Fierce Joy

A Thankful Heart is a Happy Heart

Saying "thanks" has no downside. Write it, message it, shout it from the rooftops—it's good for the one who hears it and better for the one who says it.

Discover the power of words and the wonder of kindness. Express gratitude, receive abundance. Saying thanks can improve outlooks, open new vistas, and help us get along better with ourselves and others. Author Addie Johnson offers us gratitude thoughts to grab on the run or to sit with and ponder. She describes thank you messages and moments of soaring gratefulness and sets out to teach herself—and her readers—how to say thank you.

A Little Book of Thank Yous is a small book with a great big heart. We all have things to be grateful for. From Winston Churchill to Barack Obama, from Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf to Meister Eckhart, Johnson draws on people from all walks of life—all of them saying "Thank you."

In this book, discover:

• Words of gratitude from historic figures and everyday people
• Mini-meditations on being grateful
• Thank you letter examples for almost any occasion

Readers of inspirational books like I Really Needed This Today, I’ve Been Thinking, or The World According to Mister Rogers will love A Little Book of Thank Yous.

Reclaim Your Time in Retirement

Discover the benefits of aging well. The transition to retirement can be difficult. For many of us, careers are fulfilling and give us a sense of purpose each day. How do you carry that over to the next stage of life? Hyrum W. Smith, award-winning author of the retirement books Purposeful Retirement and Purposeful Retirement Workbook & Planner, offers answers in this motivating guided journal. This book is split into 52 sections to keep you inspired every week of the year. Each section is an invitation to reflect on your values, take purposeful action, and define your future.

Retire inspired. Maybe you’ll rekindle creative hobbies or find new retirement jobs in your post-career years. The path you take is up to you. Each part in this journal gives you the tools you need to find your personal retirement plan and make it happen. After retirement planning with this journal, you’ll be enjoying retirement every day.

Pay It Forward. Give guidance and inspiration to someone you love who’s about to retire. The Purposeful Retirement Journal is great if you’re looking for gifts for elderly parents, the best retirement gifts for women or men, or even 50th birthday gift ideas.

When you’re feeling stuck or unfocused, turn to the Purposeful Retirement Journal. Each page challenges you to:

• Ask yourself what you really want to do with your time
• Find new ways to connect with the people you love
• Bring your values and passions to light
• Make your dreams a reality–it’s never too late!

This journal is the perfect companion to the book Purposeful Retirement. Readers who enjoyed books on retirement like How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free; 101 Fun Things to Do in Retirement; Retirement Reinvention; and Retirement is a Full-time Job will love this interactive way to find new purpose.

Start Your Self-Care Journey with Cannabis Cocktails, Cooking, and Creams

International wine scholar and seasoned cannabis professional, Andrew Freedman, brings a fun, step-by-step guide to using terpenes for both physical and emotional self-care, including relaxation, stress management, and natural anxiety relief.

Herbal remedies to feel better outside and inside. In recent years, cannabis has taken the herbal medicine community by storm, with terpenes as the number one conversation starter. To Freedman, dubbed The Cannabis Sommelier, terpenes have a depth of complexity, whether it’s helping to set your intention, creating the mood, and now—fusing it with cocktails, cooking, and aromatherapy. With engaging text, informative charts, and recipes for both edible and non-edible terpene consumption, Terpenes for Well-Being provides both a botanical breakdown and comprehensive drug guide to aromatherapy-related techniques for relaxation, natural stress relief, and anti-anxiety treatment.

Cannabis cocktails and aromatherapy. In the tradition of cannabis cookbooks, Terpenes for Well-Being offers terpene-infused food and cocktail recipes to promote well-being. With information on the distinct characteristics of different terpenes, this exciting self-care book offers a hands-on, DIY approach to terpene-infused lotions, potions, foods and beverages. Inside, you’ll find recipes for:

• Bath salts
• Cocktails
• Food pairings
• And more!

If you’re looking for cannabis gifts or self-care gifts for women or men—and enjoyed books like The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies, A Woman’s Guide to Cannabis, or Cannabis Pharmacy—then you’ll love Terpenes for Well-Being.

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 for women who are smart, strong, and ready to take on the world. With positive affirmations on the front and inspiring quotes on the back, these cards will be the little push you need. 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.

Create a Life You Love After Divorce

Offering a well-researched and tested method for recovering from the heartbreak of divorce, Dr. Elizabeth Cohen brings her highly successful Afterglow process to you in Light on the Other Side of Divorce. Don’t just move on after you break up—thrive.

You deserve love and affection. Dr. Elizabeth Cohen has been there—she really, truly knows how it feels to have your life derailed by divorce. As a therapist who has worked with hundreds of divorcing clients, she has developed the Afterglow method, which teaches you how to rediscover a life of growth, change, and abundance post-breakup. This program has been informed by her own healing journey and is based primarily on research-supported strategies, resulting in a balanced method that takes advantage of modern psychology and science, while also remembering what it feels like to dive into the emotional divorce-recovery journey.

Set yourself up for success. It’s true—letting go and moving forward can be hard. But if you read this book and try the exercises, you will see change. You will feel different. You will feel a positive shift in your life and your attitude. People in your life will comment that you look different. You will get more sleep, feel at ease, and have more hope. In Light on the Other Side of Divorce, you will learn about:

• Tools for handling self-defeating thoughts and stopping self-doubt
• State-of the art therapeutic approaches to managing fear, overwhelm, and deprivation
• Active strategies to make lasting positive changes and see results

Readers of divorce books for women and men like This Is Me Letting You Go by Heidi Priebe, Conscious Uncoupling by Katherine Woodward Thomas, and Rebuilding by Bruce Fisher and Robert Alberti will find joy after heartbreak with Light on the Other Side of Divorce.

Achieve Your Goals. Start Your Small Business. Be Unstoppable.

The Fearless Woman’s Guide to Starting a Business is a book for freedom-seeking female entrepreneurs and solopreneurs who want to know how to connect with their true passions, skills, and desires—and want to get honest with themselves about their reasons for wanting their own business, so they can find true and personal success.

Learn what type of new business you want to lead. Through a combination of data, neuroscience, true stories, humor, and the type of frankness that you would expect from your best girlfriend, this book will help you determine the real reasons and motivations behind starting a business—and then dare you to dream big about what being the head of a woman-owned business can do for you.

Find real tools for real women in business. When creating a start-up, it can be difficult to stay the course—to choose yourself and stay motivated on the hardest days. Ameé Quiriconi, author and entrepreneur behind the One Broken Mom podcast, has your back. In The Fearless Woman’s Guide to Starting a Business, learn about:

• The main reasons business owners report why they closed their businesses—and how you can avoid their failure
• Specific techniques and insights needed for building a new business and brand that is authentic to who you are
• How to turn your side hustle or hobby into a money-making endeavor
• Strategies for navigating the sometimes-hostile world businesswomen live and work in every day

Readers of business books and entrepreneurship books for women like Girl on Fire by Cara Alwill Leyba, Fear is my Homeboy, or Boss Up! will love The Fearless Woman’s Guide to Starting a Business.