Are. you searching for some self help books for moms to motivate and inspire you? Well, I’ve got you covered. Today I’m sharing all of my favorites plus a few that are on my personal TBR list.
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As moms, we are on a constant journey of self-discovery and self-improvement. We know how hard it can be to juggle life’s priorities.
Whether we’re caring for kids, managing a career and relationships, doing home renovations, or trying to find time for ourselves – there are days when it all feels like too much.
That’s why having the right motivation – from helpful books or anyone else in your corner – is so crucial. So if you’re looking for some extra inspiration and empowerment in your life, here are the best self help books for moms that you won’t be able to put down!
How to Find Time to Read
I know what you’re thinking…reading is that thing I enjoyed BEFORE having kids. How in the world am I supposed to find time to pick up a book when I have to get dinner on the table, help with homework and check a million things off the to-do list?
Busyness can easily leave us feeling like we don’t have time to read, but remember it’s a great way to destress and escape reality for a bit.
Here are a few strategies you can use to carve out reading time in your day.
- Assess your schedule and find pockets of time where reading can be incorporated, such as nap time or before bed
- Try waking up early before the kids to get 15 minutes of reading in
- Prioritize your reading by setting reading goals and scheduling it into your day, just like any other important task
- Consider making small changes to your routine, like swapping scrolling through social media with reading.
- Listen to audiobooks while you clean or cook dinner
With a little bit of planning and a commitment to reading, finding time to indulge in your favorite books can become a regular part of your day.
Self Help Books for Moms
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Quite possibly my favorite personal development book on this list! It has truly changed my productivity level and helped me to create great habits and routines.
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving – every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Are you even a mom if one of your goals doesn’t involve decluttering and organizing?
Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?
Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again.
With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house “spark joy” (and which don’t), this international bestseller will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home—and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire
The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn’t, and Get Stuff Done
The chorus of “shoulds” is loud. You should enjoy the moment, dream big, have it all, get up before the sun, track your water consumption, go on date nights, and be the best. Or maybe you should ignore what people think, live on dry shampoo, be a negligent PTA mom, have a dirty house, and claim your hot mess like a badge of honor.
Discover a better way to approach your relationships, work, and piles of mail. Be who you are without the complication of everyone else’s “shoulds.” Do what matters, skip the rest, and be a person again.
Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
You don’t have to live overwhelmed by stuff—you can get rid of clutter for good! Decluttering expert Dana White identifies the emotional challenges that make it difficult to declutter and provides workable solutions to break through and make progress.
Girl Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Mant to Be
Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie.
Rachel is real and talks about real issues. More than that, she reveals the specific practical strategies that helped her move past them. In the process, she encourages, entertains, and even kicks a little butt, all to convince you to do whatever it takes to get real and become the joyous, confident woman you were meant to be. Because you really can live with passion and hustle – and give yourself grace without giving up.
The Empowered Mama: How to Reclaim Your Time and Yourself While Raising a Happy, Healthy Family
The Empowered Mama is a practical and interactive workbook full of simple, powerful tools to help moms reconnect with themselves on the journey through motherhood.
The 5 Love Languages: The Secrets to Love That Last
In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today.
A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living
Do you want to simplify the demands on your time, energy, and resources? Do you have complicated responsibilities, overwhelming to-do lists, and endless clutter leaving you feeling overwhelmed? What if you could clear the clutter once and for all?
The Miracle Morning: The Not So Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life Before 8 AM
What if you could change any aspect of your life, just by changing the way you start your day? What would you change? The Miracle Morning has already sold over 2,000,000 copies and transformed the lives of millions of people around the world. This book will give you the simplest and most effective step-by-step process to wake up each day with more ENERGY, MOTIVATION, and FOCUS to take your life to the next level. It’s been right here in front of us all along, but this book has finally brought it to life.
You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
The first ever self-development book to help millions of people around the globe transform their lives using humor, irreverence, and the occasional curse word.
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
You CAN take control of your money. Build up your money muscles with America’s favorite finance coach.
I first read this book about six years ago when Jason and I got married. It changed my thinking about money. To this day I still follow a lot of the concepts and ways of thinking that I learned from Dave Ramsey.
Grace Not Perfection: Embracing Simplicity, Celebrating Joy
This is one of those books that you want to buy and keep on your shelf. It’s an easy read and great to flip through when you just need a little inspiration. I love all of Emily Ley’s books, but this might be my favorite.
Are you ready for a new way of seeing your time? Have you been told you can have it all, only to end up exhausted and occasionally out of sorts with the people you love? Hold yourself and those you love to a more life-giving standard in Grace, Not Perfection, and allow that grace to seep into your days, your family, and your heart.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be “positive” all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.
As a blogger myself, this one specifically intrigues me. The persona of the perfect Pinterest life that we see online can be intimidating and exhausting. I feel like so many moms would resonate with this book and can’t wait to read it.
Untamed
In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us.
Mom Truths: Embarrassing Stories and Brutally Honest Advice on the Extremely Real Struggles of Motherhood
Hilarious best friends Cat and Nat created a massive online community of moms by sharing their ultra-real and just a bit R-rated dispatches from the mom trenches. From what not to eat a few days after giving birth (chicken wings) to the most effective ways to dodge post-partum sex, Cat & Nat’s Mom Truths shares everything no one will tell you about having kids.
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead
Daring Greatly is not about winning or losing. It’s about courage. In a world where “never enough” dominates and feeling afraid has become second nature, vulnerability is subversive. Uncomfortable. It’s even a little dangerous at times. And, without question, putting ourselves out there means there’s a far greater risk of getting criticized or feeling hurt.
But when we step back and examine our lives, we will find that nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous, and hurtful as standing on the outside of our lives looking in and wondering what it would be like if we had the courage to step into the arena – whether it’s a new relationship, an important meeting, the creative process, or a difficult family conversation. Daring Greatly is a practice and a powerful new vision for letting ourselves be seen.
Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
Immerse yourself in this compelling vision for an entirely new way to live: soaked in grace, rest, silence, simplicity, prayer, and connection with the people most matter to you.
In these pages, New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist invites you to consider the landscape of your own life, and what it might look like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the life-changing practice of simply being present, in the middle of the mess and the ordinariness of life.
The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose and Sanity
This sanity-saving guide “offers practical ways to help you let go of ‘mom guilt’ in order to become a happier, healthier woman” (Parent & Child).
Mothers, it’s time to view the unconditional trust that you see in your children’s eyes when they take your hand or find your face in a crowd as a mirror of your own wonder and worth. You are the light that shines in their lives, the beacon that guides them. By implementing the key strategies in Dr. Meeker’s book, you can be happy, hopeful, and a wonderful role model. You can teach your children to be the very best they can be—and isn’t that still the most precious reward of motherhood?
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.
Nobody needs to be told there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, our work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still, the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks
Breathe, Mama Breathe: 5-Minute Mindfulness for Busy Moms
Easy-to-follow practices that will help moms find quick, daily opportunities to reset and refocus with mindfulness. And don’t miss Don’t Forget to Breathe for more 5-minute mindfulness.
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