Sharing the Light - by Monique Gray Smith (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Uplifting stories, vignettes, and reflections to inspire gratitude, love, joy, and hope in navigating life in a changing, challenging world.

"Monique Gray Smith's signature warmth and wisdom illuminates paths toward resilience, creativity, and human connection." --Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love

"Tender words and heartfelt stories provide gentle guidance to remind us how we can care for each other and ourselves, with attention to the profound power of small acts." --Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

Through the lens of five transformative practices--gratitude, love, joy, happiness, and hope--bestselling author Monique Gray Smith weaves together short stories, poignant reflections, and thoughtful questions that invite readers to pause and reconnect with their inner light. And as an Indigenous author, Monique brings her cultural wisdom and unique perspective to each offering.

This beautiful and welcoming book can be read cover to cover or used as a daily source of guidance, providing gentle wisdom that inspires and empowers. Sharing the Light is a powerful reminder that when we embrace our light and share it with the world, that energy not only transforms us, but ripples out to uplift everyone around us.

Review Quotes

"Sharing the Light is generative, engaging, and illuminating." --Shelagh Rogers, founding host and co-creator, The Next Chapter, CBC Radio; chancellor, Queen's University

"Monique Gray Smith's signature warmth and wisdom illuminates paths toward resilience, creativity, and human connection." --Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love

"Tender words and heartfelt stories provide gentle guidance to remind us how we can care for each other and ourselves, with attention to the profound power of small acts." --Robin Wall Kimmerer, bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass

"Emotionally intimate and enduringly hopeful ... Monique Gray Smith equips her readers with the tools to radiate in a world that often seems to work at tamping out the light." -- The British Columbia Review

"The kind of read that makes you want to run and give the author a hug and tell her all the things you've been going through and how much clarity she's given you." --Zoomer Magazine

"Quietly profound, and brave, and not without its twists." -- Pickle Me This Blog

"A comforting voice in times of uncertainty and darkness." -- Booklist