I'm going to boast a little...

I'm doing a happy dance in my socks right now.

My book, TEN WORDS: AN INTERSPIRITUAL GUIDE TO BECOMING BETTER PEOPLE IN A BETTER WORLD isn’t even out yet (less than a week, October 1!!), but the accolades are already pouring in. From podcast interview requests to early reviews, my inbox is filling up.

It’s a little overwhelming, and a bit scary, but I want to share a few of these exciting things with you because they bring me joy. People are discovering that ten simple words really can change the world, and the more people who discover and practice TEN WORDS, the better our world might become. THAT makes me hopeful and joyful.

Read on to learn about all the goodness —and a special offer for subscribers— and maybe you’ll be doing a little happy joy dance, too!

A few of the early reviews coming in….

“Ten Words is a clear and powerful path through the overgrown wilds of modern spirituality. Lauryn has created a brilliant synthesis of our great traditions and distilled them into practical tools for deepening presence, purpose, and peace in your life and in the world - right now - no lofty changes necessary!” -  Charles Day, Publisher, AS IS Press

“Grammar aside, the ten words of Lauryn Axelrod’s Ten Words—Attention, Acceptance, Authenticity, Benevolence, Balance, Contemplation, Creativity, Collaboration, Celebration, and Care—aren’t nouns but verbs, not abstract ideas to distract you but concrete practices to transform you. This is a simple book, and even more dangerous for being so. You owe it to yourself to read it.” - Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of Holy Rascals: Advice for Spiritual Revolutionaries

“Ten Words by Lauryn Axelrod is a thoughtful guide for our challenging--and often overwhelming--lives. Each chapter is devoted to one word, offering fresh insights and real-life applications for how to embody its essence. Along the way, Axelrod skillfully makes ancient teachings accessible, practical, and modern. Her approach is both compassionate and thought-provoking, encouraging readers to explore personal growth as well as their impact on others around them. As a result, Ten Words is a valuable resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of the intuitive truths underlying the world's timeless wisdom traditions in a way that feels meaningful and relevant today. “ - Rev. Sarah Bowen, award-winning author of Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finding Deeper Perspective and Higher Purpose

“Lauryn Axelrod’s new book, Ten Words: An Interspiritual Guide to Becoming Better People in a Better World, is an excellent summary of spiritual principles. In elucidating these ten words, Lauryn has given us a wonderful guide to finding meaning and living a more fulfilling spiritual life. Take these Ten Words with you as companions on the Way and you’ll go far.” — Gregory Ripley, author of The Hundred Remedies of the Tao

“Drawing on the truths of the world’s wisdom traditions, Lauryn Axelrod’s Ten Words: An Interspiritual Guide to Becoming Better People in a Better World brilliantly provides ten practices to help us lead more fulfilling and meaningful lives, and in so doing make the world better for our being born into it. Ten Words is a book whose pages should, over time, be torn and tattered from constant use.” - Frank Levy, Co-founder and Co-director of One River Foundation.

"A deep engagement with any one of the themes offered in Ten Words stands to completely transform your life and your community. Axelrod skillfully weaves together insights and perspectives of various wisdom traditions into a kind of illuminated map. Without asking the reader to subscribe to any particular faith or practice, she returns us again and again to the deepest truths about what can make us come alive. If you have been looking for a heartfelt exploration of the connections amongst world religions and spiritualities — a sense of unity in an increasingly polarized world — this book will be a balm to your soul." —Suiko McCall, Founder & Abbess, Art Monastery

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I’m also looking forward to being a guest on Ignite Your Spark with Kim Duff Selby SuperStates with Joshua Peters, Real Talk with Reginald D, as well as several others in the near future. I’ll be sharing links to those episodes and more as they arrive.

And…I’ve already heard from a few folks who are planning to use TEN WORDS as a book group selection to help others explore an interspiritual path to becoming better people in a better world. If you want to grab some friends and start your own group, I can hook you up with a bulk book discount. Just reach out.

But what excites me most is the opportunity to join YOU for 10 weeks to explore TEN WORDS together, starting October 9.

Each week, we will gather on Zoom to explore one of the TEN WORDS. (And, the sessions will be recorded, if you can’t make it).

Seriously, I love the conversations that develop as we dive into what each of the ten words means to you, how they show up in your life, and how to practice these words in ways that help us become better people in a better world.

Join in!

If you want to join me, just subscribe to this Substack as a Pay-It-Forward subscriber. This will give you access to the weekly Zoom meeting, recordings, and more. AND, for a limited time, you will get 20% off your subscription! That’s about $5/month. Heck, you can’t even get a Mocha Frappuccino for that anymore.

So, feed your spirit something more nourishing than a high-sugar coffee each week, and join me for the conversation about TEN WORDS.

This is my gift to you!

Let’s spread the joy!! (and do a little dance together!)