{"product_id":"ceremony-book","title":"Ceremony","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom \u003cstrong\u003eBrianna Wiest \u003c\/strong\u003e— internationally bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies in 40+ languages, featured on TODAY, Forbes, and Oprah Daily. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther people are not meant to love us in the exact way we think they should. They are meant to set up a healing ceremony at which we learn to love ourselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ceremony\" is the most spiritually expansive book in Brianna Wiest's catalog — and the one most unlike anything else she has written. Where \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/the-mountain-is-you-book\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Mountain Is You\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is psychological, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/the-pivot-year\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pivot Year\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is daily and devotional, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/when-youre-ready-this-is-how-you-heal-book\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen You're Ready\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is focused on emotional healing, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCeremony\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e moves into different territory: the place where the inner life meets the natural world, where self-love is understood not as confidence but as homecoming, and where the most ordinary moments — a closed door, a thing you must release, an encounter you didn't expect — are revealed as the ceremonies through which we come to know ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in Wiest's most poetic register, the collection is built around a single idea: that we were not meant to fit perfectly into this world, but to forge a path entirely our own through it. She writes about releasing what was never yours to carry, about the latent potential that exists in every person before they have done anything to earn it, about the specific courage it takes to leap before you know where you will land. The prose is short and returnable — readers describe taking it one or two pages at a time in the morning, using it for intention-setting, journaling alongside it, and returning to specific passages the way you return to a place that has always made you feel like yourself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt its core, \u003cem\u003eCeremony\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of permission: permission to stop waiting until you're ready, to stop needing every answer before you begin, to stop earning your right to exist in the life you want. It is the book that says there is not one more thing you need to do in order to be good enough for your own life — and then makes you believe it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for readers who:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAre drawn to spirituality, mindfulness, and the idea that ordinary moments carry deeper meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAre on the threshold of a major becoming — a new chapter, a new self — and need language for it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Wiest's other work and want the collection that shows her most poetic, metaphysical side\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUse books as morning companions — for intention-setting, reflection, or journaling alongside \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAre looking for a beautifully written gift for someone standing at a meaningful turning point \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart of Brianna Wiest's bestselling catalog alongside \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/the-mountain-is-you-book\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eT\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/the-mountain-is-you-book\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehe Mountain Is You\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/the-pivot-year\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Pivot Year\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/when-youre-ready-this-is-how-you-heal-book\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWhen You're Ready This Is How You Heal,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/the-life-thats-waiting\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Life That's Waiting\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/great-callings\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreat Callings\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/101-essays-that-will-change-the-way-you-think\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thought Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45698934931513,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/9868\/2425\/files\/Ceremony_6a77d3ce-1bcd-4027-bdcc-f3489b2c54b5.png?v=1776626661","url":"https:\/\/youshouldreadbox.com\/products\/ceremony-book","provider":"You Should Read","version":"1.0","type":"link"}