Woo hoo! I am so excited to finally share The Little Book of Change with you!
Please join me, and illustrator Mark Smith, for an online celebration as we welcome this book into the world.
August 12th
4pm PST / 7pm EST
REGISTER FOR THE BOOK LAUNCH
There will be stories, reflection, interactive experiences, and time for you to share something about the season of change you are moving through.
This book began last year, as I prepared to leave my home in Topanga Canyon.
A strange mantra kept circling through my mind:
I don’t want to leave, but it is time to go.
As I packed, grieved, released, and prepared for what was next, I began to make an art of the process of transition.
Because moving isn’t simply about moving your things.
It involves moving your spirit.
It asks you to consciously decide what you are leaving behind, which roles you are ready to step out of, and who you may be becoming.
So I started writing because what I was discovering wanted to be shared…I thought I was writing a tiny guidebook for someone going through a move.
But the more I dedicated myself to learning about Change, it was if the spirit of Change turned and faced me — and I began to see change is everywhere.
We meet it through relationships, aging, illness, loss, climate grief, new beginnings, and the quiet inner knowing when something in our lives can no longer remain the same.
What began as a guide for moving from one home to another became a guide for moving through life in these times.
Then I met illustrator Mark Smith, the kind of creative collaborator every artist dreams of finding, someone you can create with when there is mutual appreciation, admiration, respect, and love for the art of creating.
Together, we became devoted to one question:
How can we create a beautiful and generous sanctuary where people can explore one of the more complex topics each of us has to face throughout our lives?
We wanted this book to help people approach change without guilt, shame, or blame—but to explore through story, beauty, curiosity, ritual, and even play.
The Little Book of Change is filled with wild and true stories from my own life, inspiring stories of change of others I have collected along the way, along with illustrations, reflections, and practices to help you explore your own stories about how you meet, resist, avoid, and move through change.
I have been changed by creating it.
And now I am so excited to share it with you.
Join the online book launch
Come celebrate with us, hear stories from the book, and dance with the spirit of Change.
And for those who do not want to walk through change alone, Registration is OPEN for The Little Book of Change 6 week program—a guided journey for meeting transition with greater courage, creativity, awareness, and grace.
Those who register for the program by Friday, will receive:
A bonus private 30-minute session with me
Audio recordings of the first three stories
Reflective exercises so you can begin right away
I cannot wait to share this book—and this next chapter—with you. My greatest prayer is that this book will truly serve you through these quickly changing times.
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