Deserts to Mountaintops:
Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self-Acceptance
Deserts to Mountaintops: Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self-Acceptance is a collection of nineteen women's voices, born out of Jessica's own struggle to love and accept her body, soul, and mind. Operating under the belief that we cannot heal fully in isolation, she has assembled a group of courageous women to generously share their stories of mental health disorders, chronic illness, disordered eating, sexual identity, and body reclamation. The result is a transformational guidebook for any woman who is committed to exploring self-compassion through the lens of radical self-acceptance.
Lily’s Chapter, “I Am Your Friend, Too”, is one of the most powerful works in this book…
…as she paints a picture of the reality of living in your 20’s. Lily’s story is emotional, heartbreaking, and tragic as she takes you through her unsteady adjustment to her new life. She writes about juggling a toxic work environment and pressures of the young adult world. Her painful story parallels the discovery of impactful relationships. Exemplifying that the people surrounding you make the biggest impact. The relationships Lily writes about are the type of friends everybody longs for. The type of friends that are willing and able. Are there when you need them, but also when you don’t. They’re unintentionally saving you, simply by being your friend.