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185 Books in the SELF-HELP / Motivational Category

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Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business

Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business
Let Me Be Real with You: Inspiring Lessons on Living a Life of Service

Let Me Be Real with You: Inspiring Lessons on Living a Life of Service
How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons

How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons
Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life

Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life
Damaged But Not Destroyed: From Trauma to Triumph

Damaged But Not Destroyed: From Trauma to Triumph
Overcoming: A Workbook

Overcoming: A Workbook
For There Is Always Light: A Journal

For There Is Always Light: A Journal
Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight

Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight
Evolving While Black: The Ultimate Guide to Happiness and Transformation on Your Own Terms

Evolving While Black: The Ultimate Guide to Happiness and Transformation on Your Own Terms
A Quiet Girls’ Freedom: A Guide To Developing Your Voice, Confidence, and Peace

A Quiet Girls’ Freedom: A Guide To Developing Your Voice, Confidence, and Peace
Self-Care for Black Men: 100 Ways to Heal and Liberate

Self-Care for Black Men: 100 Ways to Heal and Liberate
Crazy Faith: It’s Only Crazy Until It Happens

Crazy Faith: It’s Only Crazy Until It Happens
Stop Waiting for Perfect: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone and Into Your Power

Stop Waiting for Perfect: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone and Into Your Power
Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run

Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run
How to Human: Three Ways to Share Life Beyond What Distracts, Divides, and Disconnects Us

How to Human: Three Ways to Share Life Beyond What Distracts, Divides, and Disconnects Us
Now I Am Known: How a Street Kid Turned Foster Dad Found Acceptance and True Worth

Now I Am Known: How a Street Kid Turned Foster Dad Found Acceptance and True Worth
Black Oak: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Men

Black Oak: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Men
Just Keep Living: Conversations with Granny

Just Keep Living: Conversations with Granny
Self-Care for Black Women

Self-Care for Black Women
How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself

How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself
Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust

Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust
African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy

African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy
Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation

Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation
Transitions: From Forgotten to Forgiven and Highly Favored

Transitions: From Forgotten to Forgiven and Highly Favored
Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now: Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope

Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now: Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope
Checking in: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life—And Can Save Yours

Checking in: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life—And Can Save Yours
Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams

Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams
Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice

Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-Love

Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-Love
Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual

Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual
Use Your Past To Make You An Effective Leader

Use Your Past To Make You An Effective Leader
The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love
The Spirit of Music: The Lesson Continues

The Spirit of Music: The Lesson Continues
This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live by Every Day

This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live by Every Day
The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
Our Stories, Our Voices: Black Men Speak Their Truth

Our Stories, Our Voices: Black Men Speak Their Truth
The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith—Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally

The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith—Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally
Life Coaching for Successful Women: Powerful Questions, Practical Answers

Life Coaching for Successful Women: Powerful Questions, Practical Answers
The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom

The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom
Happy, Okay?: Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival

Happy, Okay?: Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival
The Cure For Onlyness: A Black Man’s Guide To Joy, Passion & Purpose

The Cure For Onlyness: A Black Man’s Guide To Joy, Passion & Purpose
Get Over It!: Thought Therapy for Healing the Hard Stuff

Get Over It!: Thought Therapy for Healing the Hard Stuff
I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live by

I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live by
From Fatal To Fierce

From Fatal To Fierce
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)
Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams

Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams
Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change

Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women: 20th Anniversary Edition

Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women: 20th Anniversary Edition
Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me

Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me
Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Little Girl Arise

Little Girl Arise
Creative Quest

Creative Quest
Minority Leader: How to Lead from the Outside and Make Real Change

Minority Leader: How to Lead from the Outside and Make Real Change
Desert of Solitude: Refreshed by Grace

Desert of Solitude: Refreshed by Grace
The Empath

The Empath
The Little Girl Inside: Owning My Role in My Own Pain

The Little Girl Inside: Owning My Role in My Own Pain
Dear Beautiful! A Self-Empowerment Book for Black Women

Dear Beautiful! A Self-Empowerment Book for Black Women

Character Building

Character Building
A to Z Online Book Promotion Tips Coloring Book

A to Z Online Book Promotion Tips Coloring Book
Higher Is Waiting

Higher Is Waiting
A Second Wind: Time to Own Your Future

A Second Wind: Time to Own Your Future
Revelations of a Real Man (or Woman)

Revelations of a Real Man (or Woman)
Across That Bridge

Across That Bridge
I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons

I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons
Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It

Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
Regroup: The How-To of Never Giving Up

Regroup: The How-To of Never Giving Up
Mind Right, Life Right: Manifesting Dreams Through The Laws of The Universe

Mind Right, Life Right: Manifesting Dreams Through The Laws of The Universe
Exponential Living: Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are

Exponential Living: Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are
Lessons from a Gathering of Men: How Men’s Work Is Redefining Masculinity and Improving Men’s Lives

Lessons from a Gathering of Men: How Men’s Work Is Redefining Masculinity and Improving Men’s Lives
Jump: Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance

Jump: Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance
Delayed But Not Denied 1: 20 Inspirational Stories About Life and Resiliency

Delayed But Not Denied 1: 20 Inspirational Stories About Life and Resiliency
Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life

Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Gratitude: 101 Stories about How Being Thankful Can Change Your Life

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Gratitude: 101 Stories about How Being Thankful Can Change Your Life
I Am Beautiful: The Evolution of Beauty

I Am Beautiful: The Evolution of Beauty
The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir

The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir
50 for Your Future: Lessons from Down the Road

50 for Your Future: Lessons from Down the Road
180 Degrees of Consciousness

180 Degrees of Consciousness
The House that God Built: God’s Master Plan for Marriage and His Blueprint for Blessing

The House that God Built: God’s Master Plan for Marriage and His Blueprint for Blessing
Trusting The Tingles

Trusting The Tingles
Pink Pantie Confessions

Pink Pantie Confessions
STATIONS: Changing Your Life - Changing Your Career

STATIONS: Changing Your Life - Changing Your Career
Where We Belong: Journeys That Show Us The Way

Where We Belong: Journeys That Show Us The Way
Trust: Mastering the 4 Essential Trusts

Trust: Mastering the 4 Essential Trusts
2 Hard 2 Break

2 Hard 2 Break
Changin’ Your Game Plan: How I Used Incarceration as a Stepping Stone for Success

Changin’ Your Game Plan: How I Used Incarceration as a Stepping Stone for Success
Dear Father: Breaking The Cycle Of Pain

Dear Father: Breaking The Cycle Of Pain
by J. Ivy
The Work: My Search For A Life That Matters

The Work: My Search For A Life That Matters
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou

Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
Hello, Sunshine: 5 Habits to UNCLOUD Your Day

Hello, Sunshine: 5 Habits to UNCLOUD Your Day
One Hour To Wealth: Your Great Idea Is Valuable...Get Up And Write It Down!

One Hour To Wealth: Your Great Idea Is Valuable...Get Up And Write It Down!
What I Know For Sure

What I Know For Sure
Daffodil: A Mother’s Journey

Daffodil: A Mother’s Journey
How To Uncover, Heal & Release Painful Life Experiences: Living a Vocal, Valued and Victorious Life

How To Uncover, Heal & Release Painful Life Experiences: Living a Vocal, Valued and Victorious Life
The Entrepreneur Within You Volume 2

The Entrepreneur Within You Volume 2
L.O.V.E. for Teen Moms: You Can Still Have Lives of Vision & Empowerment

L.O.V.E. for Teen Moms: You Can Still Have Lives of Vision & Empowerment
Transforming Pain To Power: Unlock Your Unlimited Potential

Transforming Pain To Power: Unlock Your Unlimited Potential
Gate to Life - You Choose the Life That You Shall Experience

Gate to Life - You Choose the Life That You Shall Experience
Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything

Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything
Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones

Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones
Mastery

Mastery
How to Become Influential and Highly Successful: The Young Adult Success Manual

How to Become Influential and Highly Successful: The Young Adult Success Manual
Wisdom in Pieces: Motivational Moments for Real Life

Wisdom in Pieces: Motivational Moments for Real Life
Ask Wendy: Straight-Up Advice For All The Drama In Your Life

Ask Wendy: Straight-Up Advice For All The Drama In Your Life
You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Holly wood, Love, Loss (and Each Other)

You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Holly wood, Love, Loss (and Each Other)
Ducks in a Row??? Please.: How to find the courage to finally QUIT your soul-draining, life-sapping, energy-depleting, freedom-robbing job … after! (In Search of a Better Belief System)

Ducks in a Row??? Please.: How to find the courage to finally QUIT your soul-draining, life-sapping, energy-depleting, freedom-robbing job … after! (In Search of a Better Belief System)
Speak Your Peace - Healing Is Your Choice

Speak Your Peace - Healing Is Your Choice
Black Men Rock

Black Men Rock
The Power of Awareness

The Power of Awareness
Lemonade: Inspired By Actual Events

Lemonade: Inspired By Actual Events
Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom

Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom
Taylor’s Way: Life Lessons Through The Eyes of a Three-Year Old

Taylor’s Way: Life Lessons Through The Eyes of a Three-Year Old
The Entrepreneur Within You

The Entrepreneur Within You
The Manual: A Guide To Achievement & Enlightment In The Urban Community

The Manual: A Guide To Achievement & Enlightment In The Urban Community
Essence Presents Ledisi Better Than Alright: Finding Peace, Love & Power

Essence Presents Ledisi Better Than Alright: Finding Peace, Love & Power
by Ledisi
How Great Women Lead: A Mother-Daughter Adventure into the Lives of Women Shaping the World

How Great Women Lead: A Mother-Daughter Adventure into the Lives of Women Shaping the World
Morning… Noon… & Night…: Inspirational Wisdom to Make Your Moments

Morning… Noon… & Night…: Inspirational Wisdom to Make Your Moments
Uncover Your Potential: You are More than You Realize

Uncover Your Potential: You are More than You Realize
Peace From Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You’re Going Through

Peace From Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You’re Going Through
The Cultural Awareness Journal: For Those New to Cultural Awareness and Those Already on the Journey

The Cultural Awareness Journal: For Those New to Cultural Awareness and Those Already on the Journey
O’s Best Advice Ever!: Make Over Your Life With Oprah & Friends

O’s Best Advice Ever!: Make Over Your Life With Oprah & Friends
I Got Juana Back a Journey of Inspiration

I Got Juana Back a Journey of Inspiration
The Wealth Cure: Putting Money In Its Place

The Wealth Cure: Putting Money In Its Place
The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn’t Sexy

The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn’t Sexy
The Best Is Yet to Come

The Best Is Yet to Come
No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love

No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love
Super Rich: A Guide To Having It All

Super Rich: A Guide To Having It All
Peace From Broken Pieces: How To Get Through What You’re Going Through

Peace From Broken Pieces: How To Get Through What You’re Going Through
How the Fierce Handle Fear - Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times

How the Fierce Handle Fear - Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times
The Blueprint: A Plan For Living Above Life’s Storms

The Blueprint: A Plan For Living Above Life’s Storms
Put On Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments On The Path To Queendom

Put On Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments On The Path To Queendom
A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life

A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life
A Game Of Character: A Family Journey From Chicago’s Southside To The Ivy League And Beyond

A Game Of Character: A Family Journey From Chicago’s Southside To The Ivy League And Beyond
Handfuls of Purpose: Helping our Daughters Seize and Embrace their Destinies

Handfuls of Purpose: Helping our Daughters Seize and Embrace their Destinies
Take Back Your Family: How To Raise Respectful And Loving Kids In A Dysfunctional World

Take Back Your Family: How To Raise Respectful And Loving Kids In A Dysfunctional World
Start Where You Are: Life Lessons In Getting From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be

Start Where You Are: Life Lessons In Getting From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be
Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny

Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny
No Matter What!: 9 Steps To Living The Life You Love

No Matter What!: 9 Steps To Living The Life You Love
The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It on and Off

The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It on and Off
From the Heart: Eight Rules to Live By

From the Heart: Eight Rules to Live By
Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life

Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life
Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. (ROUGHCUT)

Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. (ROUGHCUT)
Do You!: 12 Laws To Access The Power In You To Achieve Happiness And Success

Do You!: 12 Laws To Access The Power In You To Achieve Happiness And Success
The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music
The Busy Woman’s Little Book of Motivation: 42 Morsels of Motivation To Help You Live Out Loud and Become The Phenomenal Woman You Were Born To Be

The Busy Woman’s Little Book of Motivation: 42 Morsels of Motivation To Help You Live Out Loud and Become The Phenomenal Woman You Were Born To Be
25 Things That Really Matter In Life

25 Things That Really Matter In Life
All About Love: Favorite Selections From In The Spirit On Living Fearlessly

All About Love: Favorite Selections From In The Spirit On Living Fearlessly
Walk Tall: Affirmations for People of Color

Walk Tall: Affirmations for People of Color
Don’t Let "It" Get You!: An Empowering Health And Fitness Guide For Women

Don’t Let "It" Get You!: An Empowering Health And Fitness Guide For Women
The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs

The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life

Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life
The Making Of A Joyful Mother Workbook: A Spiritual Journey For Women Experiencing Infertility

The Making Of A Joyful Mother Workbook: A Spiritual Journey For Women Experiencing Infertility
Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny

Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny
The Covenant In Action

The Covenant In Action
A Hand to Guide Me

A Hand to Guide Me
The Immortality Of Influence

The Immortality Of Influence
Live Your Best Life: A Treasury of Wisdom, Wit, Advice, Interviews, and Inspiration from O, The Oprah Magazine

Live Your Best Life: A Treasury of Wisdom, Wit, Advice, Interviews, and Inspiration from O, The Oprah Magazine
What’s Really Holding You Back?: Closing the Gap Between Where You Are and Where You Want to Be

What’s Really Holding You Back?: Closing the Gap Between Where You Are and Where You Want to Be
Life Rhymes: For the Passion-Centered Life

Life Rhymes: For the Passion-Centered Life
The Real Lives of Strong Black Women: Transcending Myths, Reclaiming Joy

The Real Lives of Strong Black Women: Transcending Myths, Reclaiming Joy
Giving to Yourself First (Inner Vision (Sounds True))

Giving to Yourself First (Inner Vision (Sounds True))
Move Without the Ball: Put Your Skills and Your Magic to Work for You

Move Without the Ball: Put Your Skills and Your Magic to Work for You
You’re A Worthwhile Person in More Ways Than A Million!

You’re A Worthwhile Person in More Ways Than A Million!
Listen to Your Life: Following Your Unique Path to Extraordinary Success

Listen to Your Life: Following Your Unique Path to Extraordinary Success
Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America

Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America
A Plentiful Harvest: Creating Balance and Harmony Through the Seven Living Virtues

A Plentiful Harvest: Creating Balance and Harmony Through the Seven Living Virtues
I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses to Desert the Inner City

I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses to Desert the Inner City
Mama Used to Say: Wit & Wisdom from the Heart & Soul

Mama Used to Say: Wit & Wisdom from the Heart & Soul
Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth

Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth
101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves

101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves
Living Through the Meantime: Learning to Break the Patterns of the Past and Begin the Healing Process

Living Through the Meantime: Learning to Break the Patterns of the Past and Begin the Healing Process
Until Today! : Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of Mind

Until Today! : Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of Mind
Yesterday, I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving (New York)

Yesterday, I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving (New York)
Doing What’s Right: How to Fight for What You Believe—And Make a Difference

Doing What’s Right: How to Fight for What You Believe—And Make a Difference
In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want

In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want
Steppin’ Out with Attitude: Sister, Sell Your Dream!

Steppin’ Out with Attitude: Sister, Sell Your Dream!
You Can Make It Happen: A Nine Step Plan for Success

You Can Make It Happen: A Nine Step Plan for Success
What Makes the Great Great

What Makes the Great Great
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth
Wisdom of the Elders

Wisdom of the Elders
Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice

Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice
The Spirit of a Man: A Vision of Transformation for Black Men and the Women Who Love Them

The Spirit of a Man: A Vision of Transformation for Black Men and the Women Who Love Them
The Value in the Valley: A Black Woman’s Guide Through Life’s Dilemmas

The Value in the Valley: A Black Woman’s Guide Through Life’s Dilemmas
Faith in the Valley: Lessons for Women on the Journey to Peace

Faith in the Valley: Lessons for Women on the Journey to Peace
Daily Motivations for African-American Success: Including Inspirations from Famous African-American Achievers

Daily Motivations for African-American Success: Including Inspirations from Famous African-American Achievers
Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice: A Guide to Success for Black Americans

Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice: A Guide to Success for Black Americans