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Where Dr. Christi Hegstad makes nonfiction + personal growth accessible, applicable, and delightful! Here to help you live, work, and read with intention + purpose.
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Reading Wrap-Up: September 2026 (opens the original)
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Before we jump into the books I read in September, I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who commented on last month’s reading wrap-up. I value and appreciate your support here at Reading And Purpose so much, whether it comes in the form of ‘likes,’ subscribes, comments, sharing my articles, and otherwise. You are the reason I keep posting here, so thank you very much for engaging!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s
My Top Nonfiction Recs For Your Top Questions (opens the original)
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As you may know, I work with people through one-on-one coaching and group workshops to help bring meaning to work, purpose to life, and achieve bold and difference-making goals. As you also may know, I read kind of a ridiculous amount - in large part to discover more tools, ideas, and resources that I can share with my coaching clients and workshop participants. Interestingly, a few topics/questions seem to arise again and again regardless of the specific goal we’re focusing on, which makes me s
Your Purposeful Fall Reset (opens the original)
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I am not a big TV watcher, and other than LinkedIn - where videos don’t appear on my feed very often - I’m not really on social media, either. But find me a playlist of fall decorate / plan / reset videos on YouTube and I can have them running in the background for ages. I love a good reset!And while I don’t have a ton of autumn decor for my home, I do engage in a fall reset of my own. Today I’m sharing five actions to recharge and refresh for a purposeful, productive season and a strong finish
Reading + Reflection Guide: Unapologetically Ambitious (opens the original)
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I’ve been setting an annual theme - what some call a word of the year - for over 20 years now. A few years ago, my theme was Ambition. It felt right and I was excited about it - but I also noticed something interesting:When I shared my theme with others, I felt the need to explain/justify it, too. “Not ambition in the ‘typical’ sense,” I heard myself saying - not only because I had created my own definition for it, but also because I understood the perceptions, and at times even judgment, that c
Reading Wrap-Up: August 2026 (opens the original)
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** Note: This article may be too long for your email but can be read in its entirety via your web browser or the Substack app. **If you’ve been with me for a while, you are likely well aware of my passion for reading, so I probably don’t need to offer justification for the semi-ridiculous amount of it I did this past month. Let me just say that if you ever see me at an airport or on a plane, I may not see you, because I obsessively have my nose in a book on travel days! Something about the conta
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