PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Dive deeply into understanding your talents and spiritual gifts, and how Christ wants to use them for His good; make sense of your habits and how they inform your lifestyle; find solace in knowing your temperament; and reflect on how shame and fear may be holding you back from living a life free in Christ.

1. StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath / Gallup. Use the StrengthsFinder test to determine your God-given strengths.

2. The Catherine of Siena Institute Called & Gifted Workshop for discerning your charisms and spiritual gifts to learn how you can serve the Kingdom of Christ on earth.

3. Atomic Habits by James Clear to learn how to make goals into habits in a very practical way.

4. The Temperament God Gave You by Art and Laraine Bennett to discover the characteristics, strengths, and pitfalls of your personality.

5. The Gift of Imperfection by Brené Brown to understand how perfectionism suffocates our mission.

SPIRITUALITY

Come to know and understand with more conviction your faith, your identity in Christ, and your authentic femininity. Know the pitfalls of our culture, and how it distorts truth, so you may be strong in the face of adversity.

1. The Heart of Perfection by Colleen Carroll Campbell

2. Remade for Happiness by Fulton Sheen

3. The Way of Trust and Love: A Retreat Guided by St. Therese of Lisieux by Jacques Philippe

4. The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander

5. God is Love by Pope Benedict XVI

6. The Anti-Mary Exposed by Dr. Carrie Gress

7. The Privilege of Being a Woman by Alice von Hildebrand

8. The Other Side of Beauty by Leah Darrow

PERSONAL STYLE

Find inspiration and great styling advice from captivating photography in these secular titles.

1. The Curated Closet by Anuschka Rees

2. The Way She Wears It by Dallas Shaw

3. Living in Style by Rachel Zoe

4. Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen

5. Bill Cunningham: On the Street by the New York Times

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