I'm a retired Health and Life Coach and I've read a lot of self-help, motivational, finance, health, communication, business, productivity, and time management books. It is easy to find them written by women if you look for them.

There is a lot of crap out there, many coaches and gurus are told to write books to add to their credibility and many are not helpful. I will say that there are absolutely some that have made an impact on my life and the lives of clients over the years.

I will say that to get the most of them I treat them more like workbooks. I often read through them once to see if they are worth my time, then I go through them in more detail, doing the exercises, journal prompts, setting up the systems etc.

I do have a few that I like to read every year or two to keep me on the right track.