Hey Y'all! This Episode we dive deep into a Korean bestseller where a mountainside bookstore quietly reshapes how people see their lives. Between healing scenes and hard truths, we share moments that changed us, from Guyana to Greece, and why small pivots last.

• settling into new routines and letting go of urgency
• what transformation means when it’s not dramatic
• why the bookstore’s quiet hospitality works
• seven linked stories that re-order priorities
• quotes that challenge perfection and timing
• friendships rekindled and community built with care
• author’s note on midlife pivots and creative risk
• places that healed us and why place matters
• quick TV recs and our next book selection

Music by - Asher Ahmahd
Edited by - Donnie Moore @dddonniemooreee

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We reflect on a year of unlearning stress, finding a steadier pace, and returning to the book that sparked our show. Reframing failure as feedback, feeding the right wolf, and practicing real gratitude reshape how we work, rest, and respond.

• letting go of rigid timelines and listening to the body
• reframing failure into feedback for bolder action
• regulating the nervous system after hustle culture
• choosing responses over reactions with the two wolves
• gratitude as practice, not buzzword, without toxic positivity
• blending science and mindfulness to calm the monkey mind
• favorite reads of 2024 across mindset, YA, and essays
• binge-worthy TV and thriller recommendations
• next month’s pick: Soyangri Book Kitchen by Kim G. High

Author - @jayshetty

Music by - Asher Ahmahd
Edited by - Donnie Moore @dddonniemooreee

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Hey Yall!

This month we sit with new beginnings and name the cost of fitting in, using Julissa Arce’s book to examine assimilation, representation, and cultural pride. Joy rises next to hard truths as we claim our names, challenge proximity to whiteness, and pick a read to start the new year strong.

• New jobs, creative projects, intentionality
• Emotional complexity and celebrating joy
• You Sound Like a White Girl overview and tone
• Who the book is for and why that matters
• Proximity to whiteness at work and in life
• Food, culture, and appropriation flashpoints
• Representation gaps and the checkbox problem
• Names, identity, and insisting on correct pronunciation
• Parenting and culturally rooted naming choices
• Next month’s pick: Think Like a Monk
• Recommendations across podcasts, YouTube, shows, books

We were doing a reread, but our first time talking about it on the pod, which is Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty. The book that started it all.