{"product_id":"begin-again-and-again-and-again-by-alessandra-olanow-9781523531714","title":"Begin Again, and Again, and Again","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA luminous illustrated meditation on transformation as practice—for anyone learning to live with life's cycles of breaking open and rebuilding.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrator and author Alessandra Olanow knows that life never unfolds as you think it will. After divorce, her mother's death, and the quiet unraveling of a carefully built life, she found herself awake at 3 a.m. with questions that wouldn't settle: \u003cem\u003eIs this all there is? What do I do when everything comes undone? How do I stay open when I want to close down?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBegin Again, and Again, and Again\u003c\/em\u003e started as notes to herself in those wakeful hours—a practice of thinking through images and words to map the territory of uncertainty. What emerged is a book about the fundamental rhythm of being human: the constant cycle of questioning, doubt, finding ground, opening, and beginning again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough watercolor illustrations integrated with personal narrative and philosophical reflection drawing on Buddhism, Stoicism, and lived experience, Alessandra offers not answers but companionship. The book moves through five movements like a breath—Question, Doubt, Ground, Open, Renewal—holding the particular texture of each stage. The hollowness of \u003cem\u003eIs this all there is?\u003c\/em\u003e The weight of \u003cem\u003eI think I can't.\u003c\/em\u003e The surprising fertility of hitting bottom. The radical simplicity of presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere's permission to stop waiting for the final version of yourself. To trust that transformation isn't about arriving but about learning to live with constant change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's never too late to begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558903595244,"sku":"9781523531714","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781523531714-begin-again-and-again-and-again.jpg?v=1776920263","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/begin-again-and-again-and-again-by-alessandra-olanow-9781523531714","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}