Books on Healing, Growth, Leadership, and Rebuilding Happiness
These books reflect different seasons, roles, and experiences — from personal healing to parenting, leadership, and daily habits.
Each one carries the same underlying truth: lasting happiness begins inside you.
The Gift Inside - written entirely by Irina Shehovsov
12 Steps to Heal Unworthiness, Brokenness, and Victim Mentality So You Can Find Your Happy
This is my foundational work — written entirely by me — and the heart of everything I teach and share.
In The Gift Inside, I offer a compassionate, practical framework for rebuilding self-worth, healing old patterns, and reconnecting with happiness from within. It’s designed for anyone who feels disconnected, stuck, or ready for a deeper relationship with themselves.
While The Gift Inside is my core work, the books below reflect the same philosophy expressed across different life roles and experiences.
Books & Anthologies I’ve Contributed To
Each of the following books includes a chapter or contribution from me, offering a unique perspective on healing, resilience, leadership, or joy — depending on the context of the book.
You don’t need to read these in order.
Let the one that speaks to your current chapter find you.
Sacred Surrender (2022) - Contributor — chapter
A personal reflection on surrender, purpose, and reclaiming life from a place of inner truth.
Revolutionary Leaders (2022) - Contributor — chapter
Insights on leading through change with clarity, courage, and inner alignment.
Soul Parent, Vol. 1 (2022) - Contributor — introduction & chapter
Guidance for navigating single parenting with resilience, presence, and self-trust.
This book was also listed as the Best Book for Single Parents by Book Authority.
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Total Health for Extraordinary Living (2023) Contributor — chapter
An invitation to restore energy and joy through small, intentional daily practices.
A reminder that even ten minutes of joy can shift how life feels.
Soul Parent, Vol. 2 (2024) Contributor — introduction & chapter
Continuing the conversation on conscious single parenting, growth, and inner steadiness through change.
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BluTalks Business Life Universe, Vol. 14 (2025) Contributor — chapter
Perspectives on happiness, purpose, and meaningful impact across life and business.
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Book Details
Sacred Surrender (2022)
In a single moment your life can change. Will you choose to fight it or invite it? What does surrender mean for you? Do you believe that you came here on purpose? Do you believe that you are here to be part of something bigger, to remember the path that leads to your Divinity, Wholeness, and Destiny?
A debut contribution sharing the story of letting go, reclaiming life, and beginning again from a place of inner truth.
Chapter 7 - Reclaim Your Life
Revolutionary Leaders (2022)
This book reveals wisdom, guidance and support from extraordinary humans that have purposefully transformed their life to serve from their most authentic vibration. To be shining example of great happiness, aligning with their hopes and dreams and sharing their heart with the world.
Chapter 8 - I Once Was Lost And Now I Am Found
Soul Parent, Vol. 1 (2022)
This is a collection of the most inspiring and powerful stories from wonderful guests from my podcast, Single Parent Success Stories. Stories of accomplishments, challenges, and breakthroughs of single parents as well as experts to help navigate the post-divorce journey. Single Parent Success Stories gets granular about sharing authentic stories: who these women and men are, how they did it, and where they are headed.
Chapter 2: Create What You Want to Experience
Total Health for Extraordinary Living (2023)
Total Health is available to everybody. Vibrant health and wellness can be yours and this book can show you how. Here, you will read amazing stories about incredible health transformations.
These stories will inspire you, enlighten and guide you towards ultimate wellness. Here are the stories of people who found themselves unhealthy, unhappy and unsure of how to move forward. They will tell you about the moment that they knew they had to change and the tools that they used to create that change.
This book will help you to embrace your most extraordinary level of health.
Chapter 23: 10 Minutes of Joy
Soul Parent, Vol. 2 (2024)
This is a collection of the most inspiring and powerful stories from wonderful guests from my podcast, Single Parent Success Stories. Stories of accomplishments, challenges, and breakthroughs of single parents as well as experts to help navigate the post-divorce journey. Single Parent Success Stories gets granular about sharing authentic stories: who these women and men are, how they did it, and where they are headed.
Chapter 6: This Tool Could Save Your Life
BluTalks Business Life Universe, Vol. 14 (2025)
Corey Poirier has invited forty authors to share their stories in the 14th edition of the bLU Talks book series. Imagine, Chicken Soup for the Soul combined with TEDx - that's what this book is all about. In this book, these authors share their life stories relating to either their business, life or universe. These are true life stories of people who have lived through their journeys to make a difference to others. The authors in this series each have a story to tell and lessons to teach the people in this universe. Their stories will impact and inspire you in ways you never thought possible. This book has a special feature by Richard Paul Evans.
Chapter: Building a Happiness Blueprint: Designing Your Life for Joy
Read one. Read many. Let each meet you where you are.