--- title: Reignite Your Goals with Books description: No matter your goals for the year ahead, be it create healthy habits, discover joy, or nurture your creativity, these books offer inspiration and wisdom. image: https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2025/Blog_Assets/BL_PersonalGrowth_S25_BlogBanner.jpg --- [![BL_logo_4c_horz_lg](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BL/Logos/BL_logo_4c_horz_lg.jpg?width=290&height=52&name=BL_logo_4c_horz_lg.jpg "BL_logo_4c_horz_lg")](https://www.broadleafbooks.com) - [Excerpts](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/tag/excerpt) - [Interviews](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/tag/interviews) - [Op-Eds](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/tag/op-ed) - [Resources](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/tag/resources) - [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/search/allproducts) ## [Reignite Your Goals with Books](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/reignite-goals) Feb 10, 2025 7:34:00 AM / by [Broadleaf Books](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/author/broadleaf-books) ![BL_PersonalGrowth_S25_BlogBanner](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2025/Blog_Assets/BL_PersonalGrowth_S25_BlogBanner.jpg?width=684&height=399&name=BL_PersonalGrowth_S25_BlogBanner.jpg) Many of us set goals at the beginning of the year, but as the busyness of life pulls us in many different directions, it's easy for our focus and priorities to shift. There's good news, though: it doesn't need to be the start of a new year to consider all of the ways you want to grow and change, physically, intellectually, and emotionally. Through wisdom, practical advice, and personal reflections, the books below provide motivation and encouragement to reignite your goals and flourish into your truest self.  Scroll for the books or click the topics below to jump to that section. [Books to Inspire Healthy Habits](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/reignite-goals#habits) [Books to Cultivate Creativity](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/reignite-goals#creativity) [Books on Emotions and Mental Health](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/reignite-goals#emotions) [Books on Self-Help and Transformation](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/reignite-goals#self-help) [Books to Help You Connect with Mind, Body, and Spirit](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/reignite-goals#mind-body-spirit)   Books to Inspire Healthy Habits [![BL_HowToBeBusy_Cover](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2025/Covers/BL_HowToBeBusy_Cover.png?width=200&height=308&name=BL_HowToBeBusy_Cover.png)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506499147/How-to-Be-Busy) [How to Be Busy](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506499147/How-to-Be-Busy) [Unhurried Living Even When Your Calendar Is Chaotic](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506499147/How-to-Be-Busy) [Rachelle Crawford](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/7983/Rachelle-Crawford) Publication date: May 6, 2025 How nice it would be to clear the calendar—to just stop doing so much stuff. Except kids get sick and the work project awaits and elderly relatives need care. No matter how well you hack it, manage it, slice or dice or delegate it: in some seasons of life, busyness is a given. The solution, writes Rachelle Crawford, is not to merely declutter your calendar or unsubscribe from the busy life. The trick lies in learning *how *to be busy. *How to Be Busy* is alighthearted, practical guide for how to live your deep, meaningful, unhurried life—right in the middle of your busy one. [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506499147/How-to-Be-Busy)   [![BL_WhatToWearAndWhy_Cover_9781506497006c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Fall_2024/Covers/BL_WhatToWearAndWhy_Cover_9781506497006c.png?width=200&height=299&name=BL_WhatToWearAndWhy_Cover_9781506497006c.png)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497006/What-to-Wear-and-Why) [What to Wear and Why](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497006/What-to-Wear-and-Why) [Your Guilt-Free Guide to Sustainable Fashion](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497006/What-to-Wear-and-Why) [Tiffanie Darke](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8789/Tiffanie-Darke) Publication date: September 3, 2024 It's time to rethink what clothes we buy, wear, and toss out, knowing that we can have a positive environmental impact while still looking good and dressing well. As consumers, we have the power to make a difference with the clothing choices we make. In *What to Wear and Why*, top fashion writer turned sustainability activist Tiffanie Darke sheds light on the unsustainable practices and immense environmental impact of the fashion industry and presents a compelling argument for why transformative change is urgently needed. [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497006/What-to-Wear-and-Why)   [![BL messy minimalism cover with outline](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/2021/Fall_2021/Covers/BL%20messy%20minimalism%20cover%20with%20outline.png?width=200&height=273&name=BL%20messy%20minimalism%20cover%20with%20outline.png)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506466866/Messy-Minimalism) [Messy Minimalism](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506466866/Messy-Minimalism) [Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506466866/Messy-Minimalism) [Rachelle Crawford](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/7983/Rachelle-Crawford) Publication date: December 7, 2021 Think minimalism means a perfectly curated, always tidy home? Think again. Drowning in tides of toys, overflowing closets, and a crazy schedule, Rachelle Crawford assumed you had to be naturally organized to keep a tidy living space. Then she found minimalism: the messy, real-life kind that is less about perfection and more about purpose. With empathy, grace, and humor, Crawford shares doable ways to own less and live more fully.  Learn to become a more conscious consumer, create a capsule wardrobe, inspire family members to join you, free up more time for the things that matter, and create a tidy(ish) home. [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506466866/Messy-Minimalism)   Books to Cultivate Creativity [![BL_JustMaking_Cover_9781506485539c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2025/Covers/BL_JustMaking_Cover_9781506485539c.jpg?width=200&height=309&name=BL_JustMaking_Cover_9781506485539c.jpg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506485539/Just-Making) [Just Making](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506485539/Just-Making) [A Guide for Compassionate Creatives](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506485539/Just-Making) [Mitali Perkins](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/7991/Mitali-Perkins) Publication date: May 6, 2025 Why should we make art while injustice and suffering wreak havoc? How can we justify making beautiful things? From award-winning author Mitali Perkins comes an essential companion for writers, artists, and other creatives who long for a more just world. We must keep making art infused with truth, beauty, and goodness, not to ignore a world in distress but for the sake of loving it. With vivid stories, practical ideas, and reflection and discussion questions, *Just Making* will inspire you to keep making beauty in a broken world. [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506485539/Just-Making)   [![BL_TurnedOn_Cover_9798889831624c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2025/Covers/BL_TurnedOn_Cover_9798889831624c.jpg?width=200&height=304&name=BL_TurnedOn_Cover_9798889831624c.jpg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831624/Turned-On) [Turned On](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831624/Turned-On) [A Creative's Guide to Awakening Presence, Pleasure, and Possibility](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831624/Turned-On) [Brie Stoner](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8973/Brie-Stoner) Publication date: January 7, 2025 For far too long we have relegated the erotic to the bedroom, when in reality it is a fundamental energy that helps us connect more deeply with ourselves, each other, the earth, and the creative potential within us. In *Turned On*, artist and musician Brie Stoner redefines the erotic, stating that it is more than just human intimacy; it can be the antidote to feeling anxious, disconnected, and uninspired. By reframing Eros as the energy of life and creativity itself, Stoner invites us to reawaken presence, playfulness, and possibility as the gateways to transformation. [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831624/Turned-On)   [![BL_TheArtistsJoy_Cover](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2024/Covers/BL_TheArtistsJoy_Cover.png?width=200&height=309&name=BL_TheArtistsJoy_Cover.png)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497242/The-Artists-Joy) [The Artist's Joy](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497242/The-Artists-Joy) [A Guide to Getting Unstuck, Embracing Imperfection, and Loving Your Creative Life](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497242/The-Artists-Joy) [Merideth Hite Estevez](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8677/Merideth-Hite-Estevez) Publication date: June 25, 2024 Whether you're a dabbler, a career creative, or a self-proclaimed tortured artist, *The Artist's Joy* is for you. Professional oboist and creativity coach Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez guides artists in all levels and disciplines to build a creative life that resonates deeply with their core values. Complete with practical guides and companion playlist. [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497242/The-Artists-Joy)   Books on Emotions and Mental Health [![BL_YouDontNeedToForgive_Cover_9798889831150c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2025/Covers/BL_YouDontNeedToForgive_Cover_9798889831150c.jpg?width=200&height=300&name=BL_YouDontNeedToForgive_Cover_9798889831150c.jpg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831150/You-Dont-Need-to-Forgive) [You Don't Need to Forgive](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831150/You-Dont-Need-to-Forgive) [Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831150/You-Dont-Need-to-Forgive) [Amanda Ann Gregory](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8972/Amanda-Ann-Gregory) Publication date: February 25, 2025 You can find peace, whether or not you forgive those who harmed you. Feeling pressured to forgive their offenders is a common reason trauma survivors avoid mental health services and support. *You Don't Need to Forgive* is an invaluable resource for trauma survivors and their clinicians who feel alienated and even gaslighted by the toxic positivity and moralism that often characterize attitudes about forgiveness in psychology and self-help.  [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831150/You-Dont-Need-to-Forgive)   [![BL_PutYourPastInThePast_Cover_9798889830436c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2025/Covers/BL_PutYourPastInThePast_Cover_9798889830436c.jpg?width=200&height=300&name=BL_PutYourPastInThePast_Cover_9798889830436c.jpg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889830436/Put-Your-Past-in-the-Past) [Put Your Past in the Past](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889830436/Put-Your-Past-in-the-Past) [Why You May Be Reenacting Your Trauma, and How to Stop](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889830436/Put-Your-Past-in-the-Past) [Beverly Engel](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8986/Beverly-Engel) Publication date: March 18, 2025 Millions of us are desperately trying to rewrite our past by unconsciously repeating it—unknowingly reenacting the traumatic events in our lives in an effort to complete unfinished business or undo what was done to us. These unconscious efforts to undo trauma only bring more pain, more disappointment, and more psychological damage. Unless we process past traumas, we can't heal them. *Put Your Past in the Past* by renowned psychotherapist Beverly Engel will help you face your past head-on to find true and lasting wholeness.  [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889830436/Put-Your-Past-in-the-Past)   [![BL_NotSoSorry_Cover_9781506486963c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Fall_2024/Covers/BL_NotSoSorry_Cover_9781506486963c.jpeg?width=200&height=300&name=BL_NotSoSorry_Cover_9781506486963c.jpeg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506486963/Not-So-Sorry) [Not So Sorry](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506486963/Not-So-Sorry) [Abusers, False Apologies, and the Limits of Forgiveness](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506486963/Not-So-Sorry) [Kaya Oakes](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/7986/Kaya-Oakes) Publication date: July 30, 2024 From religious communities to therapeutic spaces, the importance of forgiving those who've wronged us is often enshrined as an unqualified good. But what about horrifying cases of abuse, predatory behavior, or systemic wrong? In these cases, forgiveness places the onus on victims, diminishes real hurt and anger, lets perpetrators off the hook, and prevents justice from being done. *Not So Sorry* takes us on a whirlwind tour of the many abuses of the concept of forgiveness and dares us to ask the necessary question: Is it ever better *not* to forgive? 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But the path of true transformation, according to Hunter Mobley, isn't in doing more, but in doing less—in letting go of control and adopting a contemplative posture that will naturally lead us to our true self. *Letting Go, Finding You* shows how a contemplative spiritual path, informed by the Enneagram, will allow you to finally stop striving after false promises and start surrendering to the truest version of yourself. [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889831655/Letting-Go-Finding-You)   [![BL_TheJoyDocument_Cover_9798889830726c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Fall_2024/Covers/BL_TheJoyDocument_Cover_9798889830726c.jpg?width=200&height=309&name=BL_TheJoyDocument_Cover_9798889830726c.jpg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889830726/The-Joy-Document) [The Joy Document](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889830726/The-Joy-Document) [Creating a Midlife of Surprise and Delight](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889830726/The-Joy-Document) [Jennifer McGaha](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8786/Jennifer-McGaha) Publication date: November 19, 2024 Once you begin looking for joy, you can find it pretty much anywhere. In Jennifer McGaha's fifty-fifth year, she began to take note of simple, everyday things that struck her as beautiful or humorous or intriguing and kept a list of all the accomplishments, large and small, that actually mattered to her. These observations became her Joy Document, a radical act of reclaiming joy and an exercise in paying attention. Full of wit, heart, and reflective questions to help readers create their own joy documents, *The Joy Document* is a welcome companion for midlife transformation.  [Read an excerpt here.](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/discovering-joy-in-everyday-moments) [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889830726/The-Joy-Document)   [![BL_TheLoveHabit_Cover_9781506496740c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Fall_2024/Covers/BL_TheLoveHabit_Cover_9781506496740c.png?width=200&height=308&name=BL_TheLoveHabit_Cover_9781506496740c.png)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506496740/The-Love-Habit) [The Love Habit](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506496740/The-Love-Habit) [Daily Self-Care Practices for a Happier Life and Healthier Relationships](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506496740/The-Love-Habit) [Rainie Howard](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8787/Rainie-Howard) Publication date: September 10, 2024 Explore how your self-image and daily habits shape your relationships with others in *The Love Habit* (LOVE: Learn, Optimize, Validate, Experience). Bestselling author and relationship expert Rainie Howard says you have the power to break free of unhealthy cycles and to blossom into the best version of yourself. *The Love Habit *shows you how through chapters offering insights on embracing a love-based approach to your habits. [Read an excerpt here.](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/personality-pain-or-positivity) [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506496740/The-Love-Habit)   Books to Help You Connect with Mind, Body, and Spirit [![BL_LearningToCry_Cover_9798889835745c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Spring_2025/Covers/BL_LearningToCry_Cover_9798889835745c.jpg?width=200&height=304&name=BL_LearningToCry_Cover_9798889835745c.jpg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889835745/Learning-to-Cry) [Learning to Cry](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889835745/Learning-to-Cry) [Why Our Tears Matter](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889835745/Learning-to-Cry) [Benjamin Perry](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8367/Benjamin-Perry) Publication date: January 21, 2025 Weeping, one of our most private acts, can forge connection. But many of us have been taught to hide our tears. When writer Benjamin Perry realized he hadn't cried in over ten years, he undertook an experiment to cry every day. *Learning to Cry* explores humans' rich legacy of weeping and helps us reclaim our crying to bring us into deeper relationship with a world that's breaking. [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889835745/Learning-to-Cry)   [![BL_JourneyToEloheh_Cover_9781506496979c](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Fall_2024/Covers/BL_JourneyToEloheh_Cover_9781506496979c.jpg?width=200&height=311&name=BL_JourneyToEloheh_Cover_9781506496979c.jpg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506496979/Journey-to-Eloheh) [Journey to Eloheh](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506496979/Journey-to-Eloheh) [How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Well-Being](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506496979/Journey-to-Eloheh) [Randy Woodley, ](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/7714/Randy-Woodley)[Edith Woodley](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8782/Edith-Woodley) Publication date: October 8, 2024 The pursuit of happiness, as defined by settlers and enshrined in the American Dream, has brought us to the brink: emotionally, spiritually, socially, and as a species. But Indigenous people carry forward the values that humans need to survive and thrive. Rooted in ten Indigenous values, *Journey to Eloheh* helps us learn lifeways that lead to true wholeness, well-being, justice, and harmony. [Read an excerpt here.](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/indigenous-understanding-of-well-being) [Shop Now](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506496979/Journey-to-Eloheh)   [![BL_PracticeThePause_Cover_9781506483078](https://blog.broadleafbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Broadleaf%20Books/Backlist/2023/Spring%202023/Covers/BL_PracticeThePause_Cover_9781506483078.jpg?width=200&height=309&name=BL_PracticeThePause_Cover_9781506483078.jpg)](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506483078/Practice-the-Pause) [Practice the Pause](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506483078/Practice-the-Pause) [Jesus' Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What It Means to Be Fully Human](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506483078/Practice-the-Pause) [Caroline Oakes](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/author/8409/Caroline-Oakes) Publication date: January 24, 2023 These days, many of us live in a state of overreactive fight-or-flight response and chronic stress. But new developments in brain science have recently proven that an intentional practice of pausing for a few minutes actually *rewires* our brain in ways that make us calmer, less reactive, and better able to see the bigger picture. In *Practice the Pause, *spiritual director and writer Caroline Oakes explores how a seven-second pause practice can move us beyond the fight-or-flight responses of our ego in our daily lives and actually equip us to cultivate the common good in the world. 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