Teach them how to say goodbye (and hello)

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I've walked out of a lot of rooms over the last four years. I've also walked in to some new ones. And to be honest with you, there are several areas of life right now where I'm standing in a hallway, no open doors in sight.

Perhaps you can relate.

And so as you (probably already) know, I wrote a book for us.

A peek at the notecard outline era of this book when it was still being worked out.

Whether an ideological room (a political party, faith community, or personal belief system) or a physical room (a workroom, a classroom, or a home), How to Walk into a Room is a book to help you discern the how, when, and what now of leaving rooms and finding new ones.

For anyone standing at a threshold, this book offers a framework for knowing when it’s good to stay and when it’s time to move on.

During the book-writing process I have had exactly two (but sometimes more) songs in my head:

One Last Time from Hamilton

One last time
The people will hear from me
One last time

And if we get this right

We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say

Goodbye

And of course, the second song:

Should I Stay or Should I Go? by The Clash

Should I stay, or should I go now?
Should I stay, or should I go now?
If I go, there will be trouble
And if I stay, it will be double
So come on and let me know

Should I stay, or should I go?

If I could use these two songs as a jumping off point, then I’ll say the book itself will help you to answer the question if it’s time to stay or go, a la The Clash.

But the preorder bonuses I’ve created will at least begin to teach us how to say goodbye (and also hello!) Because it’s true the book doesn’t hit bookstore shelves until March 12, but there are plenty of endings and beginnings you’ve already lived through, hellos that arrived without a toast and goodbyes that never found their closure.

And so for everyone who has or will preorder How to Walk into a Room, we want to send you these free gifts!

• Blessings for Hellos and Goodbyes: An all new audio Collection created specifically to accompany you through various endings and beginnings of your life.*

• Hellos and Goodbyes Workbook: A 30-page downloadable workbook to guide you through a process of naming your small, huge, terrible, lovely, and regular hellos and goodbyes. Includes process pages and question prompts as well as transcripts of all the blessings for easy keeping and printing.

• Invitation to join our Launch Team: An exclusive invitation to join our launch team with access to our Roomies Only private Substack. You’ll get early chapter excerpts, weekly check-ins, fun giveaways, and behind the scenes content we won’t share anywhere else.

*Easily accessible through The Quiet Collection app for iOS and Android devices.

The desk where I wrote most of How to Walk into a Room.

I knew almost from the very beginning that I wanted to create this Collection, mainly because I needed it myself. I needed the courage to name some things about endings that I had not previously taken the time to name. And I needed permission to mark some beginnings that had not received the attention I now realize they deserved.

The Blessings Collection will (I hope) offer you that same courage and permission. And the Blessings Workbook will guide you through processing some specific hellos and goodbyes. I think you’re gonna love it.

Here’s a list of all the Blessings in the new Quiet Collection you get for FREE:

THE GOODBYES

For Leaving A Beloved Space

For the One Who has Let Go of Certainty

For When Things End Without Closure

For Walking Away from Something You’re Good At

For When It’s Time but You’re Not Ready

For Leaving a Faith Community

For Being Relieved When it Ends

THE HELLOS

For Saying Yes

For the Morning

For Starting Over

For When You’re Ready but It’s Not TIme

For the One Who Stayed

For the First Day

For Being Here

Next Steps:

Step One: Preorder How to Walk into a Room today in any format - Kindle, Nook, Hardcover, Audio, etc. (or if you already have, skip that step and go straight to the next one!)

Step Two: Visit this page to enter name and order number to redeem your gifts

Step Three: Check your email (there will be 2 separate emails!) and start listening to your blessings today.

TL/DR: Pre-order the book and I’ll thank you by sending you this audio collection and workbook for free, plus an invitation to join our secret Substack launch team.

I’m glad to be in this room with you,

Emily

I can’t wait to talk about this book with you!