I’m honored to publish my first book, Elegant Pause.

Life has gotten fast. We’re all in the process of becoming. That’s why I took an elegant pause and wrote this book — a collection of essays conceived during the restructuring of our family, as a generative way to remember my roots and reclaim the legs I stand on as a woman and mother.

It reads like a breath journey and, while deeply personal, is a gift for the collective, igniting the universal themes of love, loss, emotional resilience, self-discovery, naiveté, and wisdom.

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Just spent a wonderful 40 minutes reading your unique and insightful and inspiring book. It should be required reading for everyone interested in the mysterious and exciting journey.

-S.P.

I read your book to my daughters in the morning and at night. It’s been our way to connect. If we don’t get it in, we feel the difference.

-T.M.

Every time I read an essay, something new awakens in me. Brings me to tears.

-L.G.

This book is an unintentional manual for life.

-L.S.