What I’ve Been Reading Lately

Fiction That Inspires & Nonfiction That Heals

I just finished an arc of Julia Song Is Undateable… and what a fun, heartfelt read!

I loved diving into Julia's story, especially the way her Korean heritage was woven through the narrative. One of my favorite parts? Seeing her thrive as a CEO and lean on a team of coaches to grow personally and professionally. It’s something I talk about often in this space: we don’t have to do it all alone. I’m always inspired by stories, fiction or nonfiction, that show us strong, complex women becoming the main character in their own lives.

Speaking of inspiration, I also just finished The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein. It was the first book I’ve been able to finish since losing my dad, and it came to me at just the right time. In my 30s, I devoured nonfiction and motivational books, but somewhere along the way I drifted. Grief has a way of guiding us back to what we need. This book gave me a quiet but profound shift: the universe isn’t against us… it’s constantly offering us lessons in love, self-trust, and surrender. That doesn’t mean those lessons are easy. Loss still hurts. But loving deeply sometimes also means grieving deeply, and that just means we’ve lived fully.

OK, on to lighter topics…

Right now, I’m reading an arc of Dealing with a Desperate Demon, and let me tell you…it’s exactly the wildly off-the-rails energy I didn’t know I needed. Sometimes you just need a book that grabs you by the hand and says, “Buckle up.”😂

What about you?

What are you reading right now?

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