Motivational Reads Archives - https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/tag/motivational-reads/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:43:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Reading as Therapy https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/reading-as-therapy/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/reading-as-therapy/#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:29:39 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12714 These days it is easy to find a therapist because of online solutions like BetterHelp.com. But did you know that picking up a book could be therapeutic as well? There are several mental health benefits to reading that are backed up by mounting scientific evidence. Reading is great for the...

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]]> https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/reading-as-therapy/feed/ 0 Review: Empower Yourself by Xenia Tchoumi https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-empower-yourself-by-xenia-tchoumi/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-empower-yourself-by-xenia-tchoumi/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:00:32 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12515 How can you empower yourself in the current climate when all anyone can focus on is the pandemic and how the world has come to a complete standstill. “There’s no such thing in life as an overnight success. Behind the scenes of every success story are sweat, tears and countless...

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]]> https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-empower-yourself-by-xenia-tchoumi/feed/ 2 Learning During a Pandemic: Why we should all consider it https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/learning-during-a-pandemic/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/learning-during-a-pandemic/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:00:47 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12501 Since the pandemic started, jobs have become scarce and across the world, almost everything has simply come to a complete standstill. At the start of the COVID outbreak, no one could have predicted how much of an impact it would still be having on our lives nearly a year on....

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]]> https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/learning-during-a-pandemic/feed/ 0 Review: Positively Wealthy by Emma Mumford https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-positively-wealthy-by-emma-mumford/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-positively-wealthy-by-emma-mumford/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:00:13 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12361 This isn’t just another book about getting rich quick, but how to make your entire life rich and fulfilling. This is a book that highlights the need to move away from get-rich-quick schemes and pyramid programmes. Neither does Emma advise you to go out and spend a fortune on life...

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]]> https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-wintering-by-katherine-may/feed/ 0 Review: The 4 Hour Working Week by Tim Ferriss https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-the-4-hour-working-week-by-tim-ferriss/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-the-4-hour-working-week-by-tim-ferriss/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:30:35 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12195 Would you like to work less but earn more?  Most people would jump at the chance to spend more time doing what they want, rather than spending more hours in a cubicle or doing a job they feel they have to do in order to make a living. There is...

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]]> https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-the-4-hour-working-week-by-tim-ferriss/feed/ 2 Review: Failosophy – A handbook for when things go wrong by Elizabeth Day https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-failosophy-a-handbook-for-when-things-go-wrong-by-elizabeth-day/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-failosophy-a-handbook-for-when-things-go-wrong-by-elizabeth-day/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:02:55 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12146 In Failosophy, Elizabeth brings together all the lessons she has learned from conversations with people on her podcast, How to Fail. Failure connects us all; it’s what makes us human. Success however happens when you learn from your failures and turn them around. It is our resilience and mindset that...

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]]> https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-failosophy-a-handbook-for-when-things-go-wrong-by-elizabeth-day/feed/ 0 Review: The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-the-art-of-non-conformity-by-chris-guillebeau/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-the-art-of-non-conformity-by-chris-guillebeau/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2020 09:00:36 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12136 Do you ever feel overwhelmed with the pressure to follow the crowd and conform? As a child, we are always told not to follow the crowd and to think for ourselves and yet as soon as we become an adult it seems like our entire life has already been mapped...

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]]> https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-the-art-of-non-conformity-by-chris-guillebeau/feed/ 0 Audiobook Review: 9 Secrets to Thriving by Emma J. Bell https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/9-secrets-to-thriving-by-emma-j-bell/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/9-secrets-to-thriving-by-emma-j-bell/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:28:34 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12091 Imagine being charged with drug smuggling 1000s of miles away from home. Would you survive and thrive or sink to your lowest ever? Or what would happen if you had a surfing accident? Would you give up? What happens when you feel overwhelmed but under-supported in a relationship? Will you...

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]]> https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/9-secrets-to-thriving-by-emma-j-bell/feed/ 0 Review: Scabby Queen by Kristin  Innes https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-scabby-queen-by-kristin-innes/ https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/review-scabby-queen-by-kristin-innes/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2020 08:00:02 +0000 https://www.travellingbookjunkie.com/?p=12024 Clio Campbell first hit the headlines back in 1990 when she appeared on Top of the Pops wearing an anti-poll tax t-shirt and singing a song she had actually written for groups at protests. She killed herself in 2018 just days before her 51st birthday. Sadly, her death didn’t come...

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