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Be Your Own Bestie: A No-Nonsense Guide to Changing the Way You Treat Yourself

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Hey, Bestie! Start loving yourself radically with the 4-step SASS Method that literally anyone can do—from social media star Misha Brown.

You deserve happiness.
You deserve hope.
And you deserve a sassy best friend who can help you learn not to settle for less.

It’s time to start loving yourself radically. And Misha Brown—you may know him as @yourbestiemisha—is here to guide you along your journey of self-discovery, accountability, and most importantly, self-love. With his no-nonsense (but always loving) approach, Misha shares stories from his own life, encounters with others, and the wisdom gleaned from them to help you release the patterns, relationships, and beliefs that have kept you from stepping into your full fabulousness.

With equal parts hilarity and heart, Misha’s S.A.S.S. Method to glowing up your life consists of:

S – Self-reflection: Turn your focus inward to push away what’s been holding you back
A– Affirmations: Reshape the way you speak to and about yourself
S – Standing your ground: Set boundaries and stop apologizing
S – Sculpting the life you want: Take bold steps toward your own happily ever after

No matter where you are today, now is the time to begin showing up for yourself as your own best friend. Because you deserve it, bestie!

Becoming Yourself: A Journey of Self-Discovery Using the Wisdom of the Enneagram

Know yourself better—and understand the people around you more fully—with a fresh, practical approach to the wisdom of the Enneagram from a top author in the field.

“If you think something is missing in your life, it is probably more of the real you.”

The Enneagram is one of the most powerful self-awareness tools we can access for greater happiness, success, and fulfillment. But if we just identify our own “Ennea-Type” and its most overt characteristics—and we stop there—we’re not tapping this powerful thought system’s full potential.

Enneagram expert Robert Holden wants us to have a fuller picture: not just to understand what our own Type means for us personally, but to see the people around us through the Enneagram’s lens and navigate our lives by its light. Becoming Yourself is inviting and exciting, a rich and reader-friendly deep dive full of timeless wisdom and practical insight you can put to use in your life right now.

In Becoming Yourself, you’ll start by pinpointing your Enneagram Type, then you’ll explore all 9 of the types in detail—since all their energies are present in all of us. Robert illuminates the essential characteristics of each Type: their core strengths and innate gifts; their ego drivers, fixations, and basic fears; the path of growth that connects them to the virtues of other Types; and more.

On every page, you’ll find insight and guidance to help you:

• Thrive in your personal relationships
• Excel at work
• Improve your mental health
• Walk your spiritual path
• Live your purpose

“My aim with this book is to help you use the Enneagram to become yourself,” Robert writes. “The Enneagram doesn’t try to fix you or change you; it helps you to grow. It recognizes that your essential self is already whole, complete, and perfectly made.”

Heal Your Hormones, Reclaim Yourself: Connect the Dots Between Hormonal Chaos, Emotional Overload, and Relationship Pain with the HER Method

Naturopathic doctor unpacks the science of hormones to reveal their full impact on women’s emotional and physical health—and offers thoughtful tools to help women understand their bodies and themselves.

“Reading this book feels like sitting across from a wise friend who sees you, truly sees you, and hands you the tools to remember your power.” — from the foreword by Dr. Mindy Pelz,New York Times best-selling author of Fast Like a Girl, Eat Like a Girl, and Age Like a Girl

“Why am I falling apart?” Dr. Sonya Jensen has been hearing this question, in one form or another, from her patients for years. This book is her answer.

There is a huge disconnect, Dr. Sonya explains, between how women are feeling in their minds and bodies and how they are treated in today’s medical system. They are told things like “it’s a part of aging,” “you just need to get out more,” or the best, “there’s nothing I can do but here’s an antidepressant.” Perimenopausal women in particular are told that the stage they are in doesn’t even exist, despite the multitude of symptoms they experience every single day. Women turn to influencers and Dr. Google to solve their health problems but don’t know how to navigate all the noise. They feel unheard, unsafe, undervalued, stretched to the max, and, most of all, alone.

Until now. After treating patients in her Divine Elements Health Center for more than 15 years, conducting thousands of hormone tests and treatment protocols, leading women’s circles and yoga retreats, apprenticing with an OBGYN, studying the shamanic medicine wheel, and traveling a continuously evolving path of self-discovery, Dr. Sonya has identified the missing link in the realm of women’s health: how your everyday moments, emotions, and relationships are influenced by the health of your hormones.

The Greater Game: Your 100x Blueprint for Exponential Growth, Freedom, and Legacy

A strategic blueprint for elite and rising entrepreneurs to achieve 100x growth, build legacy, and engineer 25 years of exponential success.

This bold and visionary guide delivers a 25-year strategic roadmap for elite and rising entrepreneurs to achieve exponential success, freedom, and legacy. Grounded in real-time research and 40+ years of coaching industry-defining leaders, Building Your Greater Future 2026 introduces the 10 Greater Measurements Framework™ and Entrepreneurial Dashboard™—practical tools that help entrepreneurs not just set goals but multiply their market impact 100x and beyond.

This isn’t theory—it’s a field-tested system designed to turn today’s achievements into compounding growth engines. Whether you’re an ultra-high-net-worth entrepreneur or a high performer on the rise, this book empowers you to measure what truly matters, build an empire of value, and architect a legacy that lasts.

With proprietary insights from Strategic Coach® and CEG Insights, this is more than a book—it’s your personalized blueprint for becoming a market maker and redefining what’s possible over the next quarter century.

Right Brain Catalyst: Unlock Hidden Creativity, Silence Self-Doubt, and Build a Life of Meaning and Direction

Do you second-guess your ideas? Struggle with self-doubt, overthinking, or the quiet fear that you’re ‘not creative enough’? These are not limitations; they are learnt blocks of the mind. And they can be unlearnt.

This book explores the inner landscape of the creative mind—its fears, patterns, and untapped potential. It shows how imagination, intuition, and emotional intelligence are not abstract traits, but essential tools for thinking clearly, solving problems, and living meaningfully. Through relatable stories and simple exercises, you will learn to:

• Break through mental blocks and overcome self-doubt
• Unlock your creative potential and think more intuitively
• Build sustainable habits that support creative thinking
• Find deeper meaning and purpose in your work and life

More than just a creativity book, Right Brain Catalyst is a practical guide to creative thinking, personal growth, and purposeful living, helping you move from reacting to life to consciously creating it.

Not Another Book on Manifestation: A Science-backed System for Creating Real-world Results

For years, manifestation has been packaged as something mystical, driven by vague ideas of energy, vibration, and the universe listening. But what if it isn’t magic at all? What if it is something far more precise, something governed by the same laws that shape the physical world?

Not Another Book on Manifestation takes a radically different approach. Instead of asking you to ‘just believe,’ it examines manifestation through the lens of science. Drawing from scientific principles as well as behavioural and cognitive psychology, it presents a clear, structured system for creating consistent, measurable outcomes. It replaces guesswork with clarity and blind belief with a method you can test, refine, and apply.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• How the laws of physics mirror the laws governing thought, belief, and results.
• The connection between energy, emotion, and observable outcomes.
• How to break unhelpful mental loops and create new patterns.
• How to move from passive hoping to deliberate creation.

So, whether you are a sceptic, a curious thinker, or simply tired of vague advice that doesn’t work, this book offers a grounded, intelligent exploration of how thoughts translate into reality.

Take a Chance on Me

Sitara is so close to having it all figured out.

At 29, she’s a lawyer with a career that’s going nowhere and a love life that’s nothing short of a nightmare. Worse, she’s slowly becoming her colleague Nikhil’s ‘uncommitted’ plus-one—all while being spectacularly, hopelessly in love with him.

It’s fine. She’s fine. This is all completely normal.

Of course, Sitara has options: she could open her bakery or write that novel she’s been penning in her head for years, or finally turn her upcycling hobby into something that could make her truly happy—and pay the bills. Instead, she goes to work.

And then there’s Samar. Her sworn enemy. The headache that just won’t go away. The man, who has decided to take Sitara on as his personal project. He’s infuriating, charming and somehow lately, always around her.

As Sitara’s constant run ins with Samar threaten the carefully curated stability Sitara keeps close to her chest, she begins to wonder if she really is wasting her life.

With her feelings in disarray, Sitara has a choice to make—keep waiting to be chosen, or finally choose herself.

THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN

‘This book is a complete delight, not only a fairytale for adults that transports you on a magical journey of childlike wonder, but also a parable that helps you lead a better life’ – JAMES NORTON

‘Magically hopeful. This story will speak to your soul and your monkey mind and bring them back into harmony. Beautiful and uplifting, charming and soul-nurturing, this is another glorious triumph from the beloved Matt Haig’ – DONNA ASHWORTH

‘If you enjoyed The Midnight Library, you’ll love this. The Midnight Train is exquisite storytelling and utterly brilliant. One of the most beautiful stories you’ll ever experience’ – JOANNA CANNON

When your life flashes before your eyes, what will matter most?

The Trial

What if you were arrested—and never told why?

On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K., an ordinary bank clerk, is abruptly arrested by two
unidentified agents. But there is no crime, no evidence, no explanation—and he must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. What follows is a haunting descent into a world of invisible courts, faceless officials, and a sprawling bureaucracy that seems to operate on nothing but its own absurd logic.

Franz Kafka’s The Trial is a masterful, unsettling exploration of guilt, power, and existential dread.
As Josef K. desperately seeks answers and clarity, he finds himself increasingly entangled in a nightmarish legal system—where truth is elusive, punishment is inevitable, and resistance feels futile.

“Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.”

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial tells the terrifying tale of Josef K., who must undergo trial for an unnamed crime. Thrust into a bewildering legal labyrinth, he forges a battle with an irrational bureaucracy, one that seemingly follows no rhyme or reason. One man’s search for justice leads to a chilling exploration of the absurdity of existence and totalitarianism, one that leads him down into an unending downward spiral as he tries to gain control of his fate. A landmark of 20th century literature, The Trial remains a haunting reflection on the fragility of individual freedom in a system without reason.

“It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.”

It may come as a surprise to the unacquainted reader that Kafka never intended to publish The Trial—in fact, in his will, he instructed his lifelong friend and literary executor, Max Brod, to burn all his manuscripts in the event of his death. Brod chose to ignore these instructions and publish most of the work he left behind. Thanks to his decision, three of Kafka’s novels—The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926), and Amerika (1927) reached readers worldwide.

On the World Stage

In this incisive and deeply engaging memoir, diplomat Ruchira Kamboj reflects on a remarkable career in the front lines of global diplomacy, representing India at the United Nations, UNESCO, and as ambassador to South Africa and Bhutan. With candour, elegance and a storyteller’s instinct, she revisits defining moments in contemporary international relations—negotiations that shaped outcomes, rooms where power shifted quietly and decisions that carried the weight of nations.

From multilateral corridors to bilateral breakthroughs, Kamboj offers a rare, insider’s view of how India shaped its voice—and then amplified it—on the world stage. This is not just a chronicle of postings but a narrative of purpose, resilience and strategic intent. As India steps into a more assertive global role, her reflections illuminate the mindset, diplomacy and conviction that underpin that rise, making this memoir both timely and compelling for anyone seeking to understand India’s place in a rapidly changing world.

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