7 Books To Make You Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
We're two months into 2024, but the Lunar New Year has just passed, marking a season of transition and rebirth! It's a perfect time to check in with your trajectory and realign yourself with your intentions for the year.
For many of us, these intentions are healthier bodies, minds, and bank accounts.
Transforming these things is a daunting task, but thankfully, you're not alone. Many of the world's best psychologists, doctors, fitness experts, chefs, authors, thinkers, and dreamers have condensed their vast knowledge into books, and you dear reader have this all readily available at your fingertips.
Without further delay, here are seven of the best books to help you become healthier, wealthier, and wiser.
Morgan Housel's book was published in 2020 but it's still ranked #1 on Amazon in several categories related to finance and self-help, and for good reason!
This book isn't as dry as most financial self-help books because it doesn't focus on money exactly, but rather on people and how they behave. One of the key points of the book is that income and financial knowledge doesn't predict financial success so much as understanding human behaviour.
Reading this book might help you adjust your mindset around money to build financial comfort beyond what you ever thought was possible.
2) No Worries: How to Live a Stress Free Financial Life - Jared Dillian
Jared Dillian is a finance expert with three books already under his belt and the newly published No Worries now making it four.
His latest book offers practical advice on spending habits, credit card use, student loan management, how to set up a passive portfolio, and perhaps most importantly: how to build an abundance mindset.
Abundance mindsets have been talked about ever since the term was coined in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People back in 1989, but Jared Dillian goes deeper to talk about the "right" type of abundance mindset for building wealth and ultimately creating a stress-free financial life.
3) Rich as F*ck: More Money Than You Know What to Do With - Amanda Frances
The past two books offered practical financial advice, but this book is more akin to a spiritual guide for changing how you view money.
The author Amanda Frances has been called a money guru, a self-made multi-millionaire, and a thought leader. She offers a refreshingly blunt take on how money really works and what purpose it should serve in your life.
If there's one word to describe how this book will leave you feeling, it's certainly: empowered!
4) Badass Stories: Grit, Growth, Hope, and Healing in the Shitshow - Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt
Sticking with the momentary theme of books with cheeky titles is this inspiring work by psychologist Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt PH.D.
It talks about the hardest parts of life through stories from her own experience and her patients. Though this book goes deep and gets very real, it also offers hope for how to get out of dark places and heal no matter how tough the fight is.
It will teach you how to push through hard moments, hold yourself accountable, and ultimately become a badass.
5) Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: Everyday Tools for Life's Ups and Downs - Dr Julie Smith
Another psychologist, Dr. Julie Smith has written a comprehensive and practical guide for how to care for your mental health in daily life.
Her tone comes across as a warm and caring friend, but her advice is backed by expertise that truly understands how the mind works and offers strategies proven to be effective.
Her book tackles common struggles like self-confidence, anxiety, depression, motivation and much more.
If you're ready to foster better mental health, this book is a must-read.
While this book isn't quite as new as most of the others on this list, it deserves a spot on any self-improvement junkie's bookshelf.
Greg Wells is a former professor who's written several fantastic books on health and wellness, but this particular one perfectly illuminates the interconnected nature of the various aspects of well-being. The good news is we can use the knowledge from this book to our advantage to harness a ripple effect of positive change across all areas of our lives.
If your goals for this year include fitness, stress management, productivity and dietary changes, this will be an excellent read for you.
Last but not least is one of the most healthy and helpful cookbooks published in recent years.
It features recipes from Lisa Bryan, a popular YouTuber well-known for her self-care and slow-living principles.
While that lifestyle might sound like a pipe dream for some of us, her recipes are impressively simple, wholesome, and quick to prepare, so even the busiest of bees can enjoy them.
Meal prepping is truly the secret to eating healthy for anyone with a busy schedule, and looking through the gorgeous recipes in this book could be just the inspiration you need to get you started.
Whether you're looking to change your life situation, your body, or your mind, one of the best ways to fast-track your progress is to read a few good books. Reading can never replace action, but it can give you a roadmap to take you to places you've never been before.