Into the Flow

A Journey to Freedom by Trying it All

Published by She Writes Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

For fans of Eat, Pray, Love and You Are a Badass (who secretly wish those books spent more time on the falling-apart parts), a bold, hilarious memoir revealing fulfillment isn't found in chasing “more,” but in coming home to ourselves.

What would you let go of to be free—to live a life that feels truly yours?

When loss and burnout upend her life, Kathleen Branigan launches a quest for truth . . . and ends up with an existential crisis. She questions her Catholic faith, devours self-help books, goes skydiving, earns a master's in religious studies, and ventures into the Amazon for five back-to-back nights of ayahuasca.

Into the Flow is a funny, soul-baring memoir for anyone seeking answers to life's Big Questions, healing from heartbreak, or craving deeper purpose when the old maps stop working. Through encounters with spiritual teachers and therapists, plus a few wild adventures, Kathleen discovers what she's looking for isn't found in miracle cures or endless self-improvement, but in trusting herself again.

If you're navigating fear, uncertainty, awakening, or reinvention, Into the Flow offers laughter, honesty, and a reminder: freedom emerges when you stop the search and start creating a life that's your own.

About The Author

Kathleen Branigan is an author and coach who explores what happens when we stop giving our power away and begin listening inward. Drawing on over twenty years of coaching experience and a master's degree in religious studies from Georgetown University, she invites us to come back to what's true and create our lives from there. After six years of vagabonding the globe with her life partner, she's traded her suitcase for hiking boots and now calls Asheville, North Carolina, home.

Product Details

  • Publisher: She Writes Press (December 15, 2026)
  • Length: 320 pages
  • ISBN13: 9798896363408

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Raves and Reviews

“In this bold book, Branigan writes with the immediacy and intimacy of a best friend . . .”Kirkus Reviews

“A candid record of one woman learning to stop outsourcing her own life . . . a good book for . . . anyone who has ever tried very hard to become whole before realizing they were never quite as broken as they feared.”Literary Titan, 5-star review

“Branigan refuses to turn herself into a memoir saint. She stays . . . hopeful, exhausted, and funny . . . a survival story about staying present when life breaks apart.”Los Angeles Book Review, 5-star review

“Few spiritual memoirs earn their authority as thoroughly as Kathleen Branigan's Into the Flow . . . For readers at a crossroads, tired of hollow inspiration . . . Branigan brings companionship on the page and a grounded sense of what freedom might actually feel like in real life.”Book Below

“With a moving writing style, Into the Flow transforms tears of pain into joy and mindfulness.”Readers Favorite, 5-star review

“. . . part memoir, part spiritual exploration, and part deeply personal account of what happens when life dismantles everything you thought you understood.”Portland Book Review  

“A gentle yet powerful guide to living with more creativity and ease. Kathleen shows how to transcend your mind's shenanigans and open the flow of creative connection.”—Gay Hendricks, New York Times best-selling author of The Big Leap

“A wise, disarmingly funny invitation to stop pushing against life and begin listening to it—a powerful reminder that what we resist is often the doorway to the fulfillment we seek.”—Mary O’Malley, author ofWhat’s in the Way Is the Way

“I started this book expecting insight, and instead I found company. Kathleen writes about waking up the way it actually happens: messy, funny, honest, and true. Her story touched me deeply . . . warm and real.”—Ilona Ciunaite, author of Liberation Unleashed

“Kathleen captures the Ayahuasca journey with courage and humor, offering a real glimpse into the transformation this medicine can facilitate.”—Hamilton Souther, Master Shaman, founder of the Blue Morpho Retreat Center, and author of The Mystical Secrets of Ayahuasca

“Funny, resonant, timely, and inspiring. Every woman I know is on some type of hunt for self . . . I will be buying this book for so many of my friends.”—Lindsey Salatka, author of Fish Heads and Duck Skin

“Loved it. It’s like Jen Sincero meets Eckhart Tolle. Kathleen's voice is such a unique combination of humor and deep insights.”—Stella Papadopoulos, author of I’m Getting Divorced, Where Do I Start?

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