You Got This! by Lisa Bartley #bookreview #nofiction #selfhelp #giveaway #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours

Honest Lessons on Life, Love, and Leveling Up

Personal Development

Date Published: March 24, 2026

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

Your twenties and thirties are packed with big decisions, bigger emotions, and the pressure to somehow have life all figured out. But what if you didn’t have to learn every lesson the hard way?

In You Got This!, personal and professional development coach Lisa Bartley shares candid advice and empowering mindset shifts—through sharp honesty, laugh-out-loud moments, and the kind of wisdom that only comes with experience. Bartley tackles what no one prepares you for—setting boundaries, navigating relationships, rebounding from failure, and finding the courage to go after what you really want.

This is not a guide to becoming perfect. It’s a guide to becoming powerful on your terms.

If you’ve ever felt stuck or like everyone but you got the memo on adulthood, this book is your reminder that growth is messy, clarity takes time, and no, you’re not behind . . . you’re just getting started.

You Got This! is a must-read for every woman standing at the threshold of the rest of her life. It’s the permission slip, pep talk, and playbook every woman needs while figuring it all out.

Review

Sometimes you need a little help and motivation to get in the right mindset.

This was an easy, uplifting read that delivers exactly what the title promises, encouragement and reassurance. 

What stood out to me was how relatable it felt. The examples and insights didn’t feel complicated or out of reach, which made it easier to connect with the message.

It’s the kind of book you can pick up when you’re feeling stuck or doubting yourself and walk away with a clearer, more positive mindset. 

About the Author

Lisa Bartley is an author and award-winning speaker who helps women break free from their comfort zones and step into the strongest, truest versions of themselves.

You Got This! began as an attempt to record words of wisdom she wishes she’d heard in her early adult years. Now, in its completion, it stands as a legacy of lessons written for her daughter and for every young woman finding her way.

Lisa lives in Southern California where she prefers her hikes coastal, her wine bold, and her dinner parties unforgettable.

 

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The Secret to Reversing Age by Dale Parkinson #nonfiction #health #motivational #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours

 

Nonfiction / Motivational / Health

Date Published: July 30, 2024

Publisher: Mindstir Media

 

In this incredibly inspirational and motivational book, 68-year-old grandfather Dale Parkinson takes you on his personal journey of conquering obesity (70 lbs. overweight) and overcoming 8 major surgeries, total knee and shoulder replacements, cancer, and a grocery list of injuries. Dale not only reveals his secret for sculpting his new 68-year-old physique (shown on the cover) but also the secrets he used to biologically reverse his age from 68 to 54 based on medically proven "telomere tests" and how you can reinvent your life and easily do the same!

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52 Pieces by Dr. Marina Kostina - Self-Help Nonfiction

 

A Manual of Light to Survive the Abyss of Trauma

 

Self-Help / Motivational / Spiritual

Date Published: June 29, 2023

Publisher: ‎Primedia eLaunch LLC 

52 Pieces: A Manual of Light to Survive the Abyss of Trauma is based on Dr. Marina Kostina's near-death sky-diving accident and her miraculous journey back to life. Dr. Kostina's body and face were broken into 52 pieces, and it took 10 surgeries to put her back together. The book details author's personal struggle with PTSD, depression, and anxiety through the abyss of her tragedy.

Using her background as an energy healing practitioner and hypnotherapist, Dr. Kostina offers useful "tools of light" for those who are going through traumatic events to find meaning and purpose in their seemingly desperate circumstances. She also reveals the secrets of manifesting faster timelines and healing, finding the right doctors and creating miracles that defy laws of the physical world. by providing insights into the "science of magic", which helped her create full and complete recovery in a short time and beat many doctors' prognoses.

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What a wonderful and insightful book! 

This book was exceptional. Easy to understand.

 When you are in line with the Divine, then, everything is fine.

About the Author

Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Coach, Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master/ Teacher

Recently called a “female disruptor” by Thrive Global. Marina has been breaking status quo and living her life beyond everyone’s expectations or “the norm”. Rising from the ashes several times in her life, she underwent through the ultimate transformation on June 19, 2022, when she miraculously survived a skydiving accident. After suffering a life-threatening crash, resulting in 52 bone breaks, Marina embodied her life work, research, passion, and application to demonstrate an unpredictable progress past medical prognosis, which became the foundation of this book. She now helps people find light in the abyss of their trauma and accidents.

Marina merges traditional education with esoteric training in biofield/aura analysis, reiki energy healing, and hypnotherapy. She pursued and infused the spiritual value from global gurus in Siberia, Russia, Mexico, and Bali. As a bestselling Author, Award-Winning Transformational Coach, Hypnotist, Healer, 7X Winner of the US Department of Defense Grants for Research, Dr. Kostina guides consciously-minded individuals to reclaim fragmented pieces of the soul, and helps them move from a stagnant status quo to what she calls “ravenous thirst for life”.

Her accomplishments have been featured in: Entrepreneur, Hay House, Hay House Live, WGN, Buzzfeed, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, People magazine, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, Telemundo, and Chicago Latino TV. She presented and signed her first book alongside spiritual colleagues: Dr. Joe Dispenza, John Holland and Rebecca Campbell. Dr. Kostina has touched experts as Kris Carr, Marie Forleo, Simon Sinek and Brian Tracy, and was a business mentor at the Richard Branson Center for Entrepreneurship.

Marina is a passionate and intentional traveler, leading multiple worldly retreats annually as a woman fluent in English, Spanish, and Russian. As the founder and owner of Ravenous Life Healing Center, she has worked with international and local celebrities in a variety of industries.

To connect with marina please visit: http://ravenouslifecenter.com

 

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