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In Cowgirl Power, advertising CEO and cowgirl Gay Gaddis shares insights and examples for women to lead like fearless, risk-taking cowgirls: enhance and exude confidence, developing personal power on all fronts. As the owner of one of the largest female-owned independent agencies in the U.S. and former chairman of C200, one of the country’s top women’s business organizations, Gay Gaddis knows a thing or two about empowerment. Gay’s secrets of success have roots in the spirited strength of real cowgirls who were fearless risk-takers in everything they did.

In many ways, empowering affirmations should be the first you should listen to if you want to change your life with affirmations. Because you can’t manifest anything if you don’t trust in yourself and the universe first. It ’s easy to feel overwhelmed, to feel like we’re not in charge of our own lives. That’s especially the case for us, black women. We’re judged differently, torn apart between the culture of our ancestors and the one we’re trying to fit in. Recognition is harder to get. Respect is harder to get. Opportunities are hard to come by.

Immigrant Millionaire: The Story of One Asian Woman Obsessed to Succeed in the Land of Opportunity by Kelli Nguyen-Ha.

We all have our moments of self-doubt and uncertainty about our place in society, but if you have a reasonable amount of self-worth, you'd probably get over it in a few minutes. But you don't, which is why you're reading this. You want to understand why you suffer from crippling self-doubt and what you can do to not only find a remedy for this problem, but get rid of it. Forever. In this practical guide to rock-solid self-confidence and unshakeable self-esteem, you'll be handed all the tools you need to become an individual who's perfectly capable of handling social situations.

Chris-Tia Donaldson knows what it means to beat the odds. Going from the inner city of Detroit to the Ivy League to founding a successful hair care company and facing brutal trials like breast cancer along the way, she embodies the strength so many women in America aspire to have - and knows how the challenges women face can create remarkable perspective, calm, and understanding.

Deep and meaningful interpersonal connections at work are critical to your career—and to your well-being. Bonds built on trust allow women to help one another, exchange information, and be more productive. But high-quality professional relationships are only possible with emotional openness—and not all women feel they can be vulnerable enough in the office to develop these kinds of ties. Making Real Connections explores the many ways that our working relationships with other women are usually amazing—and sometimes messy.

Embolden Women: Unapologetically Me is a book to influence and inspire women and girls to break the barrier of so-called societal norms for women. The goal is to teach women to live life on their own terms with courage and confidence, without being controlled by other mindsets, while having the power to deal with consequences instead of someone else driving their life.

Whether or not we realize it, affirmations are already part of our daily dialogue with others and with ourselves. Whatever we speak, proclaim, or declare is coming from a place of belief and acceptance, that what we have said already is, or will be so. Unfortunately, not all of our affirmations are positive, and over time we get stuck into habits of affirming in our lives the very things we do NOT desire.

Women today face a seemingly impossible double bind: they can be likeable but not necessarily respected, or they can be respected but not particularly liked. This is a critical issue when you consider that women whose likability is in question face inequitable salaries, never-happening promotions, and lack of funding (among other proven penalties). However, those who demonstrate confidence by being more assertive are often accused of being too ambitious, unpleasant, or fake. In Powerfully Likeable, leadership coach Kate Mason lays out a new way for women to "communicate while female."

The Leadership Alchemist is your ultimate guide to mastering emotional intelligence (EQ) and turning uncertainty into opportunity. Whether you’re navigating workplace challenges, leading diverse teams, or striving for personal growth, this book equips you with the tools to thrive in today’s dynamic world.

Lead Like a Girl is a holistic look at how to achieve purpose and joy at work. It is about turning the world of work into a place where empathy, intuition, passion, and resilience take their rightful place, where women can lead like women and men can tap into their more feminine leadership traits and dare to lead (more) like a girl!

Achieve success. Create balance. Experience fulfillment. It’s the elusive trifecta every working woman desperately seeks. Do you find yourself trying to be everything to everyone? Do you run yourself ragged but still feel something is missing? The struggle is real and all too common. Paula Brown Stafford and Lisa T. Grimes are two award-winning, c-suite executives who together have accumulated 60 plus years of work experience at the highest levels, 60 years of marriage, and raised four successful children.

Are you ready to break free from financial struggle and step into true wealth — on your own terms? Women have been conditioned to play small, undercharge, overwork, and hesitate when it comes to money. But the world is changing, and the era of the Fast-Track Millionairess has arrived. This book is your guide to building wealth, success, and financial freedom—without burnout, guilt, or self-sacrifice. Inside Fast-Track Millionairess, you’ll discover: How to overcome self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and the “good girl” conditioning that holds women back.

Black and brown women have been making profound strides in leadership and professional achievement, despite facing the added hurdles of both sexism and racism in the workplace. But so often, excelling at work comes at the expense of their wellness: the chronic stressors and demands on Black women can result in negative physical health outcomes such as sleep disturbance, hypertension, and diabetes, and negative mental health outcomes including anxiety and depression.

You don't have to be a #Girlboss or "lean in" to have a dream career and live a life you love. In Work It, CEO of Likeable Media and popular podcast host Carrie Kerpen shares her own career lessons as well as those from and an "advisory board" of 50 powerful women in a wide range of industries to help women everywhere make their aspirations a reality. Packed with actionable tips and stories from the likes of Sheryl Sandberg, Aliza Licht, and Reshma Saujani, this inspiring book reveals their counterintuitive secrets for success.

In 2007, Roz Savage set out to row 8,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean—alone. Despite having successfully rowed across the Atlantic the previous year, the Pacific presented the former office worker with unprecedented challenges and overpowering currents—both in the water and within herself. Crossing Earth’s largest ocean alone might seem a long way removed from everyday life, yet the lessons Roz learned about the inner journey, the ocean, and the world are relevant to all of us.

For the first time, Paula has released two of her most sought after audio programs for sale. This program is designed so that the listener can use them for personal growth or as a tool when teaching a group. Conveying Paula’s unique teaching style with her depth of knowledge as both a mythographer and a teacher of body-soul, you will want to listen to each one over and over again, hearing something new each time.

Starting a growth journey can be both challenging and confusing. At the very beginning is when the tendency to quit is most high. This first volume of the 15-Days of Deep Self-Reflection series will help you jumpstart your growth journey while giving you the inspiration to keep going. You will get the best possible advice for becoming yourself, but you’ll also get over 30 journal prompts for deep self-reflection.

In this provocative book, Margaret Heffernan, former CEO and Fast Company contributor, fuses her own experience with that of hundreds of women to identify the biggest challenges and the best solutions that women face today. From VPs of Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurs to women just starting their careers, she traces the patterns and themes underlying women's power, choices, love, sex, money, and other vital topics.

It’s time for working women to embrace a new script. Do you feel alone in your struggle to excel, advance - or just make it through another day on the job? Are you trudging through your career feeling exhausted, aimless, and unsure of your next move? You’ve come to the right place. Leadership development expert Tammy Heermann has spent more than two decades helping to accelerate women’s advancement to the C-suite. And she has a message for working women struggling to get ahead: You may be making things harder than they need to be.