A Women in Publishing book club, hosted by Alexa Bigwarfe
The Better Self Book Club
A private, podcast-style book club for creative entrepreneurs and growth-minded women. One book a month on mindset, habits, leadership or business.
Read along, or just listen to the breakdowns. Either way, you walk away with something to use.
$10 a month. Included for WIPpreneur Circle members.
November 2026 book of the month
The Magic
by Rhonda Byrne
The Magic is built around 28 days of gratitude practices, one a day, each tied to a part of your life: health, money, work, relationships and the goals you are reaching for.
This month’s private episodes walk through the book practice by practice, with journaling prompts to go with them. It pairs with the November Gratitude Challenge below.
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Runs all November, alongside The Magic
The November Gratitude Challenge
The Magic is meant to be practiced. Do one practice a day, then share what you noticed with the other members.
Step 1
Read the day’s practice
There are 28, one for each day. Start on November 1 and you finish on November 28. Jump in late and pick up wherever you are.
Step 2
Do it that day
Each practice ends with a short action. Write the list, say the thank you, take the step. Even on the busy days.
Step 3
Share it in the community
Post your day in the challenge thread and read what other members are noticing. A sentence or two is plenty.
The challenge is included with your book club membership.
Read the book, or don’t
Each month brings one book on mindset, habits, leadership or business. Read along with Alexa, or skip the reading and listen to the breakdowns. Here is what every month includes.
One curated book
Personal development or creative entrepreneurship, picked for women building something of their own.
6 to 15+ private episodes
Breakdowns, insights and takeaways, released through the month.
Journaling prompts
Plus practical action steps, so the ideas turn into something you do.
Listen your way
Use the private RSS feed in your favorite podcast app, or listen in the Kajabi app on your phone or tablet.
A private community
Share insights, ask questions and connect with other members between episodes.
Your pace
No live calls. Listen while you commute, walk or fold laundry, and catch up on the archive anytime.
Talk it through with other readers
The book club community lives in the Kajabi app. Post your takeaways, ask questions about the chapter you are on, and see what landed for other members.
Missed a month? Every past book and its episodes stay in the archive, so you can go back and start any book you missed.
Your host
Alexa Bigwarfe
Alexa is the founder of Women in Publishing and the host of Alexa’s Publishing Chat.
Each month she reads the pick, does the deep dive and records the episodes. Read along with her, or let her do the heavy lifting and listen on your walk.
Two ways in
Join the book club on its own, or listen as part of your WIPpreneur Circle membership.
Better Self Book Club
- This month’s book and every episode
- The full archive of past months
- Journaling prompts and action steps
- The member community
- Cancel anytime
WIPpreneur Circle
The Better Self Book Club is part of your WIPpreneur Circle membership. Log in to Kajabi to listen, archive and all.
Not in the Circle yet? See what the WIPpreneur Circle includes.
Questions
Do I have to read the book?
No. Read along if you like, or skip the book and listen to the episode breakdowns. You still get the takeaways.
How do I listen?
Through a private RSS feed in your favorite podcast app, or right inside the Kajabi app on your phone or tablet.
Are there live calls?
No. Everything is recorded, so you listen on your own schedule. Conversation happens in the member community.
What if I don't like this month's book?
Go back through the archive and start a month you missed. Every past book and its episodes stay available.
Is it included in my membership?
If you are in the WIPpreneur Circle, yes. Log in to Kajabi to listen. Everyone else can join for $10 a month.
Where do I get the books?
Every pick is on the book club list in Alexa’s Amazon storefront. Shop the list. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Can I cancel?
Yes. The membership is month to month, and you can cancel anytime.
Every past pick
Each of these books has its own set of episodes waiting in the archive. Start with whichever one you need right now.
It’s Who You Know
Janine Garner
Garner argues the strength of your network matters more than its size, and maps the 12 kinds of people worth having in your corner. A useful audit for anyone building a business on relationships.
The Magic of Tiny Business
Sharon Rowe
A case for staying small on purpose. Rowe shows how a lean business can pay well and still leave room for a life.
The Magic of Thinking Big
David J. Schwartz
A classic on how the size of your thinking shapes the size of your results, with everyday habits for believing bigger.
The Art of Money
Bari Tessler
A shame-free approach to money that pairs practical bookkeeping with the emotional side of how we earn and spend.
Don’t Believe Everything You Think
Joseph Nguyen
A short read on how our thinking, not our circumstances, drives most of our suffering, and what changes when you stop treating every thought as true.
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
Four commitments: be impeccable with your word, don’t take anything personally, don’t make assumptions, always do your best. Easy to read, harder to practice.
The Gratitude Diaries
Janice Kaplan
Kaplan spends a year practicing gratitude in her marriage, work, health and money, and reports what actually changed.
Do Less
Kate Northrup
Time and energy management for ambitious women, built around working with your natural rhythms instead of against them.
Buy Back Your Time
Dan Martell
A system for business owners to delegate, hire and stop being the bottleneck, so the business can grow without you doing everything.
The 10X Rule
Grant Cardone
Set targets ten times higher than you think you need, then take ten times the action. Loud, bold and meant to stretch you.
Get Rich, Lucky Bitch!
Denise Duffield-Thomas
Money blocks, abundance and charging what you are worth, with exercises for clearing the beliefs that keep income small.
Everything Is Figureoutable
Marie Forleo
Forleo’s core belief, turned into a book: whatever the problem, you can find a way through it.
The 5 Types of Wealth
Sahil Bloom
Bloom redefines wealth beyond money as time, social, mental, physical and financial, with a framework for building all five.
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
What sits behind exceptional success: timing, culture, opportunity and the famous 10,000 hours of practice.
How to Do the Work
Nicole LePera
How to recognize your patterns, heal from your past and build a more conscious version of yourself.
Make Money Easy
Lewis Howes
Howes on letting go of the stress around money and building financial freedom with less struggle.
10,000 Hours
Phyllis Lane
You become what you practice. A look at how daily repetition shapes skill, habits and who you turn into.
The Big Leap
Gay Hendricks
Hendricks names the Upper Limit Problem, the way we hold ourselves back when things start going well, and how to move into your zone of genius.
Playing Big
Tara Mohr
Practical wisdom for women who want to speak up, create and lead, including how to quiet the inner critic.
Unapologetically Ambitious
Shellye Archambeau
How Archambeau planned her path to CEO in Silicon Valley tech, taking risks and breaking barriers on her own terms.
F*ck Fearless
Heather Vickery
Making the brave leap without waiting to stop feeling scared first.
A High-Performing Mind
Andrew D. Thompson
Strengthening your mind the way you would train your body, for clearer thinking and steadier performance.
The Hustle Cure
Sophie Cliff
A new approach to burnout and productivity for anyone tired of grinding to prove their worth.
The Shallows
Nicholas Carr
What the internet is doing to our brains, and why deep focus keeps getting harder. Best read with your phone in another room.
Let It Be Easy
Susie Moore
Simple ways to stop stressing and start living, for anyone who assumes everything has to be hard to count.
Give and Take
Adam Grant
Grant’s research on givers, takers and matchers, and why generous people so often end up the most successful.
The Fixer
Tauni Crefeld
On forging teams that solve problems together and keep going when things break.
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