The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

There could also be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we will all locate and lean on a set of tools to lend a hand us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many people wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How are we able to discover strength and community inside our differences? What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much?

Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we remove darkness from for others, we will remove darkness from the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome more than a few obstacles—the earned wisdom that helps her continue to “grow to be.” She details her most valuable practices, like “starting kind,” “going high,” and assembling a “kitchen table” of trusted friends and mentors. With trademark humor, candor, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness.

“When we may be able to recognize our own light, we grow to be empowered to use it,” writes Michelle Obama. A rewarding blend of powerful stories and profound advice in an effort to ignite conversation, The Light We Carry inspires readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.