Sue’s books have been translated into nine languages with over 1,000,000 copies in print.

The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart

Best-selling author and psychotherapist Sue Patton Thoele shows women how practicing mindfulness, cultivating calm, and restoring balance can increase feelings of well-being, hopefulness, and happiness. A happier, calmer woman can be more successful and productive as well as more loving and relaxed.

I loved writing this particular book and learned so much in the process! Studying and writing about mindfulness has enriched my life immeasurably! Which is why I’m so excited to share it with you.

The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman’s Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem

This classic best seller helps women face fear constructively, set boundaries, change self-defeating behavior patterns, and become loving and accepting friends to themselves.

This book was my first and I was absolutely compelled to write it. It continues to strike cords in my life and is the book about which I receive the most mail.

The Courage to Be a Stepmom: Finding Your Place without Losing Yourself

This practical and comforting guide addresses stepmothers’ commonly felt emotions—guilt, shame, grief, frustration, fear, and anger—and offers hands-on advice for acknowledging and dealing with them.

More than any of my other books, this one was wrenched from my guts and heart.

Growing Hope: Sowing the Seeds of Positive Change in Your Life and the World

Inspiring ideas and exercises for planting, nurturing, and harvesting hope in difficult times. A helpful guide for evaluating and de-stressing your life. An affirmation that hope is possible.

This book was written in the aftermath of 9/11 and was prompted by the fear and disillusionment I saw around me.

The Woman’s Book of Soul: Meditations for Courage, Confidence & Spirit

A collection of Sue’s loving reflections that can help women nourish their souls by listening to, and acting on, the wisdom of their hearts.

May these meditations be a helpful guide along your spiritual journey.

The Woman’s Book of Confidence: Guided Journal

The text in this gift journal was adapted from the author’s bestselling book, The Woman’s Book of Confidence.

I love the way this little journal turned out; cheerful to look at and easy to use.

Excellent As You Are: Meditations for Empowerment and Peace of Mind

Insightful stories and lush photographs provide inspiration for finding your own source of lasting confidence, deep comfort, and true inner strength. Excerpts from The Woman’s Book of Confidence.

I love this little gift book. The photography (not mine) is absolutely stunning.

The Woman’s Book of Courage: Meditations for Empowerment and Peace of Mind

A reader writes, “Sue understands the complexity of problems without being overwhelmed by them. Having this book is like carrying around a wise, witty, comforting friend who helps me find balance and peace.”

I wrote Courage right after moving to Colorado. A move I was not thrilled with at the time. It was wonderfully healing to have a project that concentrated on courage when my own heart was filled with grief and loneliness.

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The Woman’s Book of Confidence: Meditations for Strength and Inspiration

By helping them learn to “live gently with themselves and others,” these inspiring meditations show women how to overcome self-limiting fears and tap into their inherent wellsprings of wisdom and inner strength.

I, like most women I know, came into adulthood with a deficit of confidence. This book was my attempt to transform that shortage within myself and, hopefully, others as well.

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The Women’s Book of Spirit: Meditations for the Thirsty Soul

A collection of spiritual meditations for women of all beliefs and backgrounds. By helping readers reclaim the Sacred Feminine Voice within, this book offers comfort, encouragement, and inspiration.

I felt inspired and absolutely blessed while writing Spirit–well, during those times when I wasn’t cursing the computer, anyway.

Freedoms After 50

Short, uplifting entries that include deeply personal and often humorous stories of the author’s after-fifty years. Editor of When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple, Sandra Martz, says “Interspersed with the laughter and reminiscences are intimate moments of support and encouragement aimed at helping the reader craft a more spontaneous and authentic life.”

After a discouraging experience writing a book I really loved about marriage, I believed I would never write again…. The Muses for this little book had a different idea and brought me home again.