Wayne Williams' Grab Another Gear is a motivating guide to living with intention rather than drifting through life on autopilot.
BookTribMay 28, 2026
It’s spring: a season of hope, renewal, and… avoidance. Whether you’re confidently embracing your goals or strategically avoiding anything resembling personal growth, you deserve a reward for getting through those seasonal sniffles + surviving another new cycle. Follow these flow charts for book recs that will help you achieve your…
BookTribApril 15, 2026
In recent years, rates of anxiety, depression and other forms of emotional distress among teens have risen significantly, while access to qualified mental health professionals remains uneven at best. For many families, the question is no longer whether support is needed, but where to find it. Into this gap steps…
BookTribMarch 19, 2026
Sara Wiseman is not only an award-winning author, but she's been a spiritual teacher for years. Her latest book, Messages from the Divine, acts as a guide, showing us how to open up, and connect with others and the universe around us. The lessons themselves are timeless, and provide solutions for some…
BendwebsMay 21, 2018
If 2025 left you thinking, “I need a reset,” 2026 is your chance to stop wishing and start shaping your life the way you actually want it. I’ve always been a fan of The Art of War, and to be honest, Sun Tzu’s strategies have saved me more than once…
Monique SnymanJanuary 7, 2026
Betrayal, power and affairs are at the scandalous center of our lives and entertainment these days (we're looking at you Scandal!). The big question is WHY. For those of us lost in the dark, Esther Perel just may have the answer. Esther Perel, a Belgian psychotherapist now based in New York…
BookTribOctober 12, 2017
There are books meant to guide us, and books to make us laugh, and rarely do they go hand-in-hand. At least, not until founder and CEO of Chic Media Rachel Hollis came along. Her latest book, Girl, Wash Your Face (by the way, this is excellent advice) is a best seller, stories…
BookTribFebruary 16, 2018
Life doesn’t hand out roadmaps for the hard stuff — illness, grief, loss or the quiet, sometimes overwhelming uncertainty that comes after survival. There’s no checklist, no perfect sequence of steps, no easy answers. But books? Books can meet us exactly where we are. They can hold us, challenge us…
Monique SnymanOctober 29, 2025
In 2015, American Television producer, screenwriter and founder of “Shondaland Productions” Shonda Rhimes penned Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person. It was the bestselling memoir of the woman who created the strong, independent and unapologetic female leads of Grey’s…
Jodé MillmanOctober 22, 2025
Some books amuse us while others teach us something new, but few change our perception. There are many perspectives we have on life (and the world in general) that are damaging to us, or others around us. These books address changing some of those perspectives.
BookTribSeptember 3, 2025
Occasionally, one has the privilege of reading a book that is so fine and perfectly expressed that you want to open it to the first page and start over. Counting Backwards by novelist Binnie Kirschenbaum is a rare work of fiction that enraptures the reader with an unlikely topic: the…
Linda HitchcockApril 30, 2025
Grief and Managing This Inevitable Part of Life by Michael Dow, beautifully presented through the voice of Nurse Dorothea, is a sensitive, heartfelt and empowering book that offers readers both understanding and tools for coping with one of life's most difficult challenges — grief. As the second installment in the Nurse…
Kelsey HallApril 29, 2025
In the rush of our daily lives, it's easy to take the simple blessings for granted — our health, the warmth of family and friends, and the cherished things that bring us comfort. We simply forget to pause and truly appreciate them. Perhaps now is a good time to take…
Monique SnymanFebruary 24, 2025
My wife and I have been married for almost 40 years. In all that time, I can count on one hand how many weekend afternoons we have spent together. She goes in one direction (shopping, show, friends) and I go in another (house projects, the dog, watching sports). I don’t…
Jim AlkonJanuary 28, 2025
Anybody can tell you “You can do it” before something like a big job interview — but what about the mundane tasks you need a little confidence boost for? In Tiny Pep Talks (Quirk Books), comedians Paula Skaggs and Josh Linden have written a new book with “bite-size” encouragement for…
BookTribNovember 18, 2024
Wow! What an unbelievable story of pain, frustration and despair transforming into new life that author Mireille Mandat has to share in her powerful memoir/self-help book, The Empowerment to Conquer Illnesses. Anyone who has or knows someone who has one of those “invisible” illnesses — like fibromyalgia, neuropathy, inflammatory bowel…
Barbara WilkovAugust 16, 2024