Book Reviews

From Burnout to Creative Rhythm: A Review of Awakening Your Creative Soul

Awakening Your Creative Soul by Sandra Duran Wilson is a 52-week journey of art, ritual, and reflection. Rooted in the seasons, this book blends mixed media projects with soulful prompts to help you reconnect with creativity, meaning, and inner rhythm.

Feeling Disconnected? The Creative Cure Helps You Reconnect Through Art

The Creative Cure by Jacob Nordby is a heartfelt guide to reconnecting with your creativity as a path to healing and self-discovery. With journaling, reflection, and gentle insight, it helps you reclaim joy, voice, and meaning—no perfection required.

Your Life, Your YES: How Your DAMN Manifesto Helps You Begin Again

Your DAMN Manifesto by Bevin Farrand is a compassionate, practical guide to rebuilding momentum after life’s curveballs. With small steps and heartfelt honesty, it helps you reconnect with what matters and take action—even when things feel messy.

How Playing Big Supports Women to Lead Without Burning Out

Playing Big by Tara Mohr is a thoughtful, practical guide for women ready to move beyond self-doubt and lead with purpose. Through tools like the Inner Mentor and gentle mindset shifts, it helps readers trust their voice and take meaningful action.

Why Burnout Is the Book Every Overwhelmed Woman Should Read

Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski offers a science-backed, compassionate guide to completing the stress cycle and reclaiming wellness. Rooted in research and real-life experience, it’s especially powerful for women who feel overextended and emotionally drained.

Feeling Creatively Stuck? Creative Block Offers Insight, Prompts, and Hope

Creative Block by Danielle Krysa is a beautifully curated collection of interviews with 50 artists who share how they face resistance, doubt, and the messiness of making. Honest, visual, and inspiring, it’s a reminder that creativity is worth returning to.

How The Artist’s Way Helps You Reclaim Joy Through Creative Practice

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron is a 12-week journey to reconnect with your creativity through gentle structure, daily writing, and weekly artist dates. It’s a supportive guide for anyone feeling creatively blocked, burnt out, or ready to begin again.

Simplify Your Life: How Essentialism Can Help You Stop Overcommitting

Essentialism by Greg McKeown is a clear, thoughtful guide to doing less—more intentionally. It invites readers to reclaim their time and energy by focusing on what truly matters, offering practical tools for setting boundaries and living with purpose.

Healing Through Creativity: Lessons from Art Heals by Shaun McNiff

Art Heals by Shaun McNiff is a lyrical, thoughtful collection of essays on how creative expression supports healing. Blending story, philosophy, and practice, it invites readers to meet themselves through art—not to fix, but to witness, reconnect, and restore.

Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy Activities: A Creative Path to Emotional Calm

Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy Activities by Jennie Powe Runde offers a calming, creative way to process emotions and reconnect with yourself. With over 90 gentle prompts, it blends art and mindfulness into a supportive, trauma-informed companion for self-care.

Why Thinking, Fast and Slow Is Essential Reading for Better Decisions

In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman explores how we think, decide, and misjudge—revealing the two systems behind every choice we make. Clear, insightful, and deeply human, this book invites readers to slow down and understand their own minds better.

Creative Thinking Takes Time: Lessons from John Cleese’s Creativity

In Creativity, John Cleese offers a short, thoughtful guide to creative thinking that’s grounded in humour, experience, and honesty. He reminds us that creativity isn’t forced—it grows when we slow down, make space, and trust the process to unfold.