There is a blessing to not be hyper-connected via internet or mobile services for over a week and that is I get to catch up on my reading.  Ah the bliss!

Here are books that I read (or finished reading) in the past week:

Never Enough – From Barista To Billionaire by Andrew Wilkinson
Andrew shares his journey starting as a barista in a local café and realizing the value of being an entrepreneur to starting his own web design business and building that into a thriving multi-million dollar company.  He also shares the ideas he had that were complete failures and how the lessons he learned in the process helped grow his organization even more.

Andrew also shares how he and his partner Chris invested in their personal growth by reading everything they could about their heros Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger and how they took the lessons they learned and applied them to their businesses and acquisitions to great effect.

He also pulls the curtain back on some of the unhealthy habits he ac...

As I look back on all the books I've read this year, it's like watching the chapters of my own story unfold.

It's been a wild ride of healing, growing, and sometimes just escaping into another world. There's been a bit of everything – from diving deep into my own personal development journey to losing myself in some awesome fiction, and even sneaking a peek into the life of a royal.

Each book has been like a friend, walking with me through the ups and downs, teaching me a thing or two, or just giving me a break from the real world. From getting real about my own life to getting lost in someone else's, these books have been my sidekicks this year.

So here they are, in no particular order:

“Self Care Workbook for Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers" by Ella Lansvale

The title speaks for itself, and my lightbulb moments were abundant from the very first chapter where I kept hearing myself go ‘Yes. Yes. Yes, that’s exactly what it is like!’  This book is a valuable resource for women wh...