Rhythm of a Rebel

From the bestselling author of Balancing Burnout comes a bracing new vision of recovery, rebellion, and the rhythm of living

Reflecting on a cultish childhood, a near-death experience, and a return to ballet in her thirties, Vanessa Autrey explores healing, rebellion, and what it means to be most authentically alive.

Drawing on art, philosophy, literature, and lived experience, Rhythm of a Rebel asks how we can take the worst life has handed us and make of it something meaningful, generative, and good. Autrey rejects the myth that healing is linear. Instead, she captures its oscillation between difficulty and transcendence.

“That is how the soul grows back to wholeness,” Autrey writes. “That is the rhythm of how we heal.”

Lyrical, propulsive, and achingly human, Rhythm of a Rebel reveals how survival can be its own kind of grace, how to witness the grief that stains us, and how we can make our journey of healing a certain kind of joy.

On sale November 10, 2026.


The Art of Balancing Burnout

The Art of Balancing Burnout is an invitation to slow down, look inward, and reclaim inner peace. With simple practices and grounded philosophies, Vanessa Autrey equips readers to recognize the signs of burnout, build meaningful self-awareness, and begin counteracting stress from the inside out. Honest, encouraging, and refreshingly relatable, this book is a call to reflect, recalibrate, and return to a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life.

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