There are so many interesting self help books being released in 2025!
It’s going to be a little difficult to choose which one I want to go for first.
When browsing the “new releases” lists online these past few months, I was so happy to see that there are new books coming that will discuss topics ranging from finding love, to saying “no”, and the science of conversation.
A few of my favorite things to learn about and discuss.
Healthy Happy ADHD by Lisa Dee definitely caught my eye. Since being diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year, I’ve been enjoying the process of learning more about how my brain works, and what I can do to be more efficient. Not only is Healthy Happy ADHD written in ADHD format (which I love), but it is written by a woman and is tailored for women, specifically. It’s taken the number spot on my TBR (to be read) list.
I hope that you can find a few highly-anticipated titles down below to add to your list of books to read in 2025!
Self Help Books to Read in 2025
Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life’s Purpose by Martha Beck
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.
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes by Dr. Sunita Sah
Dr. Sunita Sah delves deep into why the pressure to comply is a corrosive and often invisible force in our society. With her own revelatory research, she radically transforms our idea of defiance from a misunderstood negative trait into a crucial, positive force for personal and societal change.
Getting it Right This Time: Break Free From Your Hidden Blocks to Lasting Love by Orna and Matthew Walters
Getting It Right This Time provides the tools you need to identify and transform your Love Imprint — your inner GPS that unconsciously drives your choices in romantic relationships. By learning the brain science of attraction and creating a new road map for love, you will override your internal GPS if it’s leading you off course — and find the fastest route to long-lasting love.
Healthy Happy ADHD: Transform How You Move, Eat, and Feel, and Create Your Own Path to Well-Being by Lisa Dee
Drawing from her lived experience and research, she shows you how to revamp your routines, build new habits, and bring ease to your busy brain. With practical advice tailored for women and presented in an ADHD-friendly format, this book empowers you to create a lifestyle that works with your ADHD.
How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion by Yung Pueblo
In How to Love Better, Yung Pueblo examines all aspects of relationships, from the rose-colored early days when you may be hesitant to show your full self, to the challenges that can arise without clear communication, to dealing with heartbreak and healing as you close a chapter of your life. The power of looking inward remains at the core of Yung Pueblo’s teachings.
Inner Entrepreneur: A Proven Path to Profit and Peace by Grant Sabatier
Unlike “get rich quick” books, Inner Entrepreneur is truly comprehensive. This bookwill give you the keys to building wealth, but will also help you every step of the way, leaving no topic unexplored and offering resources and inspiring stories from people who have been there before you.
It Begins With You: The 9 Hard Truths About Love That Will Change Your Life by Jillian Turecki
It Begins with You introduces the 9 core truths we must accept in order to change our lives. Blending therapeutic strategies, somatic techniques, client case studies, practical tools, tips, and guiding questions, Jillian Turecki gives us a roadmap to finally start doing the work needed to love ourselves and find the love we deserve.
Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves by Alison Wood Brooks
In Talk, Brooks shows why conversing a little more effectively can make a big difference in the quality of our close personal relationships as well as our professional success. Drawing on the new science of conversation, Brooks distills lessons that show how we can better understand, learn from, and delight each other.
The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life by Sahil Bloom
After three years of research, personal experimentation, and thousands of interviews across the globe, Sahil Bloom has created a groundbreaking blueprint to build your life around five types of wealth: Time, Social, Mental, Physical, and Financial Wealth.
The 5 Types of Wealth will help you act on your priorities to create an instant positive impact in your daily life, make better decisions, and design the life you’ve always dreamed of.
The Perfectionist’s Dilemma: Learn the Art of Self-Compassion and Become a Happy Achiever by Tara Cousineau
Psychologist Tara Cousineau claims that perfectionism is a paradox: it is the tension created by the need for belonging, a desire for excellence, and a quest for a meaningful and productive life. But perfectionism can be transformed by learning to connect both head and heart, replacing inner algorithms of comparison and criticism with self-acceptance and self-compassion.
Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life by Caroline Fleck
In this groundbreaking book, Clinical Psychologist Caroline Fleck explains why validation is one of psychotherapy’s best-kept secrets while taking us step-by-step through eight skills we can use to communicate it.
Full of “aha” moments and powerful takeaways, Validation reveals how the science of seeing and being seen is the key to inner and interpersonal transformation.
What to Do When You Feel Broken: How to Let Go of Negative Patterns, Heal Your Relationships and Find Freedom by Dr. Laura Williams
The toolbox of knowledge and techniques in this book will empower you to pick up your ‘broken parts’ and put them back together to live life with resilience, wisdom and fortitude.
