Wisdom And Inspiration At Your Fingertips

I've loved reading ever since I was a wee girl and my mom taught me to sound out the words on the pages of my picture books as I prepared for kindergarten. I moved quickly from Dick & Jane on to The Littles, then to Ramona Quimby and Nancy Drew, and later from Judy Blume to the Sweet Valley High series.  

I even loved reading my mom's magazines as a kid: there was always a copy of Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, or Woman's Weekly floating around, and I'd read those cover-to-cover too. (pssst, to all the Gen Z's out there: yep, this was what childhood was like before the internet LOL)

Once I got to university however, there was no time between classes, studies and waitressing to read anything but my business textbooks. For years afterward  - scarred by the forced immersion into a world of 'required reading' that I found far from captivating - I couldn't bring myself to crack the cover of anything more intense than a People magazine.   

Shortly after I finished university, I entered my child-rearing phase, which began with What To Expect When You're Expecting followed by a few years of Today's Parent & Parenting magazines, because who in the heck has time for a full-on book when you're single-parenting a toddler? (unless it's said toddler's bedtime stories, that is.)  

And I only have one child. I bow deeply to those of you with multiple little ones.

As my son got older I was able to reclaim more and more 'book time' back, and my love of reading was reignited. Ever since then, my night table and bookshelves have been filled mostly with personal development books, dappled by the occasional appearance of a fiction-just-for-fun book (which may or may not have even happened in my world, if it weren't for the book club I was part of from 2007 - 2012. Thanks, Chicklits!)  

From the mind-body connection and ways to live well, to spirit, self-care and finding your purpose, I've been a book junkie for most of my adult life.

Which is probably why I often find myself sharing favourite books with friends who are looking for sources of wisdom and inspiration on different subjects. So today, I've published a new page on my website so I can share them with you too—

Come on over and check out Kelly's Bookshelf: another resource meant to help you create a life you love.

This collection will always be growing, and if you're on my mailing list, you'll be sure to know when I add to it because I'll mention it in my weekly message to you.

Reading great books is a good place to start creating the kind of life you want, and I find it valuable to go back and re-read my favourites (or at least favourite sections of them) from time to time, to refresh my memory.

As much as I LOVE reading, there's one thing I've learned about books:

You can read a THOUSAND personal/business-development and self-help books—and you’ll absorb amazing things and glean beautiful insights—but it’s only when you take definitive action and put those principles into practice that the magic & miracles start to happen. 

You can read all about 'the seven steps to this' and 'the five ingredients to that', but until you actively do those steps and blend those ingredients into your daily life, you're barely skimming the surface of what's possible for you.  

The best way I've discovered to really integrate the wisdom of these great reads into your life is by creating a practice around the principles that you want to live by.  

Which is exactly how my Magic & Miracles Formula was intended to be used: not just something to read, but something to practice. In it, I share the thirteen fundamental ingredients that I've found to be foundational for creating a life you love.  

It's a free instant download, so grab it right now if you haven't already.

Happy reading...and more importantly, happy practicing!

xo

Kelly