📚 June 2025: Our Book Recommendations
5 Book recommendations to check out this month
We know you’re always looking for your next good read, so we have some great recommendations.
Every month, you’ll receive team CGF’s top picks of books to help you improve your finances, advance your career, practice self-care, or get lost in a fantasy world.
Here is our list of June book recommendations.
If you’ve read any of these books before? Let us know in the comments.
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Finance pick: Pathfinders: Extraordinary Stories of People Like You on the Quest for Financial Independence—And How to Join Them
Have you ever wondered how ordinary people achieve financial independence? How does the average person, working a typical nine-to-five, manage to become financially secure?
If these questions have been keeping you up at night, then Pathfinders is the book you've been waiting for.
Dive into real money stories from everyday individuals, offering candid accounts of both the struggles and triumphs on their journey to financial independence.
Beyond these inspiring narratives, author J.L. Collins provides insightful reflections at the end of each story, helping you apply the valuable lessons learned.
The book also features frank and illuminating conversations between Collins and his daughter, shedding light on the practicalities of financial freedom.
Self-help pick: Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again
Maybe it was your first boyfriend, your best friend, or your mom. Someone in your life has hurt you so deeply that you still carry those emotional scars. Or perhaps your pain comes from a mistake you made that haunts you to this day. Living with the pain of the past is no way to live.
The common advice is to let go of your past by forgiving. But the reality is, that forgiveness is incredibly difficult, and no one understands that better than best-selling author and speaker, Lysa TerKeurst.
In her book, Forgiving What You Can't Forget, she shares her personal journey of moving past deep-seated resentment.
Forgiving someone who refuses to change is possible. Finding peace after deep-seated pain isn't just wishful thinking. Forgiveness is more than a choice or a phrase; it's a way to live without suffering.
If you're ready to cut ties with your past, then this book will help you do just that.
Fiction Pick: Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: A Tale of Modern Womanhood, Unexpected Setbacks, and the Courage to Dream
If you're a hardworking Black woman, you'll likely relate to Tabitha Walker. At 33, she's meticulously crafted a successful life: an impressive career, an ideal boyfriend, and even a reliable hairstylist. She almost has it all.
Yet, one day, the beautiful life she planned for herself comes crashing down. Tabitha has always dreamed of a life with a husband, children, and her dream home. This future now seems impossible after an unexpected diagnosis puts her ability to have children in jeopardy.
After working so hard to build a successful life, Tabitha is now battling health issues while striving to hold onto her career and aspirations.
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted shares a relatable story about the immense pressure to achieve, the unexpected turns life can take, and the profound sacrifices made in the pursuit of a fulfilling future.
Business pick: The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur: An Unconventional Success Plan for the Highly Creative, Secretly Sensitive, and Wildly Ambitious
Many portray entrepreneurs as being bold and aggressive. You must "attack the day" with fearlessness and obsessive strategy. But what if that's not you? Can you still be a successful entrepreneur?
Christine Kane, a former songwriter and performer who built the multi-million-dollar business coaching company Uplevel YOU, is living proof that you can.
In her book, The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur, Kane shares powerful insights that have helped thousands achieve remarkable success without sacrificing their authentic selves.
This book provides a practical plan to help you:
Ditch ineffective, old-school goal-setting models.
See your intuition and sensitivity as powerful assets, not weaknesses.
Uncover what’s really holding you back by evaluating past patterns.
Eliminate distractions and create spaces that energize and empower you.
Break free from fear-based decision-making that can derail most businesses.
The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur is your unconventional guide to building the business of your dreams simply by being you.
Personal Development: Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
Have you ever had that one negative thought that triggered a flood of negativity? One job rejection spirals into convincing yourself you’re underqualified, uneducated, and not good enough.
Author Jennie Allen intimately understands the struggle of living with that constant voice in the back of your mind whispering, "You’re not good enough." She knows the suffocating grip of destructive thought patterns, but more importantly, she knows we don't have to stay stuck there.
In Get Out of Your Head, Allen inspires and empowers us to revolutionize our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking charge of our thoughts. It all begins in your head. And from there, the possibilities are truly limitless.
Which summer reads will you pick?
Summer is a great time to catch up on your reading. Whether you read beachside, poolside, or in the comfort of your own home Let us know in the comments which books you’re going to add to your summer reading list.
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Happy reading!
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