Rhythm of a Rebel
From the bestselling author of Balancing Burnout comes a bracing new vision of recovery, rebellion, and the rhythm of living: Rhythm of a Rebel.
Reflecting on a cultish childhood, a near-death experience, and a return to ballet in her thirties, Vanessa Autrey explores how healing is an act of rebellion and navigates what it means to be most authentically alive.
Drawing on art, philosophy, literature, and lived experience, Rhythm of a Rebel asks if 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 to emerge from the grief that stains us and make our journey of healing a certain kind of joy.
On sale November 10, 2026.
EARLY PRAISE FOR RHYTHM OF A REBEL
“Raw, eloquent, and unflinchingly honest.”
“A powerful meditation on life’s difficulties and our capacity to rise through them. Remarkable.”
“Love-awful. Glory-sad.”
“These stories are heart breaking and yet, life giving.”
“Beautifully written with words etched on my heart forever.”
“What struck me most was how profoundly understood I felt reading about a life so different from my own. I found myself in tears over feelings the author articulated that I had struggled to put into words, particularly around grief, uncertainty, and the complicated beauty of being human.”
“It’s so unique when an author can share their experiences so vulnerably that others recognize themselves within them.”
“Honest, deeply moving, remarkably universal.”
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