October Book to Live By

by on October 1, 2025

The Road to Burgundy

by Ray Walker

Ray Walker had a secure career in finance until a wine-tasting vacation ignited a passion he couldn’t stifle. He quit his job, moved to France, and  started a winery. With little money, limited command of the French language, and no winemaking experience, he immersed himself in the extraordinary history of Burgundy’s vineyards and began honing his skills. Following Ray’s journey to secure the region’s most coveted grapes, The Road to Burgundy is a glorious celebration of finding one’s true path in life and taking a chance—whatever the odds.

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September Book to Live By

by on September 2, 2025

Enchantment by Katherine May

Many of us feel trapped in a grind of constant change leaving us fearful and tired. The low hum of fatigue and anxiety had Katherine May wondering if there was a way she could feel more rested and at ease. Enchantment invites the reader on a journey to reawaken our sense of wonder and awe. With humor, candor, and warmth, the author shares stories of her own struggles and feelings of overwhelm. Craving a different way to live, May explores the elements of earth, water, fire, and air identifying their quiet traces of magic that can be found only when we look for them. Through attention and ritual, she unearths the potency and nourishment that come from quiet reconnection with our environment.

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August Book to Live By

by on August 1, 2025

Mind Your Body

by Nicole Sachs

Do you suffer from chronic pain? Have medical treatments proved disappointing? Psychotherapist Nicole Sachs offers another way to tackle chronic pain by nurturing the mind-body connection. Based on the work of Dr. John Sarno, she believes pain is an invitation to explore our emotional depths by acknowledging common traumas such as shame, grief, suppressed emotions and unresolved issues. Using practical tools, journal prompts and self-inquiry, she offers deeply healing ways to truly understand our body-mind connection and to get to the bottom of chronic conditions in order to live life to the fullest.

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July Book to Live By

by on July 2, 2025

The Art of Gathering

by Priya Parker

 

In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker draws on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings, to serve a book that is both journey and guide full of exciting ideas with real-world applications for distinctiveness in group gatherings. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker presents a human-centered approach to create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and play. She shows what works and what doesn’t while pointing out simple, specific changes to invigorate any group experience. https://www.priyaparker.com/book-art-of-gathering

 

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June Book to Live By

by on June 3, 2025

The Stress RX

By Trupti Gokani, MD

Neurologist (and Woman on Fire) Dr. Trupti Gokani wants you to know that how your brain perceives stress causes 80 to 90 percent of your struggles. Most people have no idea stress is the culprit that has thrown their lives off-balance. The Stress Rx will show you how to use the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and Dr. Gokani’s Three Brain Model(TM) to find true, holistic health, reduce your risk of disease and improve your longevity far more than any dietary change, pill, or exercise routine.

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May Book to Live By

by on May 1, 2025

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

by Dr. Julie Smith

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Julie Smith provides the skills you need to navigate common life challenges and take charge of your emotional and mental health. Her debut book is filled with secrets from a therapist’s toolkit, teaching you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times. The expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help you stay resilient, whether you want to manage anxiety, deal with criticism, cope with depression, build self-confidence, find motivation, or learn to forgive yourself. 

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April Book to Live By

by on April 2, 2025

Get Good with Money

10 Steps to Becoming Financially Whole

By Tiffany Aliche

Tiffany Aliche was a successful pre-school teacher with a healthy nest egg when a recession and advice from a shady advisor put her out of a job and into a huge financial hole. Get Good with Money reveals her practical steps to financial recovery and introduces the powerful concept of building wealth through financial wholeness: an alternative to get-rich-quick and over-complicated money management systems. With helpful checklists, worksheets, and a tool kit of resources, this book gets crystal clear on the short-term actions that lead to long-term goals, including:

•A simple technique to determine your baseline or “noodle budget,” examine and systemize your expenses, and lay out a plan that allows you to say yes to your dreams.
•An assessment tool that helps you understand whether you have a “don’t make enough” problem or a “spend too much” issue—as well as ways to fix both.
•Best practices for saving for a rainy day (aka job loss), a big-ticket item (a house, a trip, a car), and money that can be invested for your future.
•Detailed advice and action steps for taking charge of your credit score, maximizing bill-paying automation, savings and investing, and calculating your life, disability, and property insurance needs.
•Ways to protect your beneficiaries’ future, and ensure that your financial wishes will stand the test of time.
 
A NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, this book provides a plan for finding peace, safety, and harmony with your money—no matter how big or small your goals and no matter how rocky the market might be. Find it wherever you buy books!

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March Book to Live By

by on March 3, 2025

Eat That Frog

by Brian Tracy

There’s an old saying that if the first thing you do each morning is eat a live frog, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re done with the worst thing you’ll have to do all day. For Brian Tracy, eating a frog is a metaphor for tackling your most challenging task—but also the one that can have the greatest positive impact on your life. Eat That Frog! shows you how to organize each day so you can zero in on these critical tasks and accomplish them efficiently and effectively. Buy it on Amazon.

 

 

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February Book to Live By

by on February 4, 2025

Super Communicators by Charles Duhigg

In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation. Communication is a superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, we’re actually participating in one of three conversations: practical (What’s this really about?), emotional (How do we feel?), and social (Who are we?). If you don’t know what kind of conversation you’re having, you’re unlikely to connect. Taking us from the writers’ room of The Big Bang Theory to the couches of leading marriage counselors, Duhigg shows you how to recognize these conversations—and teaches us the skills we need to navigate them. In the end, he delivers a simple but powerful lesson: With the right tools, we can connect with anyone.

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January Book to Live By

by on January 2, 2025

Trust Your Vibes

by Sonia Choquette

As Women on Fire, we know the importance of self-care. But do you know the #1 way to take care of yourself? Learn to trust your vibes! We are kicking off the new year with a book designed to strengthen your intuition for an easier, more energetically uplifting, and satisfying way of life. Intuition supports your creativity, helps heal emotional wounds, and calms your anxious and uncertain heart. This book guides you through exercises to help bring positive change and peace of mind showing you how to live in a higher, more harmonious place.  Find it on Amazon!

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