Going beyond the numbers — Photo by Marcelo Novais on Unsplash Hi friends, I’m gearing up for my book launch (less than one month away!) and while I am excited, I am also starting to feel the pains of getting the publicity and marketing machines going. I’m not supposed to say that. I’m supposed to…

Time for some prizes — Hello friends, dear readers, and welcome to my ✨ book blitz ✨ ! With the launch of my new book just a month away, today I’m announcing a slew of goodies for anyone who preorders Rest Easy. Read on to learn more. Why pre-order? Pre-orders help signal to booksellers that a book…

When the senses need a break — Photo by Erol Ahmed on Unsplash Like so many Americans, I am traveling this summer, making up for years of summers past without a proper vacation thanks to the pandemic. For the first time in years, we took a full two week vacation. We stayed with friends in Paris and…

Books Books Books — Photo by S O C I A L . C U T on Unsplash Hello friends! Summer is just around the corner, so this month I am sharing with you ten books for your summer reading pleasure. But before the big list reveal, I have an exciting announcement about a…

My latest book baby is lookin’ good! — Hello friends! I’m sooooo excited to share with you the cover for my forthcoming book, Rest Easy! Although it is unusual for authors to design their own book covers, because I am an illustrator and a writer, I have been given the opportunity to take the first stab at designing…

An interview with Charlotte Fox Weber — In today’s edition, I interview Charlotte Fox Weber, psychotherapist and author of the new book, Tell me What You Want. Charlotte’s work looks at what we really, truly want — the stuff we don’t always feel the courage to say aloud, or may not even know we are pining for…

Identify your default listening mode, and what you bring to the conversation — Hi friends, I’ve been so focused on finalizing the cover and interiors for my second book (cover reveal soon!), that I nearly missed the two year anniversary of Listen Like You Mean It. So, in honor of this special day, I’m sharing an excerpt from the book on one of…

Sometimes you need to shake things up — Photo by Robert Katzki on Unsplash Last summer, we moved to a new city. After a series of unknowns (housing, school, housing again, a little career confusion for good measure), we’ve finally settled into a routine. We have a school we like for our kiddo, we’re regulars at our local…

Embracing our regrets — Photo by Fernando Reyes on Unsplash Happy New Year, and welcome back to Letters from Ximena. In this edition, we talk about how to make sense of our regrets. What better time to look back than the start of a New Year? Maybe it’s getting older, or maybe it’s the…