The No BS Spiritual Book Club with Sandie Sedgbeer

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From Tolkien to Badass Gratitude – Myth, Tolkien & the Stories Beneath Our Stories with Brenda Knight
 
Can a book genuinely save a life?
 
Brenda Knight believes the right one can.
Over a publishing career spanning more than 30 years, Brenda has championed books that help people navigate mental and physical illness, recovery, exclusion, fear, and profound change.
Today, she is the founding publisher of Books That Save Lives, an imprint whose name states its purpose plainly.
 
Brenda is also an award-winning and bestselling author. Her Women of the Beat Generation received an American Book Award, while writing as Becca Anderson, she created the Badass Affirmations series, which has sold more than 500,000 copies. Her latest book, Badass Gratitude, explores gratitude as a daily practice of resilience rather than a demand to ignore what hurts.
In this episode of The No BS Spiritual Book Club, Brenda shares the 10 books that reveal another side of her: the Tolkienite, myth-lover, intuitive, garden witch, tree planter, and compassionate revolutionary.
 
Her choices span mythology, classic literature, audacious fiction, and books about the nature of narrative itself.
 
Join Sandie Sedgbeer and Brenda Knight for a candid conversation about the books that form us, the storiesbeneath our stories, and why a few words on a page can sometimes help someone remain in their story long enough to reach the next chapter.
 
Read Brenda’s 10 Best Spiritual Books:https://www.thenobsspiritualbookclub.com/c/brenda-knight
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What if humanity's next great awakening isn't about acquiring more knowledge—but remembering something we'veforgotten?
 
For more than 20 years, Martha Alter-Hines worked as a social worker, psychotherapist, and bodyworker, helping people navigate trauma, healing, and life's most difficult challenges.
 
Today, her work takes her into very different territory.
 
As a channel, astrologer, healer, and teacher, Martha explores Gaia, consciousness, the cosmos, and what she calls “living the one light.”
 
In this episode of The NO BS Spiritual Book Club, Martha joins Sandie Sedgbeer to discuss the books that shaped her worldview and explore:
• spiritual awakening and discernment
• Gaia and humanity's relationship with the earth
• astrology and channeling
• consciousness and human potential
• inner earth beings
• humanity's changing relationship with the planet
• and why remembering who we truly are may be one of the most important challenges of our time
 
Whether you're deeply immersed in spiritual exploration or simply curious about life's bigger questions, this conversation offers thoughtful perspectives on awareness, connection,transformation, and purpose.
 
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https://www.livingtheonelight.com

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Some people come to spirituality through a crisis, a mystical experience, or a sudden glimpse of something greater.
 
Jennifer K. Hill’s awakening began with a rather less celestial revelation:
Someone finally told her she was an asshole.
 
She was 23, fiercely ambitious, bristling with defenses, and leaving a trail of damaged relationships behind her.
 
That painful moment began a 21-year examination of how she spoke, loved, led, and treated herself—a journey she nowchronicles with disarming honesty in her new book, Recovering Asshole.
 
Today, Jen is an entrepreneur, speaker, TV and radio host, executive coach, and founder of the Jen Hill Tribe, a curated global network of founders, investors, and operators.
 
In this episode of The NO BS Spiritual Book Club, Jen shares the 10 books that shaped her journey and explores:
• the difference between apology and actual change
• how self-awareness can transform relationships
• the ego traps hiding inside personal growth
• her Golden Triangle of Connection
• the importance of meaningful human connection
• how to build communities where people feel seen rather than treated like transactions
 
And, of course, we ask the important question:
Does a recovering asshole ever actually graduate?
 
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Leadership has long been associatedwith authority, performance, and control.
 
In this episode of The NO BS Spiritual Book Club, Zoe Holland MBE explores another possibility—leadership rooted in love, courage, creativity, truth, and care.
 
Together, Sandie and Zoe discuss:
• the ideas behind Crafted by Heart
• Brigid's influence
• grief and healing
• the Silk Elephant movement
• compassionate leadership
• accountability and boundaries
• leading without losing yourself
 
They also explore an important question:
Can love-led leadership remain effective when difficult decisions, conflict, and accountability are required?
 
This conversation offers a thoughtful look at leadership that values both humanity and responsibility.
 
Learn more about Zoe: https://www.zoehollandmbe.com
Zoe’s 10 best spiritual books Link: https://www.thenobsspiritualbookclub.com/c/zoe-holland/
 
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Rachel Wayte believed her singing career was over.
Years later, her voice returned—but not for the opera stage.
It became an instrument for healing.
 
In this episode of The NO BS Spiritual Book Club, Rachel shares the books that transformed her understandingof energy, intuition, grief, consciousness, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.
 
This conversation explores:
• how sound becomes medicine
• trapped emotions and energetic alignment
• why success without purpose eventually feels empty
• the bridge between science and spirituality
• rediscovering your true voice
 
Learn more about Rachel:
https://rachelwayte.com

Check out Rachel's 10 Best Spiritual Books:
https://www.thenobsspiritualbookclub.com/c/rachel-wayte/
 
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