Heal Your Own Story

Tend to Your Spirit offers compassionate reflections on living with chronic illness, structured around the seasons of life and enriched with voices from a diverse community of contributors. With its blend of personal stories, spiritual practices, and creative resources, the book provides guidance for cultivating resilience, connection, and hope. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how storytelling, community, and mindfulness can foster healing, even in life’s most challenging seasons. The event will feature an introduction to the book’s origins, select memoir excerpts, an interactive Q&A session, and a book signing.

Pearl Street Books will there selling copies of Tend To Your Spirit.

The Rev. Julianne Lepp is a Unitarian Universalist minister, writer, and spiritual director whose work centers on resilience, storytelling, and building compassionate community. Julianne lives with rheumatoid arthritis and supports those living with chronic illness in many capacities. She is the co-author of Tend to Your Spirit, a book that weaves memoir, spiritual practices, and collective wisdom to support those navigating chronic illness and life’s challenges.

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