6 Motivational Workbooks To Inspire Growth in Your Career Pause
The resources we’re leaning on to focus energy, find motivation, and embrace growth in this season of motherhood.
One of our core beliefs here at Mother Untitled is that a career break is anything but a personal and professional plateau. You may be putting a job or title on pause, but that certainly doesn’t stop you from growing in ways you might never have imagined.
Just take a look around our community of ambitious and inspiring women for seemingly endless examples of mothers who have reinvented themselves while navigating the early years of parenthood. There are scores of entrepreneurs, a three-time novelist, a fashion model, an activist, an artist, and so many more. Each of these women proves that motherhood isn’t an end point—it’s often a springboard to a fulfilling next chapter.
To help you focus your energy, find motivation, and grow personally or professionally, we’ve rounded up six hands-on workbooks to add to your bookshelf.
6 Interactive Books to Inspire and Motivate You in This chapter of Motherhood
1. How to Begin
How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters is akin to having a life coach on your bookshelf. Frank, practical, and totally useful, “this is your practical guide to finding the focus and courage to set a Worthy Goal: one that lights you up, compels you to grow, and serves a bigger game by being thrilling, important, and daunting.”
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A national bestseller, Burn After Writing, is a journal for self-reflection and personal exploration, featuring prompts that encourage you to dive deep into your feelings about your past, present, and future. Consider this a journal for anyone who needs a guiding hand to process events, let things go, and move forward in their lives.
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Pick this one up if you’ve been tinkering with a big creative idea, but can’t figure out the logistics of bringing your passion project to life. Mind Your Business will coach you on building a roadmap, with practical tools to learn budgeting and forecasting, legal guidelines, long-term growth, and more.
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If you’re the type that needs a bit of cheeky fun to get vulnerable, than this one’s for you. We couldn’t have described this journal better ourselves: “With Let That Sh*t Go, you’ll find moments of profanity-laced catharsis and joy through journaling activities and inspirations that are positive as f*ck. Within these truly charming pages, you’ll find ways to let go of the bullsh*t and lift your spirit a little higher.”
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Inspired by the work of the Stanford Life Design Lab, The Designing Your Life Workbook is geared toward anyone who has their heart set on creating a life that feels meaningful and fulfilling to them. This book includes worksheets, journal pages, and prompts for tracking and building good habits, finding inspiration, and much more.
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The Live Your Values deck is a series of cheerfully illustrated cards to encourage deep thinking, focus, and personal growth. “More engaging than a self-help book and less daunting than trying to list your values on a blank page, this deck offers a fun, hands-on way to identify your core principles and integrate them into your life.”
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