The Wisdom Collective

Goddesses in Older Women:: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty

At some point after fifty, every woman crosses a threshold into the third phase of her life. As she enters this uncharted territory -- one that is generally uncelebrated in popular culture -- she can choose to mourn what has gone before, or she can embrace the juicy-crone years.

In this celebration of Act Three, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Jungian analyst and bestselling author of Goddesses in Everywoman ,names the powerful new energies and potentials -- or archetypes -- that come into the psyche at this momentous time, suggesting that women getting older have profound and exciting reasons for welcoming the other side of fifty.

Still Bobbi: A Master Class in Resilience and Reinvention, by Bobbi Brown

In Still Bobbi, she shares how a girl from suburban Chicago turned her passion and resilience into a beauty revolution. Guided by two strong women—one glamorous, one practical—she built a billion-dollar brand celebrating natural beauty and authenticity.

When life shifted, she reinvented herself again. Her message: be real, stay grounded, keep going.

by Edie Fraser, Robyn Freedman Spizman, and Andy Simon, PhD 

Female trailblazers are transforming women’s lives one voice at a time. Gathered together, like never before, these diverse women become a bold blast amplifying the path to progress for women in the world of business.

by David Whyte. Crossing the Unknown Sea is about reuniting the imagination with our day to day lives. It shows how poetry and practicality, far from being mutually exclusive, reinforce each other to give every aspect of our lives meaning and direction. For anyone who wants to deepen their connection to their life’s work—or find out what their life’s work is—this book can help navigate the way.

by Ben Katt. The Way Home is a powerful guidebook for navigating the journey of inner transformation and life's transitions—career, relationship, identity, faith, and midlife.

by Arthur C. Brooks

The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks.

by Chip Conley.

Whether you've been forced to make a mid-career change, are choosing to work past retirement age, or are struggling to keep up with the millennials rising up the ranks, Wisdom @ Work will help you write your next chapter.

by Brianna Wiest

This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life.

by William Bridges

The best-selling guide for coping with changes in life and work, named one of the 50 all-time best books in self-help and personal development 

Whether you choose it or it is thrust upon you, change brings both opportunities and turmoil. Since Transitions was first published, this supportive guide has helped hundreds of thousands cope with these issues by providing an elegantly simple yet profoundly insightful road map of the transition process.

by Don Miguel Ruiz & Janet Mills

Don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. 

 by Traci Schubert Barrett.

Traci was one of the founding members of HGTV, helping build it into a billion-dollar media empire. But two decades into her career, she found herself questioning the definition of success that had guided her for so long. The accolades no longer felt like enough.

So, she did something bold:
She stepped away—with no clear next step—and began a soul-searching journey that changed her life.

This book is an invitation to anyone standing at a crossroads, asking that powerful question:
“What if there’s more?”

With practical tools and deep personal insight, What If There’s More? offers a framework for:

• Redefining success on your own terms
• Discovering meaning beyond achievement
• Tapping into what truly lights you up

If you’ve ever felt like you’ve checked all the boxes but still long for something deeper, this book is for you.

We’re proud to add What If There’s More? to our curated book list, and we highly recommend it to all Wisdom Seekers.