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72 Books in the SELF-HELP / Personal Growth Category

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Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life

Jump and Find Joy: Embracing Change in Every Season of Life
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
The Light We Carry (paperback): Overcoming in Uncertain Times

The Light We Carry (paperback): Overcoming in Uncertain Times
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live by Every Day

This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live by Every Day
Let Go of the Guilt: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Back Your Joy

Let Go of the Guilt: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Back Your Joy
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve

The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve
Get Over It!: Thought Therapy for Healing the Hard Stuff

Get Over It!: Thought Therapy for Healing the Hard Stuff
The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose

The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose
Dare to Lead

Dare to Lead
Shattering Black Male Stereotypes: Eradicating the 10 Most Destructive Media Generated Illusions about Black Men

Shattering Black Male Stereotypes: Eradicating the 10 Most Destructive Media Generated Illusions about Black Men
Fifty-Five Unemployed and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better <strike>Retirement</strike> Life

Fifty-Five Unemployed and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better <strike>Retirement</strike> Life
Pursuit to a Greater "Self": 12 Points to Developing Good Character and Healthy Relationships

Pursuit to a Greater "Self": 12 Points to Developing Good Character and Healthy Relationships
101 Things I Wish My Father Taught Me

101 Things I Wish My Father Taught Me
Sister You ARE More Than Your assETS

Sister You ARE More Than Your assETS
Growing Through Life: 28 Days of Growth Tools

Growing Through Life: 28 Days of Growth Tools
Your Healing Portion: For Life’s Obstacles (Volume 1)

Your Healing Portion: For Life’s Obstacles (Volume 1)
The Missing Relationship

The Missing Relationship
Stop Wasting Your Time Blaming Others for Your Life: 15 Life Lessons to help you take back control of your Life, Relationships and Career

Stop Wasting Your Time Blaming Others for Your Life: 15 Life Lessons to help you take back control of your Life, Relationships and Career
F*ck Feelings: One Shrink’s Practical Advice for Managing All Life’s Impossible Problems

F*ck Feelings: One Shrink’s Practical Advice for Managing All Life’s Impossible Problems
Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery

Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery
What I Know For Sure

What I Know For Sure
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Expanded Edition: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Expanded Edition: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
Tuesday Morning Love: 52 Commentaries and Weekly Affirmations to Honor the Soul Within the Souldier (Volume 1)

Tuesday Morning Love: 52 Commentaries and Weekly Affirmations to Honor the Soul Within the Souldier (Volume 1)
Transforming Pain To Power: Unlock Your Unlimited Potential

Transforming Pain To Power: Unlock Your Unlimited Potential
Raise Your Hand If You Have Issues: If You Didn’t Raise You Hand You’re Lying And That’s An Issue

Raise Your Hand If You Have Issues: If You Didn’t Raise You Hand You’re Lying And That’s An Issue
Me First: A Deliciously Selfish Take on Life

Me First: A Deliciously Selfish Take on 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
The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man
Manology: Secrets of Your Man’s Mind Revealed

Manology: Secrets of Your Man’s Mind Revealed
The Power of Awareness

The Power of Awareness
Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man

Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man
Under the Sword: Life Lessons to Awaken the Zen Warrior in You

Under the Sword: Life Lessons to Awaken the Zen Warrior in You
Good Self, Bad Self: Transforming Your Worst Qualities Into Your Biggest Assets

Good Self, Bad Self: Transforming Your Worst Qualities Into Your Biggest Assets
Straight Talk, No Chaser: How To Find, Keep, And Understand A Man

Straight Talk, No Chaser: How To Find, Keep, And Understand A Man
Straight From Your Gay Best Friend: The Straight-Up Truth About Relationships, Work, And Having A Fabulous Life

Straight From Your Gay Best Friend: The Straight-Up Truth About Relationships, Work, And Having A Fabulous Life
The Blueprint: A Plan For Living Above Life’s Storms

The Blueprint: A Plan For Living Above Life’s Storms
The Little Black Book Of Success: Laws Of Leadership For Black Women

The Little Black Book Of Success: Laws Of Leadership For Black Women
Dream Big: O’s Guide to Discovering Your Best Life

Dream Big: O’s Guide to Discovering Your Best Life
Everything I’m Not Made Me Everything I Am: Discovering Your Personal Best

Everything I’m Not Made Me Everything I Am: Discovering Your Personal Best
My God and Me: Listening, Learning and Growing on My Journey

My God and Me: Listening, Learning and Growing on My Journey
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
No Matter What!: 9 Steps To Living The Life You Love

No Matter What!: 9 Steps To Living The Life You Love
Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance
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)
All About Love: Favorite Selections From In The Spirit On Living Fearlessly

All About Love: Favorite Selections From In The Spirit On Living Fearlessly
How To Do Good After Prison: A Handbook For Successful Reentry (W/ Employment Information Handbook)

How To Do Good After Prison: A Handbook For Successful Reentry (W/ Employment Information Handbook)
The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs

The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs
Color Me Butterfly: A True Story of Courage, Hope and Transformation

Color Me Butterfly: A True Story of Courage, Hope and Transformation
Your Money and Your Man: How You and Prince Charming Can Spend Well and Live Rich

Your Money and Your Man: How You and Prince Charming Can Spend Well and Live Rich
Angels Among Us, Earth Angels

Angels Among Us, Earth Angels
The Immortality Of Influence

The Immortality Of Influence
The Power Of Intention

The Power Of Intention
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
The Blueprint for My Girls in Love: 99 Rules for Dating, Relationships, and Intimacy

The Blueprint for My Girls in Love: 99 Rules for Dating, Relationships, and Intimacy
Who Are You?

Who Are You?
Life Rhymes: For the Passion-Centered Life

Life Rhymes: For the Passion-Centered Life
Spend Well, Live Rich (Previously Published as 7 Money Mantras for a Richer Life): How to Get What You Want with the Money You Have

Spend Well, Live Rich (Previously Published as 7 Money Mantras for a Richer Life): How to Get What You Want with the Money You Have
The Angry Black Woman’s Guide To Life

The Angry Black Woman’s Guide To Life
A Plentiful Harvest: Creating Balance and Harmony Through the Seven Living Virtues

A Plentiful Harvest: Creating Balance and Harmony Through the Seven Living Virtues
Reclaim Your Power!: A 30-Day Guide to Hope, Healing, and Inspiration for Men of Color

Reclaim Your Power!: A 30-Day Guide to Hope, Healing, and Inspiration for Men of Color
Will

Will
101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves

101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves
Seven Soulful Secrets for Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Mission

Seven Soulful Secrets for Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Mission
Don’t Give It Away! : A Workbook Of Self-Awareness And Self-Affirmations For Young Women

Don’t Give It Away! : A Workbook Of Self-Awareness And Self-Affirmations For Young Women
What Makes the Great Great

What Makes the Great Great
My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness

My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
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