Becoming You

The Sacred Art of Coming Back to Yourself

It’s not a destination, it’s a journey.

Begin at your own pace with supportive tools, guided resources, and books created to help you reconnect with who you are.

Collection of four books by Lorena Sullivan Swenson, including two titled 'Becoming You!' with butterfly imagery and two titled 'Embracing Life's Beautiful Mess' and 'Embracing Life's Beautiful Mess Workbook' with a woman and different textured backgrounds.
Your Journey Begins Here
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This is your gentle beginning

Choose the path that feels most gentle and right for you in this moment, and move through the experience at your own pace.

What you’l l find here

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Guided meditations

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Reflection prompts

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Healing tools

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Books & journals

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A calm space

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You are not here by accident.

If you are here, something within you may be asking for stillness, healing, or a deeper return to yourself.

Take a breath. Slow down. Let this be a gentle place to begin.

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Begin the journey wherever your heart feels called.

Start with the resource that feels right for you in this moment.

Whether it is a free workbook, a guided meditation, a journal prompt, or one of the books, each offering is here to support your path back to yourself.

YOUR JOURNEY BEGINS HERE

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Simple exercises to help you reconnect with yourself.

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Gentle resources for reflection and healing

Explore the practices and prompts created to support stillness, self-reflection, and a deeper return to yourself.

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Guided Meditations

Short audio practices to help you slow down, breathe, and reconnect with yourself.

Listen Within
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Visual Reflection

Reflect through guided visual prompts and notice what is stirring within.

Reflect Within
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Journal Prompts

Thoughtful prompts to help you process, reflect, and reconnect with your inner voice.

Write Within

Offerings

Books, journals, and companion tools designed to help you deepen reflection and continue the work of becoming.

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Becoming You!

Book

Book cover titled 'Becoming You!' with subtitle 'Reframe. Rewrite. Rise.' and a butterfly against a sky background with clouds and sun rays. Author: Lorena Sullivan Swenson.

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Guided Journal

Book cover titled 'Guided Journal Becoming You!' by Lorena Sullivan Swenson, featuring a woman with arms outstretched in a cloudy sky with a large orange butterfly above her, glowing light radiating from behind her.

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Card Deck

Book cover titled 'Becoming You! Card Deck' by Lorena Sullivan Swenson, featuring an illustration of a monarch butterfly flying in a sky with clouds and a bright light in the background.

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Embracing Life’s Beautiful Mess

Book

Book cover titled 'Embracing Life's Beautiful Mess' by Lorena Sullivan Swenson, featuring a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, smiling softly against a dark, starry background.
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Workbook

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What People Are Saying

  • " I love this book.  It is full of valuable information that can transform your life, and it has a practical workbook built right into it, with powerful questions for deep reflection to help you successfully integrate it all into your life. 

    Jack Canfield
    Co-Author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul ® Series and The Success Principles ™

  • A middle-aged woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, winking, smiling, wearing a turquoise shirt, standing in front of a gray background.

    “In Embracing Life’s Beautiful Mess, another survivor tells her story of abuse by someone close to her and how she survived, learned to reinvent her life, and now shares her secrets with all of us. Her personal stories through-out are extremely relatable, and I believe that if you will do the exercises in each chapter, you will find that they WORK.”

    Jan Broberg

    Actress, Director, Victim, Thrivivor

  • A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair smiling, standing outdoors against a wooden background.

    "Embracing Life's Beautiful Mess" by Lorena Swenson is a poignant exploration of the human experience, weaving together heartwarming anecdotes and insightful reflections, and targeted exercises that walk you through your self discovery journey. Swenson's narrative encourages readers to find beauty in life's imperfections, making it a compelling and uplifting read for those seeking inspiration and a deeper connection with the messy, yet beautiful, tapestry of life.

    Debbie Brayton Heisler

    Author, 2023 USA Today Utah Woman of the year, Resilient Living Coach,Co-Founder Blue Butterfly House

About the Author

Lorena Sullivan Swenson is a writer, guide, and compassionate voice for those learning to heal, grow, and come home to themselves.

Through her blended memoir Embracing Life’s Beautiful Mess, its Companion Workbook, and her transformational series Becoming You!—including the book, guided journal, and card deck—Lorena shares her deeply personal journey of rising through life’s ordinary challenges, as well as abuse, trauma, and profound loss, with honesty, courage, and unwavering hope. Her work weaves storytelling, reflection, and practical tools to help readers rediscover their strength, rewrite old patterns, and create lives rooted in self-love and conscious choice.

A mother of four, a bonus son, and a proud grandmother of eleven. Lorena lives in Utah with her husband, Jeff. She finds meaning in quiet moments, beauty in imperfection, and purpose in walking beside others on the path of healing.

Lorena’s mission is simple yet powerful: to remind you that even in life’s messiest seasons, healing is possible, your story can be rewritten, and you can rise into the future thats waiting for you.

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Contact Lorena

If something here spoke to you, you’re welcome to reach out. Whether you have a question, a reflection to share, or simply feel drawn to connect, this space is open to you. I read every message with care and will respond as I’m able. Thank you for being here and for honoring your own becoming.

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