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…

Your intuition is there for a reason — Welcome to another edition of Letters from Ximena. In this month’s newsletter we talk about how to make decisions in the midst of uncertainty. Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash In many areas of my life, I am quick to make decisions. I know with a ten second glance at…

Plus summer reading recs — Hi friends, it’s me again! Welcome back to another edition of Letters from Ximena. Last month, you may have noticed that I missed sending our regular monthly newsletter out. Mea culpa! The month flew by thanks to a much-needed vacation to the Bay Area, where we used to live. …

It’s the most obvious and ultimate source of rest. So why are so many of us so bad at it? — Welcome to another edition of Letters from Ximena. In this month’s newsletter we talk about how to get better sleep. Photo by Cris Saur on Unsplash Ever since adolescence, I’ve gone through periods where I can’t fall asleep. I can’t stop thinking about all the things I need to do…

If any season represents hope, it’s spring — In this third year of the pandemic, it finally got me. Despite being fully vaccinated, boosted, and living a pretty hermit-like lifestyle (still waiting for that kiddo vax) I tested positive for Covid a few weeks ago 😣 . My case was, thankfully, fairly mild. (Thank you science, thank you…