inspiration Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/inspiration/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:56:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg inspiration Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/inspiration/ 32 32 38398750 The Next Day https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/08/the-next-day/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/08/the-next-day/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:47:48 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19271 Nonfiction has not been rewarding for me this year. My guess is the petulant part of my brain feels that it is already working too hard to process this country’s current reality and has no room for more information. But then I discovered The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward by Melinda French Gates […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/08/the-next-day/feed/ 2 19271 A Knock at Midnight https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/09/a-knock-at-midnight/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/09/a-knock-at-midnight/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2020 04:25:48 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14806 If nothing else, 2020 has been my year of more “I had no idea” reading than any other in my adult life. I’ve read fiction and nonfiction on a number of issues for years, but somehow race was never a large part of that reading. Now, like many others in this country, I’ve seen just […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/09/a-knock-at-midnight/feed/ 4 14806 Untamed by Glennon Doyle https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/untamed-by-glennon-doyle/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/untamed-by-glennon-doyle/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2020 04:49:51 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14034 Several weeks ago, I enthused about a novel that I thought was outstanding even though it was DARK (The Road, which I would not recommend reading anytime soon). Now I’m back to balance the scales by going full-on evangelical about a book so bright it glows. Untamed is Glennon Doyle’s journey, extracted and distilled into […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/untamed-by-glennon-doyle/feed/ 2 14034 Almost Everything: Notes on Hope https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/almost-everything-notes-on-hope/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/almost-everything-notes-on-hope/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2018 08:55:11 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11932 Anne Lamott’s new book Almost Everything: Notes on Hope is not straight path reading. It’s not her style and I, for one, am grateful for that. But if you looking for succinct advice on how to feel better about the world today, you’ll be frustrated and, maybe, disappointed. She’s a wanderer, but one who always […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/12/almost-everything-notes-on-hope/feed/ 8 11932 The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/01/the-book-of-joy-lasting-happiness-in-a-changing-world/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/01/the-book-of-joy-lasting-happiness-in-a-changing-world/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:57:44 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8294   It’s no secret I’ve been struggling since November to make sense of not only where our country stands, but where it is headed. I’d like to say I’ve been able to insulate myself from the impact of a new president who is horrifying in every sense of the word, but I haven’t. As a […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/01/the-book-of-joy-lasting-happiness-in-a-changing-world/feed/ 9 8294 Inventing the Rest of Our Lives by Susan Levine Braun https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/08/inventing-rest-lives-susan-levine-braun/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/08/inventing-rest-lives-susan-levine-braun/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2016 07:56:11 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6907 Yesterday, I had a milestone-ish birthday. 55, which means I can no longer say I’m in my early 50s. Boo to that. I’m not generally one to find age markers to be difficult—I thought 40 was a blast, but this one, for whatever reason hit me harder than any other in awhile. I decided I […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/08/inventing-rest-lives-susan-levine-braun/feed/ 19 6907 The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/03/the-true-secret-of-writing/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/03/the-true-secret-of-writing/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:50:17 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1456   Thus, sitting, walking, writing, are all moments of practice. The quietest, deepest sits I’ve experienced have included writing. The writing helps to empty and settle the mind. We then can sink into a quiet pool, into silence, out of which all of those tumultuous thoughts were created in the first place.  This is from […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/03/the-true-secret-of-writing/feed/ 1 1456 May Cause Miracles https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/01/may-cause-miracles/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/01/may-cause-miracles/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:04:36 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1172 Gabrielle Bernstein is already well-known amongst the inspirational set. Her books and speaking tours draw large crowds, not necessarily because her message is so new but because her optimism is infectious without being gag-inducing and her ideas not only inspire but feel practical. In her latest book, May Cause Miracles, Bernstein is back with a […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/01/may-cause-miracles/feed/ 0 1172 The Great Work of Your Life https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/09/the-great-work-of-your-life/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/09/the-great-work-of-your-life/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:18:03 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=663 If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you; if you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.  The Great Work of Your Life opens with these lines from the Gnostic Gospels of Thomas Author Stephen Cope then skillfully […]

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