My Reading Room
Welcome to my Reading Room. This is where I share about the books that are teaching me something, shifting my thinking, or holding up a mirror at the exact moment I need it. Nothing curated or polished. Just the stories, ideas, and voices that are shaping me as I grow, lead, and keep becoming myself.
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
The Creative Act feels less like a book and more like a quiet conversation that brings you back into your body. Rick Rubin doesn’t teach you how to create. He reminds you to trust your timing, protect your attention, and let your work rise from presence instead of pressure. Every chapter is a soft invitation to return to yourself.
The Mountain Is You — Brianna Wiest
Here’s a clean, tight excerpt you can use anywhere on your site to introduce your review of The Mountain Is You.
Short, warm, direct.
In this season of my life, I needed a book that didn’t cheerlead me through change but helped me understand it. The Mountain Is You met me exactly where I was standing. It gave me language for patterns I’d outgrown, clarity for the emotions underneath them, and permission to move through transition without performing strength I didn’t feel. It didn’t fix me. It reminded me I was never broken in the first place.