Discover A More Beautiful Way to Live
Nine Practices to Unlearn Habits of Anxiety, Fear, and Urgency
Available Now from Brazos Press…
What if you could move through life with more presence, attentiveness, and connection--without the constant pressure to do more, achieve more, and fix what's broken around you?
Many of us feel exhausted and anxious, but slowing down is possible with the right guide. In A More Beautiful Way to Live, spiritual director and recovering overachiever Bethaney B. Wilkinson offers a framework for reclaiming presence, rootedness, and rest.
About the Book…
Weaving together rich storytelling and wisdom inspired by nature, she shares nine contemplative practices intended to help you:
● cultivate rhythms of rest, healing, and deep connection;
● embrace a slower, gentler, and more life-giving pace;
● unlearn habits of anxiety, fear, and urgency; and
● show up wholeheartedly for what matters most to you.
With a foreword by Kaitlin B. Curtice, this book is an invitation to those longing for a slower, deeper, and more meaningful way to live.
What People Are Saying
“In this gem of a book, Bethaney Wilkinson invites us to tend to our lives, to offer more care to our spirits, more curiosity to our longings, and more space to our bodies. Grab a notebook as you read. Bethaney's questions helped me diagnose my own burnout, and her guidance on rituals offers me a roadmap to exit crisis mode.”
— Beth Silvers, Co-host, Pantsuit Politics, Co-author I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening) and Now What?
“Bethaney writes with remarkable clarity, blending her personal story with practical guidance for anyone seeking a more intentional life—a more beautiful way. The book is both raw and uplifting, capturing the realities of burnout, the ache for rest, and the courage it takes to choose a more meaningful path. Each chapter offers clear, actionable tools—whether you’re overwhelmed, searching for direction, or simply ready for change, you’ll finish empowered and inspired.”
— Faitth Brooks, Podcaster & Author of Remember Me Now
“For those seeking a sustainable cadence for living, A More Beautiful Way offers practices for soul-strength and resilience, grounded in the wisdom of the natural world. Writing with the open gentleness of an experienced spiritual director, Bethaney Wilkinson is a kind and thoughtful companion, inviting us to tend our inner lives with care, trusting that patient, diligent work to ripple outward into communal good.”
— Krissy Kludt, Author of I Could Walk Forever and Know So Little and Executive Director of Writing the Wild
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“A more beautiful way to live is a trek into the heart of your life. Much of the journey is boggy and messy. Making the descent into this place within requires inspiration and guides. It takes courage to face limiting beliefs, to ask for help, and to tend to your pain. It takes self-awareness, and a strong knowledge of your body, to move at a pace that keeps you advancing even when the trail becomes slippery or feels insecure. And perhaps more than anything, you must be able to hear your soul’s longing, like the waterfall’s roar, drawing you further down and deeper in, all in hopes of reaching that magical, sun-kissed place of sustenance and true rest.”
