For our final author of the year, we wanted to end on an inspiring note, with Karen Walrond, and her latest release, Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell.
We love a good inspirational read, and Karen Walrond’s books are definitely that. She discusses how to exist and thrive and make a difference in modern-day society while also making sure to experience joy and fulfillment. She discusses being different as a gift, not a curse. And in the book that inspired our colorway, Radiant Rebellion, she tackles aging in a more celebratory way than we have seen, and we are here for it!
Expand, not restrict. That’s the central tenet to her philosophy on self-care and aging. Look at changes as differences, not restrictions. Look at updating the way we eat as granting us more opportunities, not fewer foods. Look at how the changes in our bodies inform what we do for physical activity as a deeper practice, not as a limiting downer. And most of all, celebrate our aging instead of fight it.
We all fall into these traps, don’t we? “Oh, my body is old, I can’t do that anymore…” “I’m too old for that…” Walrond asks us, what if we didn’t look at aging as something to fear or dread, but something to celebrate. We aren’t guaranteed these years on earth, so why not revel in the fact that we’ve got another year, that our body and hair and face and skin has made it through everything thrown at it, and that the signs of aging are badges of honor instead of embarrassments? We know we need to work on this ourselves here at Knitted Wit World HQ, as we experience menopause and injurious ankles and knees. As we realize if we don’t move every day, it becomes harder to move every day. As we notice more wrinkles in our skin…
Walrond takes a multidisciplinary approach to countering the anti-aging rhetoric and philosophy that barrage us on a daily basis, discussing her own journey and approaches in a truly inspiring way. In this book, she shares that it’s a journey, something to work on, this bringing of joy into our experiences of aging, and, as she suggests, raising a little hell while we’re at it, in this Radiant Rebellion.
Books by Karen Walrond:
- The Beauty of Different: Observations of a Confident Misfit
- The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy
- Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell
Want more like this? Here are some other authors we suggest you read/listen to:
- Brene Brown
- Glennon Doyle
- Michelle Obama
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