Alexandra Stoddard has written many philosophy books that have wound up on the best seller list. Her books include "Living A Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty, and Joy to Everyday of Your Life", "Choosing Happiness: Keys to A Joyful Life", "Happiness For Two: 75 Secrets for Finding More Joy Together", "Things I Want My Daughters To Know: A Small Book About the Big Issues in Life", and "You Are Your Choices: 50 Ways to Live the Good Life" just to name a few.

At the age of sixteen, Stoddard was taken by her aunt, Ruth Elizabeth Johns (a renowned social worker), around the world showing her all kinds of things like architecture, design, beauty, and also showed her the opposite side of things like suffering and sorrow. She was able to gain a better understanding of the world from this tour and it made her writing that much richer and fuller for it. In 1963, she joined McMillen, Inc., thus beginning her career in design and her time as the founder of the firm's protege (Eleanor McMillen Brown). Stoddard became one the top designers in the states, and would later start her own design firm called Alexandra Stoddard Incorporated. …show more content…
She encourages everyone to break the rules and seek personal fulfillment. She has provided her readers, her listeners with ways to live their lives to the