Brianna Wiest

Bestselling Author
Speaker

Brianna is the bestselling author of the books 101 Essays The Will Change The Way You Think, The Mountain Is You, Salt Water, Ceremony, When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal, and more. Her books have sold over 1 million copies worldwide, regularly appear on global bestseller lists, and are currently being translated into 20+ languages.
After embarking upon her own journey of self-healing over a decade ago, Brianna turned to writing as a way of processing. She has since touched millions with messages of empowerment, self-reflection, and hope.
At the beginning of her career, Brianna began sharing her writing with the world on Thought Catalog, where she is now a partner. Many of her original viral essays were put together into the international bestseller, 101 Essays The Will Change The Way You Think, which Forbes called a "must-read" and Cosmopolitan ranked #2 on books to "up-level your life." The book has also placed #1 in self-improvement on the Globe & Mail bestsellers list for multiple weeks in a row, as well as hitting #1 in stores such as Strand Book Store and McNally Jackson. A beloved indie classic, 101 Essays is still shared voraciously among millions of readers around the world.
Brianna's second mega-bestseller, The Mountain Is You, has quickly followed the trajectory of 101 Essays, with a lineup of international translations, worldwide readers, and hundreds of thousands of copies sold to date.
Today, Brianna lives and writes in Big Sur, California, and is available to travel around the globe to appear at businesses, bookstores and more.

Book Brianna for a podcast, appearance or event:
info@briannawiest.com

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Tour Dates

New York, NY

May 1st at 7pm

Strand Book Store

Bayone, NJ

May 2nd at 6pm

The Little Boho Bookshop

Toronto, ON

May 5th at 7pm

Indigo Eaton Centre

Lancaster, PA

May 9th at 7pm

Midtown Scholar Books at The Fulton Theatre

Los Angeles, CA

June 1st at 7pm

Second Home Hollywood

San Fransisco, CA

June 3rd at 7pm

Black Bird Books

Portland, OR

June 5th at 7pm

Powell’s

Atlanta, GA

Sept. 5th at 4pm

Adelina Social Goods

St Petersburg, FL

Sept. 10th at 10:30am

Book + Bottle

Nashville, TN

Sept. 12th at TBA

The Bookshop

Austin, TX

Sept. 14th at 4pm

Parker & Scott

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Media Library

Brianna reads a poem from her book Ceremony.

Full Video — Brianna Wiest and Mayor Lili Bosse talk mental wellness at Beverly Hills City Hall.

Watch Brianna’s interview at Bookstock 2022.

Interview — How To Sell Over A Million Copies.

Instagram reel of Brianna reading an excerpt from The Mountain Is You.

Articles by
Brianna
Wiest

This Is What Self-Care Really Means, Because It’s Not All Salt Baths And Chocolate Cake

Did you use the right filter for that ‘gram of your impeccably prepared acai bowl?
This Year, Let Go Of The People Who Aren’t Ready To Love You

Decide you’re deserving of real friendship, true commitment and complete love with people who are healthy and thriving.
7 Morning Rituals That Will Help You Become Your Best Self In 2022

This post is sponsored by Nature’s Way® 1. Get ready every day.
May 2020 Be The Year You Decide To Create Your Own Beauty

This post is sponsored by Ulta Beauty ® I believe that how you show up in the world is who you become in the world, and that your routine needs to reflect who you want to be — that’s why…
When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal

Healing is not a one-time event. You recognize that familiar, dull feeling in your gut—as though something is wrong, though you can’t quite pinpoint what. You start to take inventory of your life.
Joy Will Find You

Joy will find you. It will find you when you least anticipate it. It will find you when you have all but given up hope that it still exists.
One Day, You Will Look Back On This Time, And All You Will See Is Magic

One day, you will look back on this time, and all you will see is magic. You won’t remember how stuck you felt, or how far behind you thought you were, or what you wished you had done differently.
If You Ever Feel Lost, Please Remember That You Can Make A Home Within Your Own Heart

Until you are at home in your own heart, you will never make peace with the world.
If You Think You Might Be Sabotaging The Very Dreams You Desire More Than Anything, Please Read This

Self-sabotage is an act of self-love.
This Is For Anyone Who Feels Like They’re Never Going To Find Their Own Path In Life

The truth is that what you’re looking for isn’t outside of you, but buried deep within.
On The Days It Feels Like You’ll Never Move Forward, Just Remember How Far You’ve Come

Whether you realized it or not, the time passed. Without you having to even try, joy emerged from your days.
This Is Your Evergreen Reminder That Slowing Down Is Not Falling Behind

You do not exist on a single schedule, your fate is not to arrive at each set point at precisely the second you think you should. That’s not what you’re here for. That’s not what this whole thing is about.
You Are Allowed To Let Go Of Your Old Dreams, Don’t Let Anybody Tell You Differently

The truth is that you are allowed to revise your dreams, because the plans you made in the past were designed for a person you no longer are.
This Is How To Start Over, Even If You’re Staying Right Where You Are

When it’s time to start over, you won’t know you’re at the start of a new beginning, because all it will feel like is an overwhelming end.
10 Things You Will Start To Feel When A Big Life Change Is Around The Corner

We don’t snap out of denial one day, we slowly come out of it in phases, and eventually, we arrive at acceptance that we weren’t happy before.
7 Signs You’re Growing As A Person, Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like You Are

This means that you’re coming home to yourself.
Trust That Your Heart Knows The Truth, Even When Your Mind Cannot Make Sense Of It

If there is nothing else in this world that you can trust, please know that your heart knows what is true. Your heart can sense what’s right for you, what’s on the path you were meant for.
9 Uncomfortable Feelings That Actually Indicate You’re A Really Good Person Deep Down

The truth is that it is unhealthy to ignore our failures, shortcomings and weaknesses. It takes a strong heart, brave mind, and true soul to not only admit that you have them, but be willing to work on them, too.