episode 4: young adult lit + taking walks + fake it til you make it (or not)

I’m FINALLY recovered from the flu and back in action — talking about a favorite genre of mine (that you might not expect), the best and most simple thing I do that brings me life, and a phrase I hate (but how I made it work for me, too).

Listen in!

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SHOW NOTES:

• Young adult books:

  • The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy

  • To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy

  • What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

  • Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

  • The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

  • Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

  • The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

  • Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali

  • American Royals by Katharine McGee

  • Sandhya Menon

  • Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

  • EVERY YA book I’ve read!

• TED article on Amy Cuddy

• Amy Cuddy’s TEDtalk

• Music by Drew Dawson (my talented brother!) // Dawson Music on Twitter + Instagram

• Rachel A. Dawson on Twitter + Instagram + bookstagram

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.”

— TS EliotSoren Kierkegaard

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What’s been inspiring me lately:

Emma Julian // Chapel (Copy)

National Museum of American History (Copy)

Austin Kleon (Copy)

Summit Church (Copy)

from Verily (Copy)

poster design (Copy)

Verily Magazine (Copy)

Petal and Stem (Copy)

Sunday Vibes Photo (Copy)

Womankind Magazine (Copy)

Elizabeth Olwen (Copy)

On Flowers (Copy)

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