I read this one today after hearing about it on a podcast. It made me realise how much we do for others, or to meet others, at the expense of ourselves and our own joy. Would love you to share your favourite poem or one you read recently that moved you below.👇 The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer. It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, ‘Yes.’ It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.

QUANTUM PHYSICS FOR KIDS by @Michael Wish The quantum world has always been real. Now your kid can understand it. ABOUT THE BOOK: The world looks smooth and predictable. But underneath everything you can see, there's a hidden layer where the rules are completely different. Quantum Physics for Kids takes readers ages 8-12 (and their parents) inside that world. Starting with Max Planck's reluctant discovery that energy comes in tiny steps, through Einstein's proof that light is made of packets, Bohr's model of the atom, de Broglie's wild idea that particles have wavelengths, Schrödinger's equation, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the book follows the actual historical arc of quantum mechanics the way it was discovered. No hand-waving. No skipping the hard parts. Just clear explanations, honest analogies, and the real science behind the technologies your family uses every day, including LEDs, lasers, solar panels, and quantum computers. By the end, your kid will understand ideas that confuse most adults. And you'll have the vocabulary to talk about them together. ➡️ Buy it here ⬅️

LOVE AND LOSS OF A PARENT by @Sue Anderson-Stevens ABOUT THE BOOK... When Sue Anderson-Stevens lost both of her parents, everything changed. In Love and Loss of a Parent, she shares her deeply personal journey through grief and the powerful truth she discovered: while loss reshapes you, it does not have to define you. Through honest reflection, practical activities, and a gentle four-stage framework, Sue guides readers to honour their past while consciously becoming who they are now. This is not about going back to who you were before. It is about moving forward with courage, intention, and love. The next version of you is waiting. ➡️ Buy it here ⬅️

I am so excited about this! We have had a few Author Spotlights, but never a Member Spotlight celebrating one of our fabulous readers for topping the monthly leaderboard! Get excited everyone, because Julie Burns one of our amazing Skool Bookshop members and community owner of The Shine Lounge will be in the Spotlight talking about books, reading and her amazing community! Check the Calendar for the date/time, lock it into your schedule and we'll see you LIVE with the sensational @Julie Burns 🎉