firmly believe that Love is the source and substance of the universe; it is how we got here and what sustains us. My aim is that these recommendations provide you with inspiration and/or instruction on expanding your love for personal and global healing. 

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Rick Nichols Why did Rick love this book?

Having been raised in a dysfunctional, mostly loveless environment, I arrived at adulthood starved for love, a perfect setup for failed codependent relationships.

Finally, around age 45, rich love lessons began to find their way to me, not the least of which was this life-saving book. Dr. Buscaglia was the first and perhaps only university professor to teach love. He convinced USC to let him teach a class dedicated to love, and only two years later, his course, Love 101, was maxed out with 200 students and a waitlist of 600.

Mainly consisting of lecture transcripts delivered to people of many ages and backgrounds, you will find the content warm, gracious, humorous, and humble. So, open your heart and mind, and be prepared to receive the wonder of love.

By Leo F. Buscaglia,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Living, Loving, and Learning as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A collection of lectures by New York Times bestselling author, professor, and PBS motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia, Living, Loving, & Learning combines essential insights and teaching anecdotes to create a delightfully informative text on how to love.

Living, Loving, & Learning is the only complete collection of Leo Buscaglia's popular lectures, originally delivered via in-person talks and eventually broadcast to worldwide audiences on PBS. Drawing on his personal life and including practical experience gathered while teaching his renowned "Love Class" at the University of Southern California, Buscaglia's personal stories are amusing and informative depictions of how to live a life…


Book cover of The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi

Julie Brooks Author Of The Keepsake

From my list on whisking you from one time period to another.

Why am I passionate about this?

I’m the girl who loved school excursions to historical parks and the middle-aged author who cannot keep away from a house museum. Like most Australians, I love to travel (you’ll meet us everywhere), gravitating towards historical sites and weighing down my luggage with museum-shop trophies from Beijing to Bath and Cusco to Athens. All novels are mysteries the reader wants to solve, but stories with multiple timelines add an extra layer of puzzle to the mystery. As a writer I get to craft those puzzle pieces. And as a reader, I love solving them!

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Julie Brooks Why did Julie love this book?

Of course, the title leapt out at me from the bookshop shelf! And on reading the first page I fell in love with Shafak’s lyrical writing.

As I read further, I was drawn into the stories of love in many guises within its pages. I was intrigued by the way the author wove a modern narrative of a deeply unhappy American housewife with a story about the historical character, thirteenth-century Sufi poet, Rumi, and his friendship with wandering dervish, Shams of Tabriz.

The story took me to a place and time far from mine and I learned about a very different culture—yet in its philosophical concerns and themes, not so different after all. And I really loved that both Shams and Rumi were storytellers so that the novel had layers of nested stories.

By Elif Shafak,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked The Forty Rules of Love as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The international bestseller from the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, The Forty Rules of Love is part of our Penguin Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics

*One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped the World'*

"Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough..."

Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is…


Book cover of Absolute Love: The 12 Principles of Love in Life and Business

Rick Nichols Author Of Love Will Lead Us Home: Your Guide For the Journey

From my list on love as a way of life.

Why am I passionate about this?

As an author, speaker, and teacher of love, my life purpose revolves around the belief that love and acceptance are the keys to healing the world. I have been blessed with the privilege of traveling the globe, sharing messages of love and healing with audiences of many cultures and beliefs. My message is simple, positive thinking and self-love are the keys to freedom, peace, and joy. I firmly believe that Love is the source and substance of the universe; it is how we got here and what sustains us. My aim is that these recommendations provide you with inspiration and/or instruction on expanding your love for personal and global healing. 

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Rick Nichols Why did Rick love this book?

Recently I was blessed to meet the authors of this refreshing book. We immediately discovered our shared interest in love as a way of life and traded books on the topic.

I quickly learned that Absolute Love is a valuable resource for learning to live through love. I read most books for entertainment or information and then put them away. However, I find this one so inspiring that I now keep it on my desk, referring to it daily for heart-opening reminders about love and acceptance.

Each chapter offers well-crafted affirmations that can, with practice, gently shift our worldviews from fear to love and compassion. Precisely what is needed for world peace.

Bonus: Each chapter offers lessons on how to apply love to your personal and business life, what a blessing!

By David Kozich, Deborah Kozich,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Absolute Love as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.


Book cover of The Three Supreme Gifts: A Practical Approach to Self-Mastery and to Transforming Your Life Here and Now

David and Deborah Kozich Author Of Absolute Love: The 12 Principles of Love in Life and Business

From my list on creating deep love awareness.

Why are we passionate about this?

We have been fascinated by the power and energy of Love as far back as either of us remember. Each of our life's purposes revolves around the belief that Love is the most powerful force in the universe. We support our LoveFoundation and mission to bring Love awareness to individuals and to the world. We are both transformational life coaches and believe and teach that love is essence. Our mission is to change the paradigm of the world from fear to Love, building on the foundation of Absolute Love, restoring hope and faith into the hearts of the world.  

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David and Deborah Kozich Why did David and Deborah love this book?

The gifts Lisa shares inside this book, are practical and powerful with many tips, tools, practices, and resources for harmonious transformation.

You will experience love at a deeper level. You being the subject of life to create the life you deserve and desire. A different perspective that is worth reading. This is the second book to Lisa’s first book Love Is the Seed.

She teaches how you can plant seeds of love in your life to live fully engaged with love, thought, and free will. Practical loving wisdom shared to help you find within you all that you need, a practical approach to self-mastery and loving yourself.  

By Lisa Hromada,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Three Supreme Gifts as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

"The Three Supreme Gifts is a genuine and honest guide that would make for an amazing gift or for personal exploration that will leave you feeling encouraged, rejuvenated, and with a deeper spiritual understanding."- Liz Konkel, Readers' Favorite

"Reading, digesting, and deepening my understanding of The Three Supreme Gifts has been nothing short of transformational. Lisa Hromada shows us the indisputable truth about who we are innately, and provides an easily understandable framework for the depth of love and inner knowing / guidance that is always available to us."- Barb Wade, M.A.

A book of beauty and simple wisdom, The…


Book cover of Jobi Says Love Is The Most Important Thing: Jobi The Lab

David and Deborah Kozich Author Of Absolute Love: The 12 Principles of Love in Life and Business

From my list on creating deep love awareness.

Why are we passionate about this?

We have been fascinated by the power and energy of Love as far back as either of us remember. Each of our life's purposes revolves around the belief that Love is the most powerful force in the universe. We support our LoveFoundation and mission to bring Love awareness to individuals and to the world. We are both transformational life coaches and believe and teach that love is essence. Our mission is to change the paradigm of the world from fear to Love, building on the foundation of Absolute Love, restoring hope and faith into the hearts of the world.  

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David and Deborah Kozich Why did David and Deborah love this book?

This is a children's series about a Chocolate Labrador Retriever named Jobi who believes that “Love is The Most Important Thing.” 

What makes him special is that he can talk. Jobi speaks words of wisdom to children and readers of all ages and teaches powerful life lessons. Jobi loves teaching about the power of believing in love and how one can be inspired by faith to overcome fear. Discoveries are shared to light up the life of the reader along with the importance of active listening and paying attention.

Jobi loves to inspire and encourage interactive reading and invites his readers to read together, out loud, and to make reading a fun part of everyday life.    

By David Kozich, Karen Light (illustrator),

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Jobi Says Love Is The Most Important Thing as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

At first sight, Jobi is just another Chocolate Brown Labrador Retriever, but Jobi is a special dog possessing the wisdom and power of Love-and he can talk, Faith, a young girl, is confronted with a life challenge and frozen with fear. Can Jobi inspire faith to overcome her fear? Discover if the power of Love and light can light Faith's heart and mind to help her share music that inspires others.

In this second book of the Jobi Series, follow Jobi and the adventures of Grace, Faith, and Steven as Jobi teaches the power of Love. You will be amazed.


Book cover of Ask and It Is Given

Abiola Abrams Author Of From Imagination to Reality: Secret Manifestation Lessons and the Law of Assumption from Abdullah, Master Alchemist

From my list on manifesting (from a spiritual teacher).

Why am I passionate about this?

As a mom to a toddler, I’m passionate about teaching the power of manifesting and self-agency so she grows up knowing she can shape her own world. Growing up in New York City with roots in Guyana, South America, I’ve always been drawn to the magic of manifesting and ancestral rituals. I’ve seen firsthand how these practices can change lives, both through my own journey and by working with incredible people worldwide as a retreat leader. I’m deeply connected to the teachings of manifesting masters like Abdullah, and I love sharing this wisdom with others to help them step into their power and create their own realities.

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Abiola Abrams Why did Abiola love this book?

This book cracked me wide open when I first heard about Abraham Hicks and channeling from my friend Leslie. It felt weird, wonderful, and just right. Leslie gifted me this book along with a subscription to Abraham Hicks audios back in the day, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Their teachings on the Law of Attraction became my daily spiritual toolkit, helping me consciously create my reality.

The emotional guidance system they share is a game-changer, especially for anyone new to manifesting, and my favorite part. I love revisiting this book because I always find new insights and inspiration that deepen my practice. It's my cornerstone for staying connected to my inner guidance.

By Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked Ask and It Is Given as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Pairing empowering channelled teachings with practical guidance on the Law of Attraction, this book will help you to manifest a joyful and fulfilling life.

This book explains how our relationships, health issues, finances, career concerns and more are influenced by the Universal laws that govern our time/space reality and describes powerful processes that will help you manifest your desires and live the life you deserve.

Esther and Jerry Hicks' first book presenting the teachings of the non-physical entity Abraham has drawn an extraordinary collection of endorsements from people keen to draw attention to the message that Abraham has to convey.…


Book cover of Self Love and Spiritual Alchemy: Transform your mindset, strengthen your self-worth and manifest the life you desire.

Ruby Dhal Author Of Dear Self

From my list on if you want to learn how to love yourself.

Why am I passionate about this?

I embarked on my very first healing journey at the age of 4, after I lost my mother. Through the years, I wanted nothing more than to live a happy life. It wasn’t until the age of 21 that I understood the reason for my pain and discomfort –the lack of love that I had for myself. I started writing about my emotions and sharing these pieces on an online blog. Within a few months, my page grew tremendously. I realised then that we’re all on various healing journeys, and most of us struggle with self-love, even if we look like we’ve got it ‘figured out’ – we still struggle. 

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Ruby Dhal Why did Ruby love this book?

This book was such a great read. One of the main goals of this book is for readers to understand what, and how much, they deserve and how this contributes to an increase in self-love. Just like Vex, Dani emphasises the importance of the Law of Attraction and manifestation. She uses examples from her experiences to shed light on the various tools she adopted over the years to build her confidence and create the life she deserves. I love a good self-help book filled with personal examples and what worked/didn’t work in the author’s life, and Watson does that really well. Maybe, I’m nosey, or maybe it's because that’s the way I write my own books and I enjoy diving into other people’s experiences to see how similar we can all be in our healing. 

This book is for anyone spiritual, or readers who believe in the law of attraction,…

By Dani Watson,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Self Love and Spiritual Alchemy as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Self Love and Spiritual Alchemy takes you on a journey to transform your mindset and master The Law of Attraction so that you can create a life that sets your soul on fire.

Dani Watson, a Self Love and Law of Attraction coach, walks you through a process that will help you get clear on what you really want, ditch the limiting beliefs and negative thoughts that are holding your back and teach you how to raise your vibration so that you can to be, do and have anything you desire.

Within the book, Dani shares her story of how…


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