Overcoming Uncertain Times: The Light We Carry

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, the highly anticipated follow-up to former First Lady Michelle Obama's acclaimed memoir Becoming, is a 2024 Grammy Award Winner and a #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER.

In this inspiring work, Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. She acknowledges that there may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life's big challenges, but firmly believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to better navigate change and remain steady within flux.

Opening a frank and honest dialogue with listeners, Obama considers the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much?

Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, Obama shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles—the earned wisdom that helps her continue to "become." She details her most valuable practices, like "starting kind," "going high," and assembling a "kitchen table" of trusted friends and mentors.

With trademark humor, candor, and compassion, Obama also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging listeners to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness. She firmly believes that "when we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it."

The Light We Carry is a rewarding blend of powerful stories and profound advice that will ignite conversation and inspire listeners to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world. Obama's insights and strategies offer a roadmap for navigating change, fostering resilience, and illuminating the richness and potential of the world around us, as we discover deeper truths and new pathways for progress.

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