Jennifer Omholt is a journalist and twenty-four-year cancer survivor. After being diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer when her son was just sixteen months old, she searched for a guide to ease her fear and confusion but found nothing that met the urgency of the moment. Now she’s created the resource she wished she had then. A passionate advocate for integrative care, Jennifer strongly believes in combining conventional treatment with restorative mind-body practices. She lives in San Anselmo, California, with her husband.

For newly diagnosed cancer patients, a uniquely comprehensive and empowering guide offering all the information needed to navigate critical early decisions with clarity, confidence, and a greater sense of control.

“You have cancer.” Few phrases hit harder—or leave you feeling more lost.

Just Diagnosed is a compassionate resource for people reeling from the shock of a life-changing diagnosis. Written by seasoned journalist and twenty-four-year cancer survivor Jennifer Omholt, this practical guide empowers patients to take charge of their care from day one. With warmth and clarity, Omholt offers guidance on how to share the news, enlist the help of loved ones, prepare for appointments, ask the right questions, build a trusted care team, and navigate insurance.

In addition to logistical guidance, this book offers emotional support and evidence-based integrative therapies that support immune health and ease anxiety, depression, and fatigue. A dedicated chapter on financial resources also offers real-world tools for managing the high cost of cancer care.

With a foreword by Dr. Debu Tripathy of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Just Diagnosed draws on lived experience to shepherd readers from overwhelm to action, helping them feel less alone, more prepared, and ready to take the next step.

Tari K. Vickery is an author, Stanford-trained sociologist, and entrepreneur. With roots in a three-generation family of small-business owners, she helped build the operational foundations of several early-stage companies in Silicon Valley before founding Life Matters Financial Group, where she has spent twenty-five-plus years managing the financial lives of individuals and families. Tari lives in Princeville on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where she continues to serve clients and write, inspired by the island’s natural beauty.

For fans of Brené Brown, Suze Orman, or Lynne Twist comes this compassionate, transformative guide—an essential roadmap to uncovering the emotional roots of money struggles, transforming relationships, and finally finding true financial peace.

Have you ever wondered why you handle money the way you do? Why anxiety creeps in when you check your bank account, or why certain spending habits seem impossible to break?

In this eye-opening guide, author and financial wellness coach Tari Vickery explores the deep emotional currents that shape your financial life, taking you beneath the surface to reveal how childhood experiences, family dynamics, and societal messages silently influence every money decision you make. Through candid personal stories and compelling client experiences, Vickery shows how unresolved money trauma, emotional spending, and inherited beliefs can quietly control your financial reality—often more than income or education ever could.

But this isn’t just about awareness—it’s about healing. With compassion and clarity, Vickery offers a powerful path to understand your money story and rewrite it. With her help, you’ll uncover the emotional patterns driving your financial behavior and learn how to build a healthier, more empowering relationship with money.

Whether you’re starting fresh or seeking a deeper shift, The Emotional Side of Money will help you release anxiety, reclaim your power, and finally feel at peace with your finances—from the inside out.

Carolyn McConnell is a lawyer and an activist dedicated to resisting attacks on public services. She has published extensively on reproductive rights, feminism, and women’s history and holds graduate degrees in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University and nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

For readers trying to make sense of America’s political turmoil and eroding reproductive rights, an incisive examination, enhanced with personal stories, of how care work has been extracted and compelled throughout American history.

In the wake of Dobbs, and now with the country in the grip of Trump and a resurgent far right, the question everyone seems to be asking is—How could this happen in America? Lawyer Carolyn McConnell has a few ideas.

After becoming a mother, McConnell was forced to face the myth of autonomy that American individualism breeds: the idea that independence is always good and dependence always bad. Why does America have such a problem offering social support for care work, she wondered, when mothering is the essential work of reproducing society?

In Motherhood Discounted, McConnell turns a searching eye on autonomy, asking what it is and what it is for. Tracing this myth’s development through American history, she frames each episode with personal stories and incisive analysis. In doing so, she offers women readers of all ages seeking to understand their own experiences in these disturbing times a potent explanation for how we got here—and sounds a clarion call for political change.

Donna M. Butts is an award-winning nonprofit executive, author, and trusted voice frequently quoted in the national media. As Executive Director of Generations United, a role she served in for more than twenty-seven years, she was invited to testify before Congress, address the United Nations, and present in more than a dozen countries. As a fierce advocate for intergenerational solutions that benefit children, youth, older adults and families, she has helped pave the way for crucial legislation and support for grandfamilies. She lives in the Washington, DC, area.

A powerful firsthand look into the lives of grandparents and other relatives stepping in to raise children—and the people and policies that help them thrive. 

Today in the US, more than 2.4 million children whose parents are unable to care for them live in grandfamilies, where they are raised by grandparents or other loved ones. Until recently, their experiences have been all but invisible.

These relative caregivers do time in waiting rooms and court hearings, put themselves at financial risk, and sacrifice their own health, all with the dream of making a better life for the kids they love.

In Grandfamilies, Donna M. Butts, former longtime executive director of Generations United, sheds light on the ongoing fight for the recognition and resources these families deserve. Through heartfelt personal accounts, grandfamily members of all ages and backgrounds share their experiences, giving voice to the millions across this nation who have come together in the spirit of hope and resilience to imagine a better future for their loved ones.

All book sale proceeds will go to Generations United to support their work with grandfamilies.

Maida Korte loves to write about the intersection of interior design and family life, revealing the humor, heart, and lessons found in both. A midwestern native with a tireless work ethic, she raised four daughters while running a design firm—an experience she jokes qualifies her to run a small country. A former HGTV guest, she holds degrees in interior design and writing. Gutted is her debut book. Maida lives in Lake in the Hills, Illinois, with her husband.

Fans of Under the Tuscan Sun and House Lessons will love Gutted, a witty, big-hearted tale of trading city lights for leaky pipes—and discovering that sometimes the best renovations happen on the inside.

What if the only way to rebuild your life is to begin by tearing down the walls?

When a successful designer, entrepreneur, and lifelong city dweller hesitantly agrees to follow her husband’s dream of country living, she doesn’t expect to be undone by a sagging Victorian farmhouse and the relentless wind howling through uninsulated walls. But as holes are patched and rooms slowly take shape, something surprising happens: space opens up. Not just in their crumbling home, but in her heart.

Told with humor, vulnerability, and the insight of a woman rebuilding more than just a house, From There to Here: How an Old House Remodeled Me is a love story—not only between a wife and her husband but also between a woman shaped by fast-paced living and a slower, quieter way of life. With each creaky floorboard and stripped layer of old wallpaper, Maida Korte discovers unexpected beauty, remembers buried dreams, and finds strength in the women who came before her.

For anyone who has ever wondered what lies beyond the edge of timelines and control, this is a warm, wise, and deeply human invitation to slow down, dig deep, and make peace with change—one shingle at a time.

Elizabeth Jannuzzi writes about loss, motherhood, and recovery from alcoholism. Her essays have been featured in The Rumpus, Memoir Monday, and other publications. A finalist in the 2016 International Literary Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Contest, she has received multiple recognitions, including a Best of the Net nomination in 2023. Elizabeth serves as a program director at Project Write Now, a nonprofit writing organization, writes a weekly Substack newsletter, and is currently working on a second memoir about her journey through loss and grief. She lives in Shrewsbury, New Jersey.

For fans of The Many Lives of Mama Love and the many women struggling with addiction while raising families, a candid recovery memoir chronicling one suburban New Jersey mother’s journey from secret vodka binges to sobriety.

Liz Jannuzzi’s life is unraveling: a failing marriage, three young children to care for, and a vodka bottle hidden behind the coffee maker. Her alcoholism, a family legacy that has already claimed her brother’s life, threatens to destroy everything she loves.

When a shocking confession about an affair forces Liz to admit to her drinking problem, she reluctantly attends her first AA meeting. There, surrounded by women who understand her struggles, she’s given a lifeline: “You never have to feel this way again.” She commits to getting sober—and through the Twelve Steps, she confronts the wreckage of her past while rebuilding her marriage and reclaiming her role as a mother.

With unflinching honesty and unexpected humor—never once shying away from the messiness of recovery (the awkward amends, the persistent cravings, the haunting grief that alcohol once numbed)—Liz takes readers through her journey from hiding empty bottles to celebrating milestones of sobriety. In doing so, she illuminates the complex challenges of motherhood and marriage and offers hope to anyone struggling with alcoholism. Raw and heartfelt, Sober Mom is a powerful testament to resilience and the possibility of transformation, one day at a time.

Virginia A. Simpson, PhD, FT is a bereavement care specialist and the Executive Counseling Director for hundreds of funeral homes throughout the United States and Canada. She is the founder of The Mourning Star Center for grieving children and their families, which she ran from 1995 to 2005. Simpson has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. She holds a Fellowship in Thanatology from the Association of Death Education & Counseling (ADEC), and has been honored for her work by the cities of Indian Wells, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, and Rancho Mirage. She lives in El Dorado Hills, California with her husband, Bob, and golden retriever, Shelby.

A heartwarming dual-perspective memoir for fans of The Ride of Her Life and Horse Crazy, The Brat and the Bullfighter explores how a misunderstood Lusitano stallion and an uprooted Army brat find healing, belonging, and each other.

Some horses don’t just change your life, they save it.

Arty’s blood runs hot. White hot. A white Lusitano stallion with bullfighting in his bones, he was born on a prestigious Brazilian farm and sold through an elite auction to a private ranch in California. There, human misunderstanding dims his brilliance. Rider after rider mistakes his sensitivity for defiance, eroding his confidence and trust.

As an Army brat, Erin relates. She grew up always moving—the perpetual new kid, never quite belonging, rarely feeling understood. Her love for horses was her only constant. So, when Arty’s owner recognizes he needs something different and offers to sell him to her, she can’t refuse.

What follows isn’t a fairytale. Erin questions everything: her choices, her ability, whether she’s helping or hurting him. But when unexpected loss shatters her, Arty steps forward to light a path through darkness.

Told from both human and horse perspectives, The Brat and the Bullfighter is a dual coming-of-age memoir about trust, love, and the bond that forms between two souls who, in finding each other, finally find home.

Kristen Tremonti Reiter, writer and workshop leader, is the founder of Creatively Noted, a company dedicated to furthering authentic connection and self-development through handwritten note-writing. Her popular in-person and virtual note-writing workshops guide people to explore their creativity and engage with each other in unique, meaningful ways. Her passion for embracing the joy of creative expression while spreading love to others is contagious. An alumna of Kansas State University, Kristen lives with her husband, three-time Super Bowl Champion Austin Reiter, and their American Staffordshire Terrier mix, Sosa. She calls both Austin, Texas, and Fairway, Kansas, home.

Maybe a Note Would Help is a heartfelt exploration of how handwritten notes can deepen connections, combat loneliness, and foster personal growth—an essential guide for readers seeking to nurture authentic relationships in today’s digital age.

In 2021, Kristen Tremonti Reiter finds herself on the edge of depression and despair—uprooted, ungrounded, and disconnected. She writes a simple note of gratitude, but has no idea it will lead to a calling, a challenge, and a new place to call home.

The response to her note is so profound, she embarks upon a quest to handwrite a note every day for a year—a year that includes living out of her suitcase in one city after another. She discovers that her notes to others provide the foundation for her mental, spiritual, and physical health while everything else in her life changes.

Maybe a Note Would Help documents Kristen’s remarkable note-writing journey of personal transformation and encourages readers to enjoy a similar experience. Ultimately, we discover that a joyful way to interact more intentionally, connect more completely, uplift others, and feel better in your own skin is only a note away.

BrittMarie Eksell grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, and moved to the US in 1975 to study textile design at Pratt Institute. She built a career crafting large-scale tapestries for public spaces while also teaching painting and weaving. Inspired by the power of creative expression, she earned an MA in art therapy and a PhD in health psychology and went on to work in cancer hospitals, creating spaces for emotional expression and healing. After spending 35 years in the US, she now resides in Scotland.

For fans of Julia Cameron, Sally Jean Fox, and Rick Rubin, this inspiring self-help book is the perfect guide to an artful awakening of your true essence through creativity, self-discovery, and joyful expression as you navigate midlife.

At the crossroads of midlife, where change is inevitable, lies a rare and powerful opportunity—the chance to step into a life rich with creative joy, self-discovery, and deeper meaning. A Joyful Way of Being is more than a book; it’s an invitation to embrace artistic expression as a transformative force, revealing the wisdom, resilience, and untapped joy that already exist within you.

Each chapter shares inspiring real-life stories of individuals who have awakened their creativity and leads you through a step-by-step creative process, shifting the focus from perfection to exploration. It’s about immersing yourself in color, texture, and movement—allowing your imagination to guide you toward the artistic medium that speaks most deeply to your soul.

This isn’t just about making art—it’s about reclaiming yourself. It’s about unlocking a new way of being, one that nurtures your creative essence and invites joy to flow freely into your life. If you seek inspiration, renewal, and a deeper sense of purpose, A Joyful Way of Being will illuminate your path forward.

Suzin Green is a writer, musician, therapist, and meditation teacher known for her powerful presence, embodied wisdom, and ability to guide others into profound stillness. An influential voice in the American yoga and kirtan movement, she stepped away from public life for six years to write The Goddess Remedy. Now, she returns with her most vital and transformative work yet. She lives in Princeton, NJ.

For fans of Glennon Doyle and Tara Brach, this groundbreaking guide shatters the myths that keep us divided, offering a radical path of sacred activism, abundance, and limitless love—a call to reclaim wholeness and step into our fullest power.

Think the goddess is just for women? Think again. In The Goddess Remedy, Suzin Green shatters this misconception, revealing how goddess wisdom is essential for everyone—especially now, as patriarchal systems create unprecedented ecological and social upheaval.

Drawing on decades as a musician, writer, meditation teacher, and therapist, Green illuminates how the goddess paradigm offers a revolutionary approach to healing our most painful divides: doing vs. being, mind vs. body, and masculine vs. feminine—divisions that keep us out of balance and disconnected from ourselves and the world.

Weaving myth with memoir, yogic philosophy, and soul-centered psychology, The Goddess Remedy is both a practical handbook and manifesto of love. Green provides tangible tools for anxiety relief and trauma recovery while simultaneously charting a path of sacred activism, shadow work, and self-care. The book culminates in six transformative practices—the Goddess Rules—guiding readers to unleash their power, embody their truth, and love without limits.