NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a New York Times‘ Staff Favorite Book of 2024 and a Boston Globe Best Book of 2024

A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America’s most visible death doula.

For her clients and everyone who has been inspired by her humanity, Alua Arthur is a friend at the end of the world. As our country’s leading death doula, she’s spreading a transformative message: thinking about your death–whether imminent or not–will breathe wild, new potential into your life.

Warm, generous, and funny AF, Alua supports and helps manage end-of-life care on many levels. The business matters, medical directives, memorial planning; but also honoring the quiet moments, when monitors are beeping and loved ones have stepped out to get some air–or maybe not shown up at all–and her clients become deeply contemplative and want to talk. Aching, unfinished business often emerges.

An expanded edition with over forty brand-new poems of the bestselling poetry collection Good Grief by Brianna Pastor

When Brianna Pastor released her self-published poetry collection, Good Grief, she was blown away by the outpouring of support from people who reached out and said, “Yes. Me too.” For anyone who has struggled with questions of identity or coped with serious emotional issues, including grief, trauma, anxiety, and depression, this collection will help you find hope on the other side.

we don’t know how long our pain will last. we assume that because it hurts now, it is probably going to hurt tomorrow. it may even hurt the next day. perhaps it will get worse. but we sleep, and you see, and we do this marvelous thing in our sleep–we mend. And tomorrow is not always what we thought it would be.   –from Good Grief

“If you’re looking to get still, turn inward, and learn to trust your voice, this is the book for you.” –Alexandra Elle, New York Times bestselling author of How We Heal

“The seasons and cycles of nature have incredible power to affect everything in our lives–especially our creativity,” says poet Jacqueline Suskin. “The Earth shows us when our creative reserves might wax and wane. When we listen and follow nature’s lead, we tune in to an inexhaustible source of imagination, inspiration, and beauty.” With A Year in Practice, this inspiring teacher shares holistic practices to help creatives of all sorts access the limitless potential that flows with the rhythms of nature.

Set in sync with the progression of the seasons, A Year in Practice is a program of techniques and journaling prompts to guide the creative seeker all year long. Four seasonally themed chapters keep you connected to natural phases of creative contraction and expansion.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live.

Why do women equate self-denial with being good?

This is one of the new poetry and self-help books we loved to get into. Explore feminism and working on ourselves? Yeah, that’s relatable!

We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom and celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day and put others’ needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary.

Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses–often lauded as unselfish, distinctly feminine instincts–are actually ingrained in us by a culture. A culture that reaps the benefits, via an extraordinarily effective collection of mores known as the Seven Deadly Sins. For example, seeing sloth as sinful leads women to deny themselves rest; a fear of gluttony drives them to ignore their appetites; and an aversion to greed prevents them from negotiating for themselves and contributes to the 55 percent gender wealth gap.

Curious and ambitious women of all ages want to know what is possible; they want to be inspired, to feel safe, valued, and respected. Does this sound like you? The Magic of Yes is a captivating common-sense guide that will help you leverage what you already possess, build on your strengths, and shed old habits and “supposed-tos” that block your way.

Lessons extracted from the journey of humanitarian and entrepreneur Lori Pappas and those of other extraordinary ordinary women, supported by expert advice and research, offer pathways to overcoming adversity, discovering inner balance, and ultimately finding peace.

Embracing the wise woman within is a lifelong journey that involves continuous learning and incorporating feedback, taking risks, aligning actions with personal values, and cultivating an attitude of gratitude. It takes time, energy, and an intentional mindset-but it’s worth it. Lori’s journey is a testament to the power of saying yes to curiosity, empathy, creativity, love, and, most importantly, to oneself.

The million-copy internationally bestselling illustrated life guide!

This new poetry and self-help book is about how to stop comparing yourself to others. Focused especially on social media–and how to find the strength to be yourself. In a world where it can seem impossible to feel that you are ever good enough.  It’s easy to judge yourself by the unrealistic standards of social media. I Decided to Live as Me offers guidance and encouragement for celebrating yourself and feeling comfortable in your own skin.

With her charming illustrations and words of comfort, Kim Suhyun has reached millions of readers. This is including Jung Kook from the K-pop band BTS–who have found inspiration in her journey of self-love. She offers a checklist to guide you on your own journey, with advice including:

• Don’t be kind to those who aren’t kind to you.
• Remember that no one lives a perfect life.
• Don’t be swayed by others’ opinions.
• Crack corny jokes sometimes.
• Don’t try too hard to get along with everyone.

Free Yourself from Stress with Simple, No-Nonsense Advice from a Zen Monk! Zen monk Jikisai Minami takes the things we are supposed to strive for and turns them on their head. The 35 short, thought-provoking essays in this book are divided into four chapters. Chapters are about our sense of self, our hopes and dreams, our personal relationships and how to face death. Each essay begins with a deliberately controversial point of view to help us look at life’s problems through fresh eyes.

Each chapter features a number of short, thought-provoking essays providing fresh perspectives on familiar problems that can change your life!

The essays include:

• People Can Live Without Dreams and Hopes
• You Don’t Have to Be “Who You Want to Be”
• When Your Head Is Full of Anger, Do Routine Work
• Do Things for Yourself, Not for Others
• It’s Natural for Life to Be Negative
• If It’s Not a Life or Death Problem, You Can Handle It
• People Can Be Safe Just by Speaking Their True Feelings
• Wanting Things Creates Anxiety
• If You Grieve as Much as You Want To, the Time Will Come When You Can Laugh