Books like A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
12 books with a reading profile close to A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Lysa TerKeurst writes from the middle of a personal crisis, documenting her experiences with an unfaithful spouse and a life-threatening medical diagnosis.
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Greenlights
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
Matthew McConaughey presents a collection of stories and life filters derived from thirty-six years of his personal diaries.
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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Cait Flanders documents her twelve-month experiment of abstaining from all non-essential consumer purchases.
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Dear Dolly
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Dear Dolly catalogs a collection of columns from the author’s tenure as an agony aunt for The Sunday Times Style magazine.
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
In this follow-up to her autobiography, Michelle Obama outlines the specific habits and mental attitudes she uses to navigate periods of political and personal instability.
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
In Uninvited, Lysa TerKeurst examines the cognitive and emotional impact of rejection, from childhood social exclusion to modern professional failures.
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The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir
Amanda Palmer examines the mechanics of reciprocity and the psychological barriers that prevent individuals from requesting assistance.
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Year of Yes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
Shonda Rhimes begins this memoir with a realization: despite her professional success creating hit television shows, she spent most of her private life avoiding challenges due to social anxiety and a fear of being seen.
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The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book
by Miguel Ruiz
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
In this guide to emotional psychology, Miguel Ruiz applies Toltec philosophy to modern partnership, arguing that human misery stems from a collective "dream" rooted in fear and judgment.
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Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
by Bob Goff
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · self help, personal growth
In this follow-up to his previous anecdotes, Bob Goff advocates for a Christian practice based on unconditional availability and active kindness toward everyone, including enemies and people who are difficult to tolerat…
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Warrior of the Light
by Paulo Coelho
Also clear-cut · self help, personal growth
This is a collection of short reflections about the spiritual path, centred on the figure of the warrior of the light, a person who accepts life as it is, listens to his heart and keeps trying despite doubt.
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Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires
by Esther Hicks
Also inward-looking · self help, personal growth
Esther and Jerry Hicks present teachings from Abraham, a group of nonphysical entities Esther says she channels, on the Law of Attraction, the idea that thoughts and feelings attract matching experiences.
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