Fierce Joy

On Women, Wisdom, and Ways to Love

Before Becca Anderson was a best-selling author, she was a bright-eyed bibliophile trying to define love. In Let Me Count the Ways, the beloved writer returns with specially curated quotes and snippets of poetry, affirmations, and love letters from her favorite women.

Different ways to say I love you. Author Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today, meets Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw in this empowering and inspirational book for women everywhere. In the much-loved style of Rupi Kaur one-liners, Let Me Count the Ways showcases the best quotes from women alongside gorgeous illustrations. From black authors like Nigerian Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to American authors like Joyce Carol Oates, this collection of quotes follows women from France, Cuba, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Japan, and more. Packed full of different ways to say I love you, readers can finally step into the love lives of famous women and discover that their love stories aren’t so different from ours.

Quotes specially curated for her. If there’s one thing that unites all women (and people!), it’s love. Whether painful or passionate, love is a powerful force. But you don’t have to be Wonder Woman to survive heartbreak or embark on a romantic adventure—that’s why you have your tribe of women. By collecting reflections on every kind of love and all the ways to love, Anderson uses inspirational quotes to remind women one thing—we are not alone. In chapters like “What Is Love?,” “Self Love,” and “Love Is Love Is Love,” you’ll find quotes from:

• Love letters by Empress Josephine, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Abigail Adams
• Poetry by Miss Lauryn Hill, Lady Nakatomi, and Sandra Cisneros
• Non-binary women like George Eliot, Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, and Audre Lorde

Perfect for Galentines or as a gift for girlfriend, readers of She Believed She Could and She Did, That's What She Said, Badass Affirmations, or What Would Jane Do will love Let Me Count the Ways.

Daily Affirmations of Your Awesomeness

Encouraging quotes, inspirational thoughts, motivational words. From Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations and The Book of Awesome Women, comes this card deck of positive affirmations for women who are smart, strong, and ready to take on the world. Sometimes, we just need a little push. Any time you find yourself overwhelmed with the demands of life, pause for a “gratitude adjustment.” Giving yourself words of affirmation is a mindfulness practice that will help you strengthen your self-esteem. The more you train your brain with positivity, the stronger your confidence will become.

In this deck of 64 positive affirmations, you’ll find everything you need to boost your confidence and build your self-esteem:

• Inspired wisdom from great and powerful women
• Encouraging thoughts for daily meditation
• Motivational words to keep you going
• Meaningful quotes on the back of every card

Daily positive affirmations will power up your day. If you are getting ready to do a presentation, a sales pitch, an interview for your dream job, your next YouTube video, or any other very important event, these positive affirmation cards will remind you that you are amazing and capable.

If you have been moved by the writings of Annie Lamott or benefitted from Louise Hay’s Power Thought Cardsor How to Love Yourself Cards, you will love owning the inspirational 64-card deck I Can Do Anything.

Cultivate Peace Through Spiritual Meditation

Karen Casey is a beloved author who has helped millions onto the road of recovery with her inspirational self-help and meditation writings. Now read her book and learn how to create a life of greater love and peace by taking a journey through 52 simple ideas.

Find the pathway to peace. We all face struggles that can leave us feeling broken and hopeless. Whether its grief, addiction, trauma, or even just bumps in our road to success, it’s easy to get discouraged. If there is one thing we all are searching for in times of trouble, it’s peace. In her inspirational book, Karen Casey takes us on a journey towards peaceful living by sharing how she has found serenity in her own life. By listening to her experiences, we can learn how to find that path for ourselves.

Creating a life of love. When Casey was struggling with addiction, she found a source of healing through the book, A Course in Miracles. Changed by what she learned, Casey was inspired to share this source of spiritual transformation with others. As a successful writer and experienced speaker, Casey’s passion for offering sources of healing has changed countless lives. In this motivational book, she teaches readers that the goal is not perfection, but rather progress towards creating a life of love and peace. When we let go of the things that cause us anxiety, we open ourselves up to embrace a loving life.

Take a look at Karen Casey’s 52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles and find…

• Meditations that lead to a simpler, slower life
• A thoughtful and insightful breakdown of the renowned spiritual self-study, A Course in Miracles
• Stories of the author’s own struggles and triumphs on her path to healing

Readers of A Return to Love, Let Go Now, Broken Open, or The Book of Awakening will find a further source of healing and peace in 52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles.

An Incredible True Story About Family, Love and Forgiveness

After being publicly humiliated in front of her entire close-knit Mennonite community, Marlena Fiol didn't know how she would recover. Follow her journey from an abusive upbringing in Paraguay to escape, love, and loss in the United States and finally on to forgiveness and reconciliation.

Discover a story of healing and personal transformation. Marlena's childhood was full of contradictions. Her father was both a heroic doctor for people with leprosy and an abusive parent. Her Mennonite missionary community was both a devoted tribe and a controlling society. And Marlena longed to both be accepted in Paraguay and escape to somewhere new. In Nothing Bad Between Us, follow Marlena's journey as she takes control of her life and learns to be her authentic self, scars and imperfections included.

Uncover inner peace—and inner strength.  Nothing Bad Between Us is a story of brokenness and eventual redemption that taps into our collective yearning for healing and forgiveness. As you read Marlena's story, you will:

• Learn how to forgive yourself and others without giving up your personal growth and self-confidence
• Discover that transformation and redemption often exist even in the most broken parts of who you are
• Find out how to stand in your power, knowing that vulnerability won't lead to your downfall, but to increasing courage, connection, and authenticity

Readers of memoirs about family, self-healing, and the strength of a woman like The Glass Castle, Love Warrior, and Leaving the Witness will be captivated by Nothing Bad Between Us.

What Was Sex Like for a Medieval Woman?

An inside look at sexual practices in medieval times. Were medieval women slaves to their husband's desires, jealously secured in a chastity belt in his absence? Was sex a duty or could it be a pleasure? Did a woman have a say about her own female sexuality, body, and who did or didn’t get up close and personal with it? No. And yes. It’s complicated.

Romance, courtship, and behind closed doors. The intimate lives of medieval women were as complex as for modern woman. They loved and lost, hoped and schemed, were lifted up and cast down. They were hopeful and lovelorn. Some had it forced upon them, others made aphrodisiacs and dressed for success. Some were chaste and some were lusty. Having sex was complicated. Not having sex, was even more so.

Inside The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women, a fascinating book about life during medieval times, you will discover tantalizing true stories about medieval women and a myriad of historical facts. Learn about:

• The true experiences of women from all classes, including women who made history
• The dos and don’ts in the bedroom
• Sexy foods and how to have them
• All you need to know for your wedding night, and well as insider medical advice
• How to get pregnant (and how not to), and more

Fans of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England, Medieval Women and Terry Jonses’s Medieval Lives will meet real women and hear their voices in The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women.

Readers will learn how to:

• Identify and work with “Power Patterns” in themselves and others
• End the dynamic that heightens power struggles and destroys influence
• Release 10 needs that prevent them from being influential
• Be fully present to the people in their lives
• Create stillness and space in order to generate more presence and authentic power
• Release attachments and dramas
• Connect with difficult people
• Support themselves and others to live with purpose
• Embrace mastery as their greatest gift to the world
• Heighten their natural intuitive powers
• Move from mysticism to activism and create real and lasting change
• Gain insight into developing a movement that impacts the world