Books that Changed Us
Have you ever read a book that completely shifted your mindset or actions? Leslie and Leslyn are both avid readers and while talking one day, they both realized that they held a select number of books close to their hearts that they would describe as ‘life changing’. In today’s episode, Leslie and Leslyn share their top three ‘life changing’ books, in the hopes that you, the listener will find value in the takeaways of the texts!
In this episode, we discuss…
Show Intro [0:01]
Introductions – Life Changing Books [0:13]
Start of the Podcast [0:42]
Better Than Before [3:16]
Complete Conversations with God [9:50]
The Circle Maker [15:15]
Messages from the Masters [20:21]
Keep It Shut [24:49]
Daring Greatly [28:50]
Closing Thoughts [37:53]
Try This at Home [38:10]
Outro [39:04]
Episode Notes:
Leslie and Leslyn begin the episode explaining their interpretation of ‘life changing’ when it comes to books that have facilitated in personal growth and retrospection. These books did not incite dramatic life changing events but instead planted the seeds to grow.
Leslie’s first book recommendation is Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits by Gretchen Rubin. Leslie shares the quote, “How we schedule our days is how we spend our lives.” It’s the biggest thing she learned from the book, as the little things that we do repeatedly everyday make a huge impact in our lives. Leslie also shares the quote, “The biggest waste of time is to do well in the thing that we need to do at all.” The overall message of the book is something that Leslie has thought about countless times.
Leslyn’s first book recommendation is Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue by Neale Donald Walsch. Leslyn shares the quote, “Religion asks you to learn from the experience of others, spirituality urges you to seek your own.” This book spoke to Leslyn and helped her seek her own understanding of what it means to be spiritual. Leslyn believes that this book took all the things that Leslyn believed in and loved about her Catholicism and her Christian faith and put it in a way that allowed her to consider a much broader understanding of what it meant for her to be a spiritual person. This is the book that Leslyn has recommended more than any other piece because it allowed her to open her mind.
The second book recommendation from Leslie is Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams by Mark Batterson. The main focus of the text is surrounding prayer. Leslie’s takeaway is that before she was not as persistent with prayer as she would like to be. A quote that stood out for Leslie was, “Every miracle starts as a problem.” Often times we do not think about the problems and thing it will turn into something positive. This book, Leslie credits, for changing the way she thought about prayer and the things she saw she could improve and did improve on.
Leslyn’s second book recommendation is Messages from the Masters by Brian Weiss. Written by a traditional psychotherapist, he found one of his patients when under hypnosis for pain began to recall past life traumas that seem to be the cause of her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. The takeaway for Leslyn is that love is never a dependency and at all times you can practice the experience of love. It helped Leslyn stay focused and grounded in love during some of the toughest time of her life.
Leslie’s last book recommendation is Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All by Karen Ehman. Leslie originally became interested in this book as she finds she is a pretty open book about life and she sometimes forgets that not everyone is like that. This book helps a number of practical pieces and let Leslie understand that she didn’t need to tell everyone everything.
Leslyn’s last book recommendation, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. The book is described as “a powerful new vision that encourages to dare greatly, to embrace vulnerability, and imperfection to live whole heartedly and courageously engage in our lives.” A powerful ideal, Leslyn shares the book talks about shame and how it is the cornerstone of disfunction. This book helped Leslyn expose herself and learn that it is okay to not hide behind things.
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Links to Look At:
Gretchen Rubin | Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits
[https://www.amazon.com/Better-Than-Before-Habits-Procrastinate/dp/0385348630]
Neale Donald Walsch The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
[https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Conversations-Neale-Donald-Walsch/dp/0399153292]
Mark Batterson | The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears
[https://www.amazon.com/The-Circle-Maker-Mark-Batterson-audiobook/dp/B006RVEP3E]
Brian Weiss | Messages from the Masters: Tapping into the Power of Love
[https://www.amazon.com/Messages-Masters-Tapping-into-Power/dp/0446676926]
Karen Ehman | Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All
[https://www.amazon.com/Keep-Shut-What-When-Nothing/dp/0310339642]
Brené Brown | Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love Parent, and Lead
[https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419]
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