10 Books That Can Help You With New Year’s Resolutions
From fitness to food, practical life advice to eye-opening non-fiction, the experts at Chapters Indigo have chosen 10 books to help you stick by your New Year’s resolutions – no matter what they are!
1. Food, Health and Happiness by Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey has had a love-hate relationship with food. In Food, Health and Happiness, she reveals not only her struggles with weight and food but also the recipes that have taught her to celebrate life again (115 recipes, to be exact). Sustainable Chilean sea bass with lemon fennel chutney, anyone?
2. The Wellness Mama by Katie Wells
Looking to eliminate processed foods as part of your New Year’s resolutions? These recipes and practical tips from popular blogger and “wellness mama” Katie Wells will help you do just that! If anyone knows how to craft a healthy and delicious home-cooked meal in 30 minutes or less, it’s a mother of six!
3. Joyous Detox by Joy McCarthy
In the new year, give your body a break from food additives, bad fats and toxins. Holistic nutritionist, blogger and bestselling author Joy McCarthy’s returns with a 10-day detox and 100 new detox-friendly recipes to feel fabulous every day.
4. The Bikini Body by Kayla Itsines
The Sweat with Kayla app is the world’s best-selling fitness app for a reason – Kayla Itsines’ high-intensity workouts help women achieve strong bodies. In The Bikini Body, she shares meal plans, recipes and motivational tips to help you lead a healthier and happier lifestyle.
5. Tool of Titans by Tim Ferriss
Tool of Titans compiles hundreds of interviews with celebrities, athletes, biochemists, commanders and more. If you’re looking for life hacks, daily tools and practical advice on how to be your absolute best self, give this a read. As Ferriss writes, “It’s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.”
6. The Five Thieves of Happiness by John Izzo
What takes our happiness away from us? Bestselling author John Izzo calls them the five thieves: the thief of control, the thief of conceit, the thief of consumption, the thief of coveting, and the thief of comfort. This book will teach you how to lock these attitudes out and protect your well-being.
7. Healthy is the New Skinny by Katie H. Willcox
Katie H. Willcox, the founder of the social movement Healthy is the New Skinny, showcases her journey to inspire people to choose health and wellness over our modern society’s obsession with being skinny. She poses the question: how can we harness the power of thoughts to choose self-love?
8. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Fans of Divergent will love the stunning new science-fiction fantasy series by bestselling author Veronica Roth. If your New Year’s resolutions include switching off Netflix and checking out the season’s biggest books, this forthcoming novel is a definite must!
9. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
The Woman in Cabin 10 tells the story of a travel writer whose newest assignment – a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins – slowly turns into a nightmare. With its shocking twists and claustrophobic setting, Ruth Ware’s newest book looks to be 2017’s most anticipated page-turner.
10. The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
In The Undoing Project, bestselling author Michael Lewis tells the story of Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose studies about the mind’s decision-making process changed our perception of human nature forever. If making better decisions is one of your New Year’s Resolutions, give this book a read!