Jan. 2, 2026 – A new year is here, and many people are setting resolutions and embracing fresh starts. From self-help to food to fitness, here are a few recently published books that might help on a resolution journey.
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A consultant to billion-dollar companies and the brightest lights of Hollywood, Laura Day—in her bestselling, breakthrough book "Practical Intuition" — explained how anyone can train themselves to gain full access to the powers of their intuitive mind. Only Day’s closest friends, however, knew that behind the book’s phenomenal success was a dark family history — one that provided her with profound insights into human nature and an understanding of what it takes to achieve your dreams, no matter how challenging your past or present.
Now, Day has combined those insights with her intuitive program to create a life-changing method of self-discovery and renewal. Developed over a decade with thousands of students and based on a unique approach that combines scientific principles, wisdom from ancient traditions, and her own remarkable intuitive gifts, The Prism reveals seven points in our development that can either hinder us or be harnessed to create healthy lives. Day teaches us how to resolve our vulnerabilities and replace them with potent new structures that will help us find joy, attract success, and materialize our goals.
"The Happiness Experiment: A Revolutionary Way to Increase Happiness" by Carl B. Barney (2025)
Are you ready to take control of your future, significantly increase your own happiness, and transform lives? After a terrifying brush with death, entrepreneur and philanthropist Carl Barney created the innovative idea of "pre-quests" or Happiness Grants – inheritances provided to the grantees while the grantor was still alive. When he decided to give these grants to twenty friends, the Happiness Experiment was born. The experiment provided a deeply meaningful and fulfilling way for Carl Barney to use his wealth to enhance his own life and the lives of those he cared about. And now he shows how you can do this too.
"Joy Prescriptions: How I Learned to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Connection" by Tiffany Moon (2025)
Tiffany Moon, M.D., is an anesthesiologist, entrepreneur, social media personality, and former cast member of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Dallas." In "Joy Prescriptions," she offers a part-memoir, part-self-help guide to stop chasing perfection and embrace gratitude and connection. As Tiffany explains, despite being a lifelong overachiever with a thriving career, she had a gorgeous home that she barely enjoyed. She had a closet full of nice things she bought to soothe herself, but she didn't feel soothed. She had a beautiful family that she didn't spend enough time with. She felt simultaneously grateful and stuck, successful but disappointed, happy but weary. "Joy Prescriptions" relates Tiffany's journey as a Chinese immigrant breaking through the expectations of being a perfectionist and building a new way of life based on laughter and the idea that true happiness is only possible when we let go of what other people want for us and live according to our values.
"Radical Self-Care: For Helpers, Healers, and Changemakers" by Nicole Steward (2025)
"Radical Self-Care" addresses the constant exposure to heartbreak and injustice that can take a toll on the mental and physical health of those in the helping professions. After more than twenty years as a social worker, author Nicole Steward shares her own challenges with burnout and offers practical solutions to tackle the deeply-rooted causes of overwhelm that helpers face, which include compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and moral injury. Steward's solutions go beyond mere stress-reduction techniques; rather, she offers a framework for engaging in radical self-care.
Here readers will discover a way of being that prioritizes helpers and healers, so they can better serve others without sacrificing their own health and wellness. This book offers foundational strategies that challenge the current systems that contribute to the high rates of burnout and turnover in the human and social service professions. By taking radical care of themselves, helpers can take a more effective and resilient approach to their work, ultimately leading to liberation for both themselves and those they serve.
"Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose" by Martha Nibley Beck (2025)
We live in an epidemic of anxiety. Most of us assume that the key to overcoming it is to think our way out. And for a while it works. But there is always something that sends us back into the anxious spiral we've been trying to climb out of. In "Beyond Anxiety," Dr. Martha Beck explains why anxiety is skyrocketing around you, and likely within you. She also tells you how to not only reduce your anxiety but use it to propel you into a life filled with peace, meaning, and joy.
Using a combination of the latest neuroscience as well as her background in sociology and coaching, Beck explains how our brains tend to get stuck in an "anxiety spiral," a feedback system that can increase anxiety indefinitely. To climb out, we must engage different parts of our nervous system – the parts involved in creativity. Beck provides instructions for engaging the "creativity spiral," in a process that not only shuts down anxiety but leads to innovative problem solving, a sense of meaning and purpose, and joyful, intimate connection with others – and with the world. The opposite of anxiety, it turns out, is a wonderful new way of life – one that can calm and inspire us as individuals and help us become a source of healing for everything around us.
"The Feel-Good Way: Simple Recipes for a Better Life" by Cara Clark (2025)
As a certified nutritionist who works with celebrities, professional athletes, and people from all walks of life, Cara Clark has seen that taking care of yourself physically does not need to add to your hardship with deprivation or crash diets. Nor does it have to mean completely overhauling your life. Packed with nearly 100 easy, delicious, macro-balanced recipes – from Lemon Berry Skillet Scones, to Make-Ahead Veggie Pad Thai, to Chili Lime Chicken and ideas for nourishing snacks, smoothies, shakes, bowls, and desserts – "The Feel-Good Kitchen" will empower you to become an expert on the food that fuels your body and soul. There is no deprivation, no all-or-nothing, no absolute restrictions. Only a forever healthy lifestyle that you'll want to continue because it makes you feel good-inside and out.
"So Easy So Good: Delicious Recipes and Expert Tips for Balanced Eating" by Kylie Sakaida (2025)
Registered dietitian and social media star Kylie Sakaida, a.k.a. @NutritionbyKylie, knows how difficult it can be to keep track of the confusing and often conflicting information about nutrition we are barraged with online. Kylie began posting videos on social media to cut through the noise and offer easy-to-understand and relatable evidence-based advice. Now, millions of people trust and follow her for realistic nutrition tips and delicious recipes. In this beautiful, comprehensive cookbook, Kylie has collected her best nutrition tips along with both fan-favorite and brand-new recipes.
Whether you want to change your eating habits and mindset or are just looking for a healthy dinner recipe, "So Easy So Good" has you covered. Kylie simplifies complex concepts through simple lists, charts, and sidebars. Her recipes and tips emphasize a healthy, balanced mix of protein, carbs, healthy fats, and fiber so you can feel nourished and satisfied. Many of Kylie’s recipes are inspired by the Asian flavors from her upbringing. Some recipes are designed to minimize prep time by using frozen veggies and nutrient-dense convenience foods, while others can be frozen in advance and reheated within minutes for a quick meal.
"The Blue Zones Kitchen: One Pot Meals: 100 Recipes to Live to 100" by Dan Buettner (2025)
Building on decades of research, longevity expert Dan Buettner has gathered 100 recipes inspired by the Blue Zones, home to the healthiest and happiest communities in the world. Each dish – for example, Sardinian Herbed Lentil Minestrone; Costa Rican Hearts of Palm Ceviche; Cornmeal Waffles from Loma Linda, California; and Okinawan Sweet Potatoes – uses ingredients and cooking methods proven to increase longevity, wellness, and mental health. Complemented by mouthwatering photography, the recipes also include lifestyle tips (including the best times to eat dinner and proper portion sizes), all gleaned from countries as far away as Japan and as near as Blue Zones project cities in Texas. Innovative, easy to follow, and delicious, these healthy living recipes make the Blue Zones lifestyle even more attainable, thereby improving your health, extending your life, and filling your kitchen with happiness.
"Menopause Yoga and Wellbeing: A Daily Practice Guide for Perimenopause to Second Spring" by Petra Coveney (2025)
This handbook offers curated 15-30-minute yoga home practice classes for symptoms such as hot flushes, anxiety, irritability, brain fog, disturbed sleep, pelvic floor challenges, and many more. It is accompanied by 18 class videos, illustrations and written instructions including modifications and how to use props, as well as a wealth of contributions from leading experts on menopause wellness. It includes information on HRT, nutrition, exercise, CBT psychology, herbal remedies and supplements, Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine, whilst also acknowledging the wide spectrum of menopause experiences based on ethnicity, gender identity, trauma, neurodiversity, and medically induced menopause.
"Walk Yourself Well: Step into a Healthier, Happier You" by Nina Barough (2025)
In "Walk Yourself Well," walking expert Nina Barough will teach you how to make the most out of every step – from mastering your technique and setting your pace to walking in different climates and terrains. Go that extra mile, and get inspired, with Nina's motivational training programs, research backed tips to get the most out of every step, plus inspirational walks from around the world for every level. Whether you want to improve your health, increase your fitness, or boost your mood, walking has a host of benefits, with no fuss and no expensive gym membership required. So lace up your shoes, program your smartwatch, and step into a fitter, healthier you.