Just Be

“Rom’s self-searching leads to India, where she meets gurus and lovers and makes inroads into the wilderness of her deepest heart. Her story inspires me to question my own habits of being. She says ‘yes!’ to life, with all its mysterious and unexpected turnings. This is a courageous adventure and love story.”
―Lindsay Fleming, contributing writer at the Baltimore Fishbowl

Meredith Rom thought her life was set to follow the usual trajectory of her classmates in New York—graduate from high school with honors, go to a prestigious university, and begin a career working nine to five—until those expectations were promptly halted by the unforeseen turn in the economic market and high unemployment rates. Following an unpleasant breakup, with no job offers in sight, Rom chose a new course: to follow her intuition across the country to San Francisco and, soon after, halfway around the world to India.This coming-of-age memoir takes you inside the ashrams of gurus and sages of the Far East, where Rom learns to seek happiness within rather than from external achievements and circumstances. Her courageous adventure leads her to heal her heart and believe in the magical happenstance of the universe, along the way discovering the true meaning of acceptance and forgiveness and, ultimately, finding an unshakable love and trust within herself.

Author: Meredith Rom

Publication Date: August 22, 2017

 

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“Rom’s self-searching leads to India, where she meets gurus and lovers and makes inroads into the wilderness of her deepest heart. Her story inspires me to question my own habits of being. She says ‘yes!’ to life, with all its mysterious and unexpected turnings. This is a courageous adventure and love story.”
―Lindsay Fleming, contributing writer at the Baltimore Fishbowl

Just Be so beautifully shares a journey of self-love and the willingness to explore this mysterious life. Meredith Rom delicately guides us to trust in our all-knowing selves, bringing us out of our own darkness and into the light with her. This memoir holds nothing back as she allows us to witness her rites of passage into a new-found maturity. Through this twenty-something heroine’s journey, all will be inspired to open our hearts to the synchronicity life is always offering, on this endless path of self-discovery.”
―Luna Love, Women’s Alignment & Leadership Mentor + Social Justice Advocate

“At its heart, Just Be is the story of a young woman seeking a sense of purpose that moves her, quenching her thirst for adventure, and yearning to fully inhabit her body and soul. That quest in itself makes the memoir a poignant read, but the discoveries and connections Rom makes along the way transcend twenty-something wanderlust and have the power to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds. Anyone with a curious mind and an open heart can find meaningful insights and delightful surprises in these pages.”
―Kimber Simpkins, author of Full and 52 Ways to Love Your Body

“Part Siddhartha and part Through the Looking Glass, Rom’s finely told story of her six-month solo journey through India (at age 23!) gently takes the reader along on her quest for spiritual meaning and real love.”
―Clare Meeker, award-winning children’s book author

About the Author

Meredith Rom is a yoga teacher, women’s leadership coach and host of the Rising Women Leaders podcast. She believes when a woman creates a foundation of love within and for herself, she is granted the freedom to live beyond her fear, take bigger leaps, and truly share her greatest gifts with the world. After graduating from NYU in 2010, Rom followed her intuition to Northern California, where she now teaches yoga and mentors women to rise in courage, self-love, and feminine leadership. Find her at www.meredithrom.com and on Instagram @meredithrom.

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