Brianna Wiest

When you begin your healing journey, you will be searching for epiphanies—life-changing, soul-opening, mind-bending truths.

Growth is hard. Sometimes, it’s downright terrifying. It requires us to take an honest look at ourselves, to abandon what we’ve known, and to suspend ourselves in uncertainty without knowing when we’ll ever find the next step.

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.

Brianna is the bestselling author of the books 101 Essays The Will Change The Way You Think, The Mountain Is You, The Pivot Year, and more.

Brianna Wiest, author of The Pivot Year, on the most critical actions you can take to change your life before 2026 begins.

Often, feeling stuck isn’t about not having enough momentum or willpower, but about being in misalignment with your needs, wants and strategies.

It is a common misconception I have come to realize throughout my life. Positive change is often planted through seeds that can sometimes make us feel more uncertain, fearful, and anxious than anything else.

Best-selling author Brianna Wiest shows how the smallest parts of our daily lives can be signs of meaningful progress, even when we feel like we’re not moving forward.

When my great-grandmother died, my grandmother spent the time before the viewing hours with her wheelchair propped up next to her mother’s casket, hand inside, forehead down on the rim, crying and talking.

“Being confident” has almost become unrealistically lauded at this point – directly in proportion with how insecure we feel.

A beautiful life is not stumbled upon, it is built. It is chosen. It is nurtured over the years. A beautiful life is made from the heart, not the head.

In color psychology, being drawn to the color black – especially in clothing – often signals a desire to reclaim one’s power.